New Delhi: The West Indies cricket team created history in Brisbane Gabba on Sunday, as they became only the second team to hand the mighty Aussies defeat in their castle Gabba in the last 35 years.
Indian cricket team in 2021, with the help of Rishabh Pant’s brilliance, defeated the Australian cricket team in a test match at Gabba by three wickets.
Three years later, the West Indian team did the same as they defeated the hosts by a close margin of eight runs in the second match of the series and ended the two-match series with a 1-1 draw.
Take a bow, Shamar Joseph 👏 #AUSvWIpic.twitter.com/HC304L4Jgh
— naeemah (@NaeemahBenjamin) January 28, 2024
This is also West Indies’ first test win on Australian soil in 30 years.
Netizens react
As soon as Shamar Joseph uprooted the stumps of Josh Hazelwood, the netizens flooded the social media platform X (Formerly known as Twitter), with praise for the underdog West Indies team and their main hero, Shamar Joseph.
Check out their reactions below:
Take a bow Shamar Joseph 🙌🏽
Take a bow West Indies cricket 🙌🏽 #AUSvWI pic.twitter.com/w83KOENZUg— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14) January 28, 2024
When everyone thought Shamar Joseph is injured #AUSvWI pic.twitter.com/fd5V539OS9
— Sagar (@sagarcasm) January 28, 2024
remember the name #AUSvWI pic.twitter.com/Y3kCEz8Zqj
— Arun Lol (@dhaikilokatweet) January 28, 2024
It’s all over!!!
Shamar Joseph takes SEVEN #AUSvWI pic.twitter.com/fsGR6cjvkj
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) January 28, 2024
West Indies YOU BEAUTY!!!
Gabba has been breached once again!#AUSvWI pic.twitter.com/NrTdebIAOe
— Himanshu Pareek (@Sports_Himanshu) January 28, 2024
This is historic! This moment will be replayed countless times over and over as one of the greatest Test victories of all-time.
Shamar Joseph, the giant killer 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 A story for the ages. #AUSvWIpic.twitter.com/M36fgujP5b
— Rohit Sankar (@imRohit_SN) January 28, 2024
Nothing beats Test cricket…#AUSvWI pic.twitter.com/m60u6Lo3yO
— Nic Savage (@nic_savage1) January 28, 2024
What it means to Carl Hooper! @abcsport #AUSvWI pic.twitter.com/5TlnhWezRS
— Ben Cameron (@BenCameron23) January 28, 2024
WEST INDIES WIN!
ONE OF THE BIGGEST UPSETS IN TEST MATCH HISTORY!#AUSvWI pic.twitter.com/V2IYEt3y2P
— 7Cricket (@7Cricket) January 28, 2024
Take a bow, Shamar Joseph 👏 #AUSvWIpic.twitter.com/HC304L4Jgh
— naeemah (@NaeemahBenjamin) January 28, 2024
Match Summary
Earlier, West Indian skipper Kraigg Brathwaite won the toss and opted to bat first.
West Indies stumbled in the start, as they lost half their team on just 65. However, Kevam Hodge (71), Joshua Da Silva (79) and Kevin Sinclair (50), scored brilliant half-centuries to take the Caribbean side to a huge total of 211 in the first innings.
Mitchell Starc, with four wickets, was the lead Aussie bowler in the first innings.
West Indies returned the favour to Australia, as they also sent half the Aussie team back into the pavilion on just 54.
However, Usman Khawaja (75), Alex Carey (65) and Pat Cummins (64) took Australia out of trouble.
But, in a bizarre moment, Pat Cummins declared the Aussie innings on 289 while still 22 runs short of the West Indian total.
Alzarri Joseph was the best Caribbean bowler with four wickets under his belt.
West Indies in the second innings with the help of Kirk Mckenzie (41) and Alick Athanaze (35), posted a total of 193 on the board, giving the hosts 216 to chase in the fourth innings.
However, except for Steven Smith (91*) and Cameron Green (42), no other Aussie batsmen looked comfortable playing the Caribbean pace and the whole team was all-out on just 207 and handed the visitors an exciting 8-run victory.
Shamar Joseph was the biggest reason for Aussie’s decline, as he picked up seven wickets for just 68 runs.
