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Ind vs Aus 4th test: India wins the Gabba test by 3 wickets, lifts Border–Gavaskar trophy

Gill fell nine runs short of his maiden Test hundred but made sure India was right on track to win the series decider.

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January 19, 2021 12:24 IST
Ind vs Aus 4th test: India wins the Gabba test by 3 wickets, lifts Border–Gavaskar trophy
Ind vs Aus 4th test: India wins the Gabba test by 3 wickets, lifts Border–Gavaskar trophy

New Delhi: India chased 328 to win the 4th Test on the final day of the match and series on Tuesday. Gill fell nine runs short of his maiden Test hundred but made sure India was right on track to win the series decider.

The highest successful 4th innings chase at the Gabba before this match was 276.

Rishabh ‘nerves of steel’ Pant will be forgiven for all the mistakes he has made through the series with wicket-keeping gloves in hand as each of the 89 runs that he scored in the final hour on Tuesday was worth its weight in gold. It was only poetic justice that he hit a boundary to win India a thriller.

Brief Scores: Australia 369 and 294 (Steven Smith 55; Mohammed Siraj 5/73); India 336 and 329/7 (Shubman Gill 91; Rishabh Pant 89*; Pat Cummins 4/55). 

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The last time a visiting team came out triumphant from the Brisbane Cricket Ground was back in November 1988 when the mighty West Indian outfit under the leadership of Viv Richards thrashed Allan Border’s team by 9 wickets. What makes the feat even more commendable is how the Indians fought multiple injuries and mental fatigue – due to the bio-bubble restrictions — to register a historic win.

But it all started with a 21-year-old Shubman Gill and a gritty Cheteshwar Pujara standing ground and stitching a slow yet steady 114-run partnership off 240 balls after Rohit Sharma was dismissed for 7 in the seventh over of the final morning. The wicket of the experienced campaigner was just the impetus the Australian bowlers needed to begin the day. But the duo of Gill and Pujara had other ideas.

Fortress Gabba captured as India beats Australia to win the Border-Gavaskar Series 2-1

Pujara was more than happy to take blows on his hand, head and body, but refused to budge. Gill on the other hand kept picking the gaps off the bad balls and showed class and elegance as he moved towards a well-deserved fifty before lunch. With 245 runs still needed, Gill and Pujara started off from just where they had left before lunch to keep the scoreboard ticking.

Highlights:

# Fortress Gabba captured as #TeamIndia beat Australia and win the Border-Gavaskar Series 2-1.

# 4th Test. 95.5: WICKET! W Sundar (22) is out, b Nathan Lyon, 318/6

# 4th Test. 94.4: J Hazlewood to W Sundar (21), 4 runs extras LB, 313/5

# 4th Test. 88.5: P Cummins to W Sundar (7), 4 runs, 273/5

# 4th Test. 86.4: WICKET! M Agarwal (9) is out, c Matthew Wade b Pat Cummins, 265/5

4th Test. 85.3: N Lyon to R Pant (57), 4 runs, 265/4

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