Back in 2021, 19th January, India beat Australia for the first time in a Test match at the Gabba in Brisbane. With this win the series level at 1-1, the visitors had a tough task as Australia have always dominate at the venue in Brisbane.
But, Team India, led by Ajinkya Rahane, defied the odds to come up trumps and won by three wickets.
After batting first, Australia score 369 in 115.2 overs on the back of Marnus Labuschagne’s knock of 108.
While Captain Tim Paine also score 50 and Steve Smith, Matthew Wade and Cameron Green score 36, 45 and 47 respectively.
T Natarajan, Shardul Thakur and Washington Sundar pick up three wickets each.
India conced a slender, yet crucial lead of 33 runs after being bowl out for 336 in 111.4 overs.
Washington Sundar and Shardul Thakur made 62 and 67 respectively to help India recover from 186 for six.
Both put on 123 runs for the 7th wicket partnership.
Josh Hazlewood has pick up 5 wickets for 57 runs in 24.4 overs.
Australia score 294 runs in their second innings and set India a target of 328 to chase.
Steve Smith score 55 and was the top-scorer for the Aussies.
Mohammed Siraj pick up 5 wickets while Shardul Thakur got 4.
Then, India chase down the target in 97 overs to make history.
They lost the early wicket of Rohit Sharma in their run-chase, but Shubman Gill steadied the ship with a knock of 91, with 8 fours and 2 sixes.
Cheteshwar Pujara made 56 runs off 211 balls to hold one end up.
Then it was the turn of Rishabh Pant to show his masterclass.
He stayed unbeaten on 89 runs off 138 balls as India went past the finish line in the 3rd and final session of the 5th day’s play.
Full Scorecard
Australia 1st Innings
| BATTING | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Warner | c Sharma b Mohammed Siraj | 1 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | ||
| Marcus Harris | c Washington Sundar b Thakur | 5 | 23 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 21.73 | ||
| Marnus Labuschagne | c Pant b Natarajan | 108 | 204 | 293 | 9 | 0 | 52.94 | ||
| Steven Smith | c Sharma b Washington Sundar | 36 | 77 | 112 | 5 | 0 | 46.75 | ||
| Matthew Wade | c Thakur b Natarajan | 45 | 87 | 131 | 6 | 0 | 51.72 | ||
| Cameron Green | b Washington Sundar | 47 | 107 | 171 | 6 | 0 | 43.92 | ||
| Tim Paine (c)(wk) | c Sharma b Thakur | 50 | 104 | 149 | 6 | 0 | 48.07 | ||
| Pat Cummins | lbw b Thakur | 2 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | ||
| Mitchell Starc | not out | 20 | 35 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 57.14 | ||
| Nathan Lyon | b Washington Sundar | 24 | 22 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 109.09 | ||
| Josh Hazlewood | b Natarajan | 11 | 27 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 40.74 | ||
| Extras | (b 4, lb 5, nb 6, w 5) | 20 | |||||||
| TOTAL | 115.2 Ov (RR: 3.19, 517 Mins) | 369 | |||||||
| Fall of wickets: 1-4 (David Warner, 0.6 ov), 2-17 (Marcus Harris, 8.1 ov), 3-87 (Steven Smith, 34.1 ov), 4-200 (Matthew Wade, 63.4 ov), 5-213 (Marnus Labuschagne, 65.5 ov), 6-311 (Tim Paine, 99.2 ov), 7-313 (Cameron Green, 100.5 ov), 8-315 (Pat Cummins, 101.4 ov), 9-354 (Nathan Lyon, 108.2 ov), 10-369 (Josh Hazlewood, 115.2 ov) | |||||||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mohammed Siraj | 28 | 10 | 77 | 1 | 2.75 | 1 | 0 |
| T Natarajan | 24.2 | 3 | 78 | 3 | 3.20 | 0 | 6 |
| Shardul Thakur | 24 | 6 | 94 | 3 | 3.91 | 0 | 0 |
| Navdeep Saini | 7.5 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 2.68 | 0 | 0 |
| Washington Sundar | 31 | 6 | 89 | 3 | 2.87 | 0 | 0 |
| Rohit Sharma | 0.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.00 | 0 | 0 |
India 1st Innings
| BATTING | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rohit Sharma | c Starc b Lyon | 44 | 74 | 90 | 6 | 0 | 59.45 | ||
| Shubman Gill | c Smith b Cummins | 7 | 15 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 46.66 | ||
| Cheteshwar Pujara | c †Paine b Hazlewood | 25 | 94 | 145 | 2 | 0 | 26.59 | ||
| Ajinkya Rahane (c) | c Wade b Starc | 37 | 93 | 154 | 3 | 0 | 39.78 | ||
| Mayank Agarwal | c Smith b Hazlewood | 38 | 75 | 91 | 3 | 1 | 50.66 | ||
| Rishabh Pant (wk) | c Green b Hazlewood | 23 | 29 | 49 | 2 | 0 | 79.31 | ||
| Washington Sundar | c Green b Starc | 62 | 144 | 222 | 7 | 1 | 43.05 | ||
| Shardul Thakur | b Cummins | 67 | 115 | 154 | 9 | 2 | 58.26 | ||
| Navdeep Saini | c Smith b Hazlewood | 5 | 14 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 35.71 | ||
| Mohammed Siraj | b Hazlewood | 13 | 10 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 130.00 | ||
| T Natarajan | not out | 1 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 11.11 | ||
| Extras | (b 5, lb 7, nb 2) | 14 | |||||||
| TOTAL | 111.4 Ov (RR: 3.00, 504 Mins) | 336 | |||||||
| Fall of wickets: 1-11 (Shubman Gill, 6.2 ov), 2-60 (Rohit Sharma, 19.5 ov), 3-105 (Cheteshwar Pujara, 38.5 ov), 4-144 (Ajinkya Rahane, 54.6 ov), 5-161 (Mayank Agarwal, 60.2 ov), 6-186 (Rishabh Pant, 66.3 ov), 7-309 (Shardul Thakur, 102.3 ov), 8-320 (Navdeep Saini, 107.4 ov), 9-328 (Washington Sundar, 108.5 ov), 10-336 (Mohammed Siraj, 111.4 ov) | |||||||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mitchell Starc | 23 | 3 | 88 | 2 | 3.82 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Hazlewood | 24.4 | 6 | 57 | 5 | 2.31 | 0 | 2 |
| Pat Cummins | 27 | 5 | 94 | 2 | 3.48 | 0 | 0 |
| Cameron Green | 8 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 2.50 | 0 | 0 |
| Nathan Lyon | 28 | 9 | 65 | 1 | 2.32 | 0 | 0 |
| Marnus Labuschagne | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 |
Australia 2nd Innings
| BATTING | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcus Harris | c Pant b Thakur | 38 | 82 | 94 | 8 | 0 | 46.34 | ||
| David Warner | lbw b Washington Sundar | 48 | 75 | 103 | 6 | 0 | 64.00 | ||
| Marnus Labuschagne | c Sharma b Mohammed Siraj | 25 | 22 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 113.63 | ||
| Steven Smith | c Rahane b Mohammed Siraj | 55 | 74 | 121 | 7 | 0 | 74.32 | ||
| Matthew Wade | c Pant b Mohammed Siraj | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
| Cameron Green | c Sharma b Thakur | 37 | 90 | 130 | 3 | 0 | 41.11 | ||
| Tim Paine (c)(wk) | c Pant b Thakur | 27 | 37 | 52 | 3 | 0 | 72.97 | ||
| Pat Cummins | not out | 28 | 51 | 76 | 2 | 1 | 54.90 | ||
| Mitchell Starc | c Saini b Mohammed Siraj | 1 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | ||
| Nathan Lyon | c Agarwal b Thakur | 13 | 10 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 130.00 | ||
| Josh Hazlewood | c Thakur b Mohammed Siraj | 9 | 11 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 81.81 | ||
| Extras | (b 5, lb 2, nb 4, w 2) | 13 | |||||||
| TOTAL | 75.5 Ov (RR: 3.87, 335 Mins) | 294 | |||||||
| Fall of wickets: 1-89 (Marcus Harris, 24.6 ov), 2-91 (David Warner, 25.6 ov), 3-123 (Marnus Labuschagne, 30.3 ov), 4-123 (Matthew Wade, 30.6 ov), 5-196 (Steven Smith, 54.2 ov), 6-227 (Cameron Green, 60.5 ov), 7-242 (Tim Paine, 64.6 ov), 8-247 (Mitchell Starc, 67.3 ov), 9-274 (Nathan Lyon, 72.1 ov), 10-294 (Josh Hazlewood, 75.5 ov) | |||||||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mohammed Siraj | 19.5 | 5 | 73 | 5 | 3.68 | 1 | 0 |
| T Natarajan | 14 | 4 | 41 | 0 | 2.92 | 0 | 2 |
| Washington Sundar | 18 | 1 | 80 | 1 | 4.44 | 0 | 0 |
| Shardul Thakur | 19 | 2 | 61 | 4 | 3.21 | 1 | 1 |
| Navdeep Saini | 5 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 6.40 | 0 | 1 |
India 2nd Innings
(Target: 328 runs)
| BATTING | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rohit Sharma | c Paine b Cummins | 7 | 21 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 33.33 | ||
| Shubman Gill | c Smith b Lyon | 91 | 146 | 208 | 8 | 2 | 62.32 | ||
| Cheteshwar Pujara | lbw b Cummins | 56 | 211 | 314 | 7 | 0 | 26.54 | ||
| Ajinkya Rahane (c) | c Paine b Cummins | 24 | 22 | 44 | 1 | 1 | 109.09 | ||
| Rishabh Pant (wk) | not out | 89 | 138 | 181 | 9 | 1 | 64.49 | ||
| Mayank Agarwal | c Wade b Cummins | 9 | 15 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 60.00 | ||
| Washington Sundar | b Lyon | 22 | 29 | 41 | 2 | 1 | 75.86 | ||
| Shardul Thakur | c Lyon b Hazlewood | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 66.66 | ||
| Navdeep Saini | not out | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | ||
| Extras | (b 18, lb 8, nb 3) | 29 | |||||||
| TOTAL | 97 Ov (RR: 3.39, 435 Mins) | 329/7 | |||||||
| Did not bat: Mohammed Siraj, T Natarajan | |||||||||
| Fall of wickets: 1-18 (Rohit Sharma, 8.2 ov), 2-132 (Shubman Gill, 47.6 ov), 3-167 (Ajinkya Rahane, 56.5 ov), 4-228 (Cheteshwar Pujara, 80.2 ov), 5-265 (Mayank Agarwal, 86.4 ov), 6-318 (Washington Sundar, 95.5 ov), 7-325 (Shardul Thakur, 96.4 ov) | |||||||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mitchell Starc | 16 | 0 | 75 | 0 | 4.68 | 0 | 1 |
| Josh Hazlewood | 22 | 5 | 74 | 1 | 3.36 | 0 | 1 |
| Pat Cummins | 24 | 10 | 55 | 4 | 2.29 | 0 | 1 |
| Cameron Green | 3 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 3.33 | 0 | 0 |
| Nathan Lyon | 31 | 7 | 85 | 2 | 2.74 | 0 | 0 |
| Marnus Labuschagne | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4.00 | 0 | 0 |
