indian cricket team
Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav: The country is celebrating 75 years of independence from British rule. India has made steady and steady progress since it was declared an independent nation on August 15, 1947. We saw many ups and downs during this time, but thanks to our passion and passion, we were able to prove our iron in front of the world. During this we also reach new dimensions in sport and raise our flag on the world stage. Speaking of the most beloved cricket in the country, there were many times when the world greeted us too. Something similar was seen in Australia when we defeated the strongest team in the world of cricket and the Australian team that was considered unbeatable in our home, not once but twice in the same house.
Australia were unbeatable at home
India had never won a Test series in Australia before 2019. Australia always dominated in this Test cricket war between the two teams which started in 1947. If you understand from the statistics, before 2018-19, a total of 25 test series between the two teams. During this, Australia won 12 times, in which they defeated India four times at home. At the same time, India won eight times but failed to win the Test series in Australia even once, meaning Australia had not lost a single series at home for 72 years.
Virat & Co made history in 2018-19
Pujara’s century gave India its first victory
India won the test series at home 2-1 against Australia in 2016-17 and was now scheduled to play on Australian soil in 2018-19. Australia, meanwhile, were trying to reinvent themselves under the captaincy of Tim Paine after the ban and controversies of David Warner, Steve Smith and Cameron Bancroft and the series against India was a great battle for them. The match between the two teams began in Adelaide on December 6. India took a 1-0 lead in the series after winning the first match thanks to the century and a half of their reliable batsman Cheteshwar Pujara. However, in the second match in Perth, despite Virat Kohli’s century and Mohammed Shami’s six, India lost by 146 runs and the series was tied 1-1.
Pujara and Bumrah won the Boxing Day test
India reappeared at the Boxing Day Test in Melbourne and won the third Test by 137 runs. While Pujara scored a century in this match, Bumrah took a total of 9 wickets. India had taken a 2-1 lead in the series after winning the third Test and now had a chance to make history.
Pujara scored the third century of the series, the rise of Pant
The last Test series match started in the new year i.e. 2019. This time the ground was Sydney and India had a great chance to win the first Test series in Australia. Pujara scored the third century of the series for India while Rishabh Pant scored 622 runs in the first innings playing a brilliant inning of 159 runs and finally the match that lasted five days ended in a draw but without creating history for India. was able to stop Under the captaincy of Virat Kohli, India won the first test series on Australian soil.