Pant batted magically, Pujara batted like an Australian: Marcus Harris on Gabba chase

Marcus Harris, one of many Australian gamers wanting on as India scripted a historic win in Brisbane earlier this yr, stated Rishabh Pant might need performed the most effective innings on the day, however it was Cheteshwar Pujara’s batting “like an Australian” that the win was doable.
Speaking on the ‘Cricket Life Stories’ YouTube channel, the Australian opener stated: “The final day was amazing to watch. We were thinking the whole day if they would go for the runs or not. I think Rishabh played the best innings that day, but for Pujara to be copping an absolute barrage from everyone, it felt like he batted like an Australian, taking everything on the chest and getting on with it. The rest of the team just batted around him.”
Rishabh Pant (89 not out off 138 balls) channelled his inside ‘Mad Max’ to scare the daylights out of the Australians together with his breathtaking strokeplay within the 4th Test of the sequence earlier this yr, ending the house staff’s 32-year-old unbeaten run on the ‘Fortress Gabba’.
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Pant’s whirlwind knock, together with his assault reaching a climax within the ultimate session, got here after a marathon 211-ball 56 by Pujara — the longest innings of the match.
Harris stated, “Rishabh Pant’s innings was unbelievable. Everyone says he has magic in him, and he has showed that a few times now. It was disappointing to lose the series but sometimes in cricket you just have tip your hat and say they were too good for us.”