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A rejuvenated India with out the providers of standard skipper Virat Kohli turned the tables on Australia to say the second Test inside 4 days in Melbourne on Tuesday, a rousing eight-wicket victory that breathed life into the sequence.
Needing solely 70 runs for victory after bowling Australia out for 200 by lunch, opener Shubman Gill (35 not out) and stand-in captain Ajinkya Rahane (27 not out) guided India residence in a blaze of shot-making to sq. the sequence 1-1 forward of the third take a look at.
Australia vs India 2nd Test Stats:
– This is India’s first and solely Test match victory this yr. India misplaced to New Zealand in a two-match Test sequence in February earlier than coronavirus introduced the cricket world to a halt.
– India have now registered a complete of 4 wins for India on the MCG. This is India’s most most profitable venue away from residence. Previously they’d gained three Tests every at Queens Park Oval, Trinidad, Sabina Park, Jamaica, and on the SSC in Colombo however no different staff other than England has gained greater than three matches on the MCG.
– Mohammed Siraj turns into the second-most wickettaker for a debutant in Australia. Lasith Malinga is the one bowler to have taken greater than Siraj’s 5 wickets within the Boxing Day Test. Only 4 Indian pacers have taken extra wickets on debut away from residence than Siraj.
The ledger after two Tests:Aus 32 wickets for 679 runs, common 21.22Ind 32 wickets for 676 runs, common 21.13
— Ric Finlay (@RicFinlay) December 29, 2020
– Australia produced the bottom ever run-rate in a house sequence since 1990 at 2.52. Three of the six lowest run charges for Australia on this interval have come towards India.
– This is the primary time in 32 years that an Australian batsman didn’t rating a fifty in a Test match at residence. Incidentally, that was additionally on the MCG towards West Indies. Meanwhile, away from residence, this has occurred to Australia solely 3 times within the final thirty years.
– The final staff that gained back-to-back Tests on the MCG had been Pakistan in 1979 and 1981, and earlier than that India in 1977 and 1980.
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