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An incredible Test at Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) between Australia and India came 🦹to an end where the visitors showed immense gu♕ts and determination.
The extraordinary effort of Hanuma Vihari, and Ravichandran Ashwin, who batted 258 deliveries and blocked whatever was thrown at them, helped India draw the thi♊rd match as the series is now poised ꦦat 1-1.
Rishabh Pant (97) and Cheteshwar Pujara (77) added 148 runs for the fourth wicket in an amazing counter-attacking partnership to put Australia on a backfoot. The game then again shifted towards hosts ♒when🎃 Aussie bowlers got rid of Pant and Pujara.
However, another twist in the story was waiting to greet the Australian team.♈ Vihari and Ashwin exhibited top-class cricket 🗹and batted for more than 3 hours to make sure India draw the SCG Test.
Most overs batted out by India in 4th innings in draws:
- 150.5 v Eng Oval 1979
- 136.0 v WI Kolkata 1948/49
- 132.0 v WI Mumbai BS 1958/59
- 131.0 v Pak Delhi 1979/80
- 131.0 v Aus Sydney 2020/21*
Here is how Twitter reacted:
Really proud of !
Special mention to , , anꦿd for the roles they’ve played b🥀rilliantly.
Any guesses𝕴 in which dressing room the morale will be high? �💛�
— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt)
Great fightback by ! Special effort out there aꩵnd the team showed amazing physical ꦆand mental strength.
— hardik pandya (@hardikpandya7)
Defiance of the very highest quality. A performance to be very proud of♑ .
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha)
All things considered, this from India must surely be one of the gutsiest💧 performances in Test history
— Louis Cameron (@LouisDBCameron)
Unbelievable game of cricket. So much character & fight from Pant, Pujara, Vihari & Ashwin – not just today, but think back to all out 36 in Adelaide
Kohli departs, injuries everywhere.
Off to B🧜risbane at 1-1 for a decider. What a series of Test Cricket 🙌♋🏽👏🏽
— Trent Copeland (@copes9)
What a test…India have shown remarkable resilience and fight to keep the series very much alive!
— Tom Moody (@TomMoodyCricket)
I like how Ashwin is doing an insta live with Paine while battling🌱 to save a Test match
— Siddhartha Vaidyanathan (@sidvee)
What a Test match. This will go down as one of India's most resilient efforts in Test cricket.
🌠Vihari, Ashwin, Pant and Jadeja all battered. Crowd issues. And five-down with 42 ove🍎rs to go. Incredible.
— Scott Bailey (@ScottBaileyAAP)
A praiseworthy draw against the best bowling attack in the world!
Bravo, India!🇮🇳
Vihari🙏 Ashwin🙏— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman)
That is true test cricket. Well done to India against a quality bowlingไ attack. Looking forward to the 4th and final test match.
— Brad Hogg (@Brad_Hogg)
𒁏Amazing fight by Indian. Vihari hamstrung, Ashwin peppered with short stuff. What a series.
— Usman Khawaja (@Uz_Khawaja)
'Cometh the hour, cometh the man, and cometh the team'. Extremely proud of for putting up a fight on Day 5. Special mention to , , & . Well done, guys! Hello Brisbane 🇮🇳
— Jay Shah (@JayShah)
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A draw. India holds on to earn it. What h🎶appens in the final Test? 😱🇮🇳🇦🇺
— Chloe-Amanda Bailey (@ChloeAmandaB)
For a team who was all out for 36 in the first test to bounce back this way is commendable and not to f🔯orget the loss of so many players
— Hemang Badani (@hemangkbadani)
December 19th – India 36 all-out.
December 29th – India won at MCG.
January 11th – India batted 131 overs to seal a draw at SCG.Greatest ever 🐓come back in Indian cricket history.
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns)
Lovely conclusion to a great 👍Test match. picks up a stump as a souvenir, offers ꦺit to who asks him to keep it
— Bharat Sundaresan (@beastieboy07)
Incredible India 🇮🇳
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash)
Oh yeah. Final call for . .
— Melinda Farrell (@melindafarrell)
Well was glued to coverage of the Test. Well done to India under immense pressure to gain a draw. Cannot wait till Friday for the final match. Have loved th✅is series
— Lisa Sthalekar (@sthalekar93)
Herculean effort and a one that will be remembered for a long long time . This is what Test ൩cricket is all about .
— Deep Dasgupta (@DeepDasgupta7)
Hats of to both and to draw the test! A lot has to be said about vihari for his grit a🍒nd determination even aft🎶er being injured! This knock is as good as any hundred in test cricket! Ashwin always had the talent to be a main allrounder!
— Kris Srikkanth (@KrisSrikkanth)
Tim Paine has now won 64% of his home Test matches as captain, the lowestﷺ figure for any A✅ustralian captain this century.
— The CricViz Analyst (@cricvizanalyst)
Incredible! India have done it. One of the gre🐈at Test reargu💮ards.
— Andrew McGlashan (@andymcg_cricket)
Crazy how a game that good can go for five days and there not be a winner. Test cricket is silly and it's the best
— Sam Ferris (@samuelfez)
India have about 11 fit players, dug heels in on bubble conditions in Brisbane, called out racial abuse, and batted 131 overs against Cummins, Hazlewood, Starc and Lyon for a draw so can still retain Trophy. I'm not sure there's ever been a salvage job to match that
— Daniel Brettig 🏏 (@danbrettig)
Great knock from Pant 👏
— Damien Fleming (@bowlologist)
Great effort India to draw the Test, tremendous courage and gr💧it shown by the guys especially Pujara, Pant, Vihari and Ash
— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif)
Pic1 – Till Rishabh Pant was at the crease.
Pic2- Pujara, Vihari and Ashwin.And the combination of these 2 made it a fantastic Test Match. Feel so so proud of the Team,
Pant showed why he needs to b treated differently & d grit showed by Vihari🥀, Pujara & Ashwin was unbeliꦺevable— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag)
What a remarkable✱ determination showed by & and a brilliant game displ♓ayed by Team India with the series currently at draw. Extremely proud of your game today🙌
— Suresh Raina🇮🇳 (@ImRaina)
T 3780 – CRICKET .. Ind v Aus Test .. well done India .. pulled a draw under an extremely difficult situation .. bore the brunt of injury, bore the racist abuses ..AND CAME OUT VICTORIOUS ..
India you are made of sterner stuff !!
Fil🅷led every Indians heart with immense PRIDE 🇮🇳— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan)
A fitting birthday gift for Rahul Dravid 🎁
An extraordinary display of resistanc⛦e, fight and patien🤡ce by India today 🙌
— ICC (@ICC)
Ama🐎zing display of grit and determination by India. 131 overs is the longest they have batted in 40 years to save the match. Test cricket at its very best.
— Mazher Arshad (@MazherArshad)
