Test match India vs Australia
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Test cricket is gaining it's old glory with the undergoing Border Gavaskar Trophy where top teams sweat it out to lift the trophy and gain a significance place in World test championship standings. Now this series is interestingly poised with last as series decider. Cricket Australia are keen to win the Border Gavaskar Trophy they lost only once in this series as per test cricket records. So the contest will be exciting.
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India - Turning pain into glory
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After a worst defeat in Indian test history, India gave a big comeback even with the absence of seniors Virat Kohli, Ishant Sharma and Rohit Sharma in second test match iconic MCG. Ajinkya Rahane showed great composure and class throughout the match as a captain and batsman.
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Third test at Sydney not started in India's favour but they ended a historic draw with their hardwork and fighting spirit as a whole team. Special mention to Vihari, Ashwin, Rishabh Pant, Pujara and Rohit for their outstanding contributions in toughest innings of a test match. Also through this match, an elegant opening pair of Gill and Rohit was born.
After all this, India has another major blow that almost all the important and senior players are suffering from injuries and likely to miss the important series decider. Especially, senior bowlers Jasprit Bumrah and Ravichandran Ashwin are likely to miss which will be a major loss to the bowling department especially in a pitch that is more favourable to pace bowlers. It looks like that India will have to go with four inexperienced Pacers Siraj, Saini, Shardul and Natarajan where Natarajan will likely to make his debut. So far India turned all their pain into glory in this outstanding series. Let's hope they will continue this and retain the trophy.
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Australia - The fierce competitors
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Australia is a country were test cricket is given atmost importance. They play with great intensity especially in test cricket. They go for any extent to win a test match. In this Australian summer, people will always give first preference to watch test cricket instead of Big Bash League which is a t20 cricket festival like IPL.
In this series as well, after starting with a great victory in the first match they dipped in the next match but they never let India to win easily in any instance. They gave a mini comeback in the third match by not letting India to win.
Especially their bowling department with pace rocket trio Cummins, Hazelwood and Starc made sure that Indians should work hard to every single run. Nathan Lyon also assisted them giving important breakthrough. The pace trio were a great threat for India in first three matches in wickets that had no great assistance for pace. But Gabba is a pace paradise. They will test Indian batsman for sure.
On the other hand batting unit looks pretty much average especially top order. If Smith and Labusagne failed, they find it hard to score runs. Warner's return is good sign for them but he looked rusty in last match. He will be keen to score big runs. Wil Pucvoski who made his promising debut last match ruled out of the match due to injury. Marcus Harris is said to replace him. Let's see whether they lift the trophy or not.
Possible match ups
- Rohit Sharma and Mitchell Starc
Possible upper hand: Rohit Sharma
- Cheteswar Pujara and Nathan Lyon
Possible upper hand: Cheteswar Pujara
- Ajinkya Rahane and Pat Cummins
Possible upper hand: Pat Cummins
- Washington Sundar and Steve Smith
Possible upper hand: Washington Sundar
- Marnus Labusagne and Mohammed Siraj
Possible upper hand: Marnus Labusagne
Playing 11
India
Ajinkya Rahane (C), Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Cheteswar Pujara, Rishabh Pant (WK), Mayank Agarwal, Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Navdeep Saini, Mohammed Siraj, T Natarajan.
Australia
Marcus Harris, David Warner, Marnus Labusagne, Steve Smith, Cameron Green, Mathew Wade (WK), Tim Paine (C), Nathan Lyon, Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazelwood.
Toss will be crucial. Winning the toss and playing first will be good for both as batting and chasing a total in fourth innings at Gabba is extremely difficult.
Generally, Australia enjoy great success at Gabba and that's why Paine confidently sledged Ashwin to come to Gabba. Will India turn this around with a historic win. Let's wait and see.
Broadcasting channels
TV: Sony Six, Sony Ten 1 and Sony Ten 3 (All in both SD and HD).
Online: Sony Liv and Jio TV
Time: 5.30 am IST and 10 am Australian time.
Venue: The Gabba, Brisbane.
Today's English word
Corrival
This means competitors of equal strength.
Sentence Usage
In Master movie, the fight between corrivals JD and Bhavani was intense.
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