In a close game, Team India defeated Australia by 31 runs to take a 1-0 lead the series. It is a historic win for India as it is their first test victory in Australia after 11 years. Also, it is India’s first ever victory in the first test of the series in Australia.
On the 5th day, India needed 6 wickets to win the match. The Australia team fought hard, thanks to ♈some brilliant batting performance by Shaun Marsh and Nathan Lyon towards the end.
Indian spinner Ashwin took the final wicket of Josh Hazlewood caught by KL Rahul at the slips. Cheteshwar Pujara, for his brilliant knock of 123 and 71 runs, was awarded the ‘Player of the Match’.
It was a big match for Indian wicket-keeper Rishabh Pant to🅺o as he bﷺecame the first Indian wicketkeeper to take 11 catches in a Test match.
🌳The second test will be played on 14th Dec at the Perth stadium.
Final Scorecard:
India: 250-10 (88.0) & 307-10 (106.5)
Australia: 235-10 (98.4) & 291-10 (119.5)
Here are few Twitter reactions:
Sachin Tendulkar:
What a wa♈y to start the series! never released the pressure. Superb batt🐠ing by with crucial knocks in both innings, in the 2nd innings and excellent contributions by our 4 bowlers. This has brought back memories of 2003.
— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt)
Ajit Agarkar:
Brilliant by the Indian team.well fought and🅠 a well deserved victory
— Ajit Agarkar (@imAagarkar)
Vinay Kumar:
Congratulations team India 🇮🇳 on winning the 1st test and creating the history… All the bowlers did a great job. And definitely knock was special and made the difference.
— Vinay Kumar R (@Vinay_Kumar_R)
BCCI:
History repeats itself!
In the 2003 Adelaide Test, No. 3 Rahul Dravid won the Player of the Match.
In 2018, No. 3 is named Player of the Match.— BCCI (@BCCI)
Naman Ojha:
Well done batting
— Naman Ojha (@namanojha35)
Cricketwallah:
Yup, Ashwin finally finds the edge o🦄f Hazlewood’s ♕bat to complete hard fought win. Shabaash India!
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah)
Kings XI Punjab:
Chakh de Phatte ! 🙌🏻👏🏼
Great contribution from @klrahul11 & as 🇮🇳 take🔯 a 1-0 lead in the Test Series! 👌🏼
— Punjab Kings (@PunjabKingsIPL)
Mitchell Johnson:
//tw🦩itter.com/MitchJohnson398/status/1072007000794443🌺776
ICC:
The winning moment! ☝
— ICC (@ICC)
Gaurav Kapur:
Well done Cheteshwar, the quiet soldier. Adelaide 2018 will always be reme♔mbered as your special test matchﷺ.
— Gaurav Kapur (@gauravkapur)
Harbhajan Singh:
Congratulations Team India! What a way to start the test series! Congratulations on thཧe win. ♉top stuff by and all the bowlers doing a great job
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh)
