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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 det🅠ermination.
The extraordinary effort of Hanuma Vihari, and Ravichandran Ashwin, who batted 258 deliveries and blocked whatever was thrown at them, helped 🔯India draw the thꦯird match as the series is now poised at 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.
𓃲However, 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 , , and for the roles they’v🔯e playe꧋d brilliantly.
Any guesses in which dressing🍸 room the morale will be high? 😀
— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt)
Great fightback by ! Special effort out there and the team showed✨ amazing phys🧸ical and 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 Indi𝔍a must surely be one of the gutsiest performancesﷺ 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 Brisbane at 1-1 for a decider. What a series of Test Cricket 🙌�ꩵ���🏽
— 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 d𒅌oing an insta live with Paine while battling to save a T🐟est 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 overs 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 bowling attack. Looking forward to the 4th and final test match.
— Brad Hogg (@Brad_Hogg)
Amazing fight by Indian♐. Vih💫ari 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 ho🦂lds on to ear♛n it. What happens in the final Test? 😱🇮🇳🇦🇺
— Chloe-Amanda Bailey (@ChloeAmandaB)
For a team who w🥃as all out fo♋r 36 in the first test to bounce back this way is commendable and not to forget 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 Ind♉ian cricket history.
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns)
Lovely conclusion to a great Test match. picks up a stump as a souvenir, offer💧🦩s 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 Ind꧑ia under immense pressure to gain a draw. Cannot wait till Friday for the final match. Have loved this series
— Lisa Sthalekar (@sthalekar93)
H🦹erculean effort and a one that will be remembered for a long long time . This is what Test cricket 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 and determination even after 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 lowest figure for any Australian captain ✨this century.
— The CricViz Analyst (@cricvizanalyst)
Incredible! Indi෴a have done it. One of the great Test rearguards.
— 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, tremendꦐous courage and grit shown by the guys especially P𝄹ujara, 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 unbelievable— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag)
What a remarkable determination showed by & and a brilliant game displayed by Team India with the series currently at draw. Extremely proud o🌊f 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 !!
Filled every Indians heart with immense PR✅IDE 🇮��— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan)
A fitting birthday gift for Rahul Dravid 🎁
An extraordinary display of resistance, fight and patience b😼♚y India today 🙌
— ICC (@ICC)
Amazing display of grit and determination by India. 131 overs is the longest they have batted in 40 years t𝔉o save the match. Test cricket at its𝐆 very best.
— Mazher Arshad (@MazherArshad)
