India retained the Border-Gavaskar Trophy after defeating Australia through _ wickets at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Sunday, 19 February. Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja starred as they bundled out Australia for just 113 runs in the 2nd innings, no matter the travelling aspect getting an excellent begin and finishing at sixty one/1 at the quit of Day 2.
Indian spinners ensued panic amongst the Australian batter after the wicket of opener Travis Head and wrapped the group within the morning consultation of the sport. With the win, India retained the Border-Gavaskar Trophy for the third successive edition considering their win at home in 2017/18.
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India captain Rohit Sharma spoke inside the post-match presentation and stated that the main difference among the 2 sides turned into that one panicked and one did on in the Delhi pitch.
“Yeah, I imply, super result for us. Looking returned at things the day before today, the way we got here again and finished the job changed into in reality nicely. We had to bat 2d on the pitch but the kinda effort we positioned on this morning,” Rohit Sharma hailed the group for prevailing the healthy in hard scenario.
“On a pitch like this, human beings need to do some thing different. We were organized for them coming out and playing shots. Our concept was to now not panic and simply hit the proper regions, waiting for the error to show up and that’s exactly what befell,” Sharma explained India’s approach after a 6-wicket win.
Asked approximately the techniques mentioned together with his spinner Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja, Sharma said both knew what they had been doing.
“I had an amazing chat with them (Ashwin and Jadeja). They have performed enough games, in these conditions. It is about keeping it tight, preserving it exceptional. I left it to them. It become about staying calm and allow them to make a mistake,” Sharma stated.
Rohit lauded the crew’s attempt and the contributions every character made in the Test suit.
“When you play Test cricket, there are four innings, there are a lot of things to count on. I suppose the partnership between Jadeja and Virat and among Axar and Aswhin counts. To make 100 runs partnership on that pitch turned into in no way clean. Those men have carried out and got us to near the goal,” Sharma concluded.