Heroic knocks from Rishabh Pant and Pujara help India Draw third test.
Hopes are alive for winning the Border Gavaskar 2020-21 test Series in Australia.
What a Brilliant 97runs knock from PANT !! Under pressure from young Indian lefty Rishabh Pant and Pujara once again silent the critic with his batting. Third test match Sydney IndvsAus 2020-21 drawn. Now series is wide open decider will be 4th test match.
What a fight from young lefty Rishabh Pant he was under the pump for his poor wicket keeping. But he made up with one of the greatest knocks by Indian wicket keeper batsman. Indian team on 5th day was under pressure straight away; captain lost his wicket against Lyon.
It looked like the match will be over before lunch after we show in 1st test match. But not this time Rishabh Pant and Pujara stood tall and helped India draw the test match. At one time, it looked like India can win this match and make history on 5th day. But dreams fall down after Pant got out on 97runs and Pujara gout bowled by Cummins’ brilliant delivery.
This inning will give lots of confidence to young Rishabh Pant he showed why team management trust him so much of potential and today’s inning showed how much potential he has as a batsman. This is not the first time he has played few knocks like this against England’s strong bowling lineup and today against Cummins, Hazlewood, Lyon and starc.
Pujara showed his class played a mature inning helping Pant play his natural inning. After Pujara and Pant got out, Vihari and Ashivn saved the match for India. They didn’t take any chance of scoring runs which many will say was safe side. But I definitely felt India should have pushed hard to take match till the end and give it a go at the score. But Vihari’s poor form I felt like didn’t allow him to take the risk. But I would say he played a good inning under pressure consumed almost 30overs and Ashvin too showed his rounder skills. Both Vihari and Ashvin played almost 50overs and scored 50 to 60runs which was an outstanding show of patience from both batsmen.
All an all India can take many positive from this match and come hard in the last and 4th test match, the series decider.
It was a great test match. We show Smith coming back in form with Marnus Labuschagne and Green showing good sign as a batsman. Cummins and Hazlewood were outstanding. For India, there are many spots which need to be check for last test match. Opening slot is now fixed. Jadeja is not playing so if it spinning assisting pitch which is very rare than we can think about Kuldeep else we can surely pick Shardul Thakur and Natrajan in place of out of form Saini. I don’t think Vihari will be playing the 4th test match we might see Agarwal or shaw in the middle order or Rohit adjust in the middle order, which will give a good balance to the team.
Test match is all about focus, determination, not giving up in tough time. India did give up in this test series which cost them one match, and with that, I feel poor team selection is also not helping the cause. Rahane played a good knock Jadeja lift the team morale now Rohit joining the team makes India stronger as Gill is coming out as strong opener which is the big thing and positive sign for India. Now the worry is bowling as Smith coming back in form we need bowlers who can support him now Jadeja out we need shardul Thakur and Natrajan in the team. Shardul can be handy if he makes some runs.
Rishabh Pant knock will go down as Best knock from Indian wicket-keeper batsman in test matches.
