New Delhi: India won the second Test match by 6-wickets against Australia at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi on Sunday. India now leads the series by 2-0 who has retained the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
Jadeja takes 7-wickets haul
The star performer of the match was India’s all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja. Coming back from the injury break, the left arm spinner scalped 7 wickets haul and reached the career best figures in the Test of 7/42 in 12.1 overs.
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Jadeja’s brilliant performance
Jadeja broke the 21-year-long standing record. The Saurashtra cricketer took five bowled dismissals in an innings.
The last time a spinner took five bowled dismissals in an innings was way back in 1992. The feat was achieved by former India cricketer Anil Kumble who had registered the record against South Africa in 1992.
Overall, Shoaib Akhtar was the last player to take five bowled dismissals in an innings. The former Pakistani player achieved that against New Zealand in 2002.
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India retain BGT 2023
Earlier in the match, Australia won the toss and elected to bat first. Australia were bowled out for 263 runs with Peter Handscomb and Usman Khawaja scoring a half-century each.
Mohammed Shami picked up a four-wicket haul while Jadeja and Ashwin took three wickets each. In reply, India put just 262 runs on the board with Axar Patel scoring a crucial 74 runs.
In the second innings, India bowled Australia out for just 113 runs. Ravindra Jadeja picked-up 7-wickets and his fellow spinner Ravichnadran Ashwin struck three.
Travis Head and Marnus Labuschagne scored 42 and 35 runs, respectively. In the India’s second innings, Chesteshwar Pujara and KS Bharat finished the chase for India. Pujara scored 31 runs and Bharat played 23 runs innings.
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