It has been 81 years since India made its debut in International test cricket. Though it had won many tests and series in home and a few away, never India had made it 4-0.
The first evet 4-0 result came against the Aussies, who had never had such a result in 43 years till India made it. There are many contributions that helped team India to achieve this feat.
In the first test Aussies opting to bat first made a daunting 380 in first innings,with a good century by Clarke and a fifty from Henriques. They were on the dominant part till India lost 2 wickets cheaply. And showed some fight later by taking two more. Enter MS Dhoni ,who along with Virat and Bhuvi made India get massive lead of 123.
India then bowled out Australia, and had a mere 50 runs to win. If Henriques had not scored 81 in 2nd innings, the kangaroos might have lost by an innings.
Match 2
Again its the aussies who won the toss and batted first. Bhuvi gave initial burst with 3 scalps and spinners did the rest damage. Clarke declared at 237-9. India lost Sehwag early and Vijay,Pujara added 370 runs for 2nd wicket and took away the game from kangaroos. Then Spinners made aussies collapse for a mere 131 in 2nd innings,losing the match by innings.
3rd match
The day 1 was washed out because of rain. Australia made 408 thanks to couple of 90+ contributions from Smith and Starc. India tried a new opening pair , handing a debut to Shikar Dhawan, who demolished the aussie bowling and became the fastest century maker on debut and went on to score 187 in 174 balls,he lofted very few and played all along the ground for majority of his scoring.. Vijay played defensive and made 150+ followed by his hyderabad knock of 167.
The opening stand was 289 but regular fall of wickets has made indian innings to end at 499, with kohli stranded at 67.
Its Phil huges and starc who saved aussies from an another innings defeat. Its Bhuvi who gave start with 3 wickets. Rest damage did completely by the spin trio of Ashwin,Ohja and Jadeja. The target of 133 was achieved with 15 balls leff in the mandatory overs,with contributions from Vijay,Pujara,Kohli,Sachin,MSD and India produced result in 4 days.
4 th Match
In absence of Clarke,Watto took the captaincy,won the toss,but end result was the same. Aussies got bowled out for 262, with siddle ending as top scorer. India got good start from opening pair Vijay and Pujara. Then India lost wickets at regular intervals,with late hitting by Dhoni and Jadeja,the innings folded at 272 on day 3 morning.
It was the spinners again reducing the aussies to 94-7. Again siddle saved them with a 50 and giving target of 155 to india with 7 sessions to play.
India started attacking from the word go. Lost Vijay early. Then Pujara,Kohli bought the score to 123. Kohli,Sachin and Rahane got out quickly and the score was 128-4. In came MSD, pujara scored 3 fours and levelled the score. Dhoni hit the winning boundary and a history was made.
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