Rishabh Pant batted like a ‘mad max’ but it surely was Cheteshwar Pujara who truly made the win at Gabba doable, feels Australia opener Marcus Harris. The 28-year-old was at the dressing room when Pant performed that successful shot which will likely be etched in everybody’s reminiscence for an extended very long time.
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Speaking on the ‘Cricket Life Stories’ YouTube channel, the Australian opener stated: “The final day was amazing to watch. We were thinking the whole day if they would go for the runs or not. I think Rishabh played the best innings that day, but for Pujara to be copping an absolute barrage from everyone, it felt like he batted like an Australian, taking everything on the chest and getting on with it. The rest of the team just batted around him.”
He was equally effusive in praising Rishabh Pant who was hailed for his match successful knock of 89 off 138 balls. Meanwhile Pujara was as stable as a rock as he made his approach to a painstaking 211-ball 56. India received the match and the sequence 2-1.
“Rishabh Pant’s innings was unbelievable. Everyone says he has magic in him, and he has showed that a few times now. It was disappointing to lose the series but sometimes in cricket you just have tip your hat and say they were too good for us.”
The sequence went all the way down to the wire as India beat Australia in MCG after dropping the primary Test. Then Rahane-led facet enforced a draw in opposition to all odds at SCG. With sequence locked 1-1, each groups headed to Brisbane the place some heroics from Mohammed Siraj, Rishabh Pant, Shardul Thakur and Washington Sundar made positive the tri-color furls at the Gabba.
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