The rivalry between India and Australia (IND vs AUS) is old. It is not easy for any team to beat Team India at home. It is about the year 2001. Under the captaincy of Steve Waugh, the Kangaroo team landed on Indian soil after winning 15 consecutive Tests.
The first match of the series was played at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Sachin Tendulkar hit half-centuries in both the innings. Even after this, the Indian team has not been able to do anything special. Australia easily won this match by 10 wickets.
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After Australia’s victory, former Australia captain Ian Chappell wrote in his column for Telegraph that captain Sourav Ganguly made many wrong decisions on the field. Due to arrogance, he is not getting the support of senior players. Things are not going well in the dressing room as well.
Sourav Ganguly hit it Off in the Telegraph the Next Day
Sourav Ganguly attacked it strongly in the Telegraph the next day. He wrote that Chappell has every right to criticize me. I respect it. But they don’t have the right to talk about what they don’t know. How do they know what is going on in the dressing room? According to me, either they are ignorant or they are saying this at someone else’s behest.
After winning 16 consecutive Tests, the spirits of the Australian team were high. As expected, he made a great start in the second Test played in Kolkata as well. Due to the century of captain Steve Waugh, the team scored 445 runs in the first innings.
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Team India got all Out After Scoring Just 171 Runs in the First Innings
In response, Team India got all out after scoring just 171 runs in the first innings. VVS Laxman hit a half-century. The Kangaroo team decided to follow on India. But perhaps this match was about to become history and it happened like that.
In the second innings from India, VVS Laxman scored 281 and Rahul Dravid scored 180 runs. Team India declared the second innings by scoring 657 runs on 7 wickets on the last day. In this way, Australia got a difficult target of 384 runs to win the match.
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Young off-Spinner Harbhajan Singh took 6 Wickets in the Second Innings
Australia’s team got all out after scoring 212 runs in 68.3 overs in the second innings. Matthew Hayden definitely showed his struggle by scoring 67 runs. Young off-spinner Harbhajan Singh took 6 wickets in the second innings. Sachin Tendulkar was also successful in taking 3 wickets. In this way the series became equal to 1-1. Not only this, the streak of 16 consecutive victories of the Kangaroo team was also broken.
The third and final match played in Chennai was also exciting. Australia scored 391 runs while playing first. Matthew Hayden played a historic inning of 203 runs. In response, the Indian team took the lead by scoring 501 runs. Sachin Tendulkar scored 126 runs. Dravid and Laxman also hit half-centuries.
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The Australian team scored 264 runs in the second innings. Harbhajan Singh took 8 wickets. The target of 155 runs was not going to be easy for India on a spin pitch. The team’s score at one time was 101 runs for 2 wickets. In such a situation, the team is moving towards victory.
After this the Indian team faltered and the score became 135 for 7 wickets. In such a situation, it seemed that the match would get out of hand. Wicket-keeper batsman Sameer Dighe made an unbeaten 22 to seal the win. VVS Laxman also played an important inning of 66 runs.
Matthew Hayden Was Named Player of the Match
Team India won 2-1 in this exciting series. Matthew Hayden was chosen as the player of the match. At the same time, young off-spinner Harbhajan Singh became the player of the series by taking 32 wickets. India and Australia are ready to play another important series. The 4-match series is going to start in Nagpur from 9th February.
