India Thrashed Australia By An Innings & 135 Runs
Day 4 of Hyderabad Test
Everyone was excited to know that in how much time, India will win the game & every Australian would be hoping that some miracle may occur & they can save the match.
Australia resumed their innings from overnight score of 74-2.
Watson & Cowan were the batsman on the crease.
But the Australians hopes whispered in the 3rd over of the day, when Shane Watson tried to flick 1 ball from Ishant Sharma & Skipper Dhoni did not made any mistake in taking that.
Watson without any single run from his overnight score of 9 departed.
Australia were 75-3 at that moment.
Michael Clarke came at no. 5 to bat.
Both Clarke & Cowan tried to built a partnership & took Australian total past 100.
But R Jadeja continued to pick up his favorite victim in the series, Aussie skipper M Clarke.
Clarke was clean bowled by Jadeja on 16.
Jadeja has took the wicket of Clarke 3 times in the series out of 4 times he has been dismissed.
Australian total was 108 at that time.
Then batsman came & go.
Cowan's temparament did not stayed quiet long with him as his fighting innings of 44 was finished by Ashwin, he face 150 deliveries.
Henriques did not get the chance to even open his account as he became the hunt of a fantastiac direct throw from Jadeja.
Australia lost their 9th wicket on 130.
The last pair X Doherty & Pattinson tried to keep away India from a emphasising victory for some time.
They both added only 1 run but took 53 deliveries before the partnership was broken by golden arm in the series, R Ashwin.
Pattinson became Ashwin's 5 victim of the innings.
Aussies were all out on 131 & lost the game on the 4th day.
Cheteshwar Pujara was awarded the Man Of The mtach Award for his match winning double Century.
"India deserve a lot of credit," says Michael Clarke. "They outplayed us in every facet of the game. There is no doubt we have a lot of work to do. In all facets of the game. There will certainly be no stone left unturned. The batsmen haven't put enough runs on, and there is no excuse for that. There will be no break between the Test matches. There will be a lot of hard work, I can assure you. You don't get better sitting on the couch. We have had guys get in and out without making big scores. That's unacceptable."
"It was important to get off to a good start," says MS Dhoni. "Bhuvneshwar provided that. You don'tsee fast bowlers getting too many in these conditions. We often talk about long partnerships. If you get 40-50, you have to score big. That's what Pujara and Vijay did. That resulted in a massive partnership, which gave us the freedom to accelerate yesterday. It was very important to not give their seamers wickets, and I think they saw that period off really well. After that they could dictate terms. Very good bowling performance. It was important to start today's play really well, and Ishant gave us the important breakthrough. I think I have got a very good side. Yes we have gone through a period we haven't won many games. Credit goes to the team and the support staff. And winning most matches as captain is a collective effort, and credit goes to each and everyone." Both the captains had their statements in Post Match Presentation.
The 3rd match of the 4 test series is scheduled in Mohali & Game will began on March 18.
Match Summary:-
Australia 237-9d in 85 overs (Ist Innin)
M Clarke 91
R Jadeja 3-33
India 503-10 in 154.1 overs(Ist Innin)
C Pujara 204
G Maxwell 4-127
Australia 131-10 in 67 overs (IInd Innin)
Ed Cowan 44
R Ashwin 5-63
MOM Cheteshwar Pujara
Result: Australia Lost to India by an innings & 135 runs
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