Australia captain Pat Cummins introduced Cheteshwar Pujara with a signed Australian crew’s Test jersey to honour the India batter for taking part in his a centesimal Test on Sunday. After bowlers skittled out guests for 113, Rohit Sharma, Srikar Bharat and Cheteshwar Pujara held their floor to assist India register an emphatic 6-wicket victory in opposition to Australia within the second Test match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy right here at Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi on Sunday. The Board of Control for Cricket (BCCI) on Sunday posted a photograph of the Australian captain presenting a signed jersey to Pujara.

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Featuring in his a centesimal Test, Pujara performed the anchor, a task he’s all too acquainted with, scoring 31*. Intent-driven cameos by Shreyas Iyer (12 from 10) and Srikar Bharat (23* from 22), helped India overhaul the goal in 26.4 overs. Pujara slammed the profitable runs.

Coming to the match, India retained the Border-Gavaskar Trophy by taking a 2-0 lead within the four-match collection. Pujara (31*) and Bharat (23*) performed until the top to information their crew residence. For India, Ravindra Jadeja ripped via Australia with seven for 42.

India struggled to chase down 115 at occasions, however the rating was by no means significantly harmful due to Pujara’s unbeaten 31, who carried the house crew to victory. Resuming their innings at 14/1, India skipper Rohit Sharma in red-hot kind slammed Australian bowlers throughout the bottom as he gathered 12 runs off Nathan Lyon’s over.

However, Rohit’s blistering stint on the crease got here to an finish as he was run out after scoring 31 runs off 20 deliveries. Virat Kohli then got here out to bat on the crease with Cheteshwar Pujara. As Pujara saved piling singles at common intervals, Kohli holding one finish tight grew to become the quickest batter to attain 25,000 worldwide runs. The former India captain saved slamming boundaries to ease some strain from the Indian crew.

Nathan Lyon delivered a brief ball however Virat Kohli superbly performed it towards the backward sq. leg fence for a superb 4 within the sixteenth over of the innings. Todd Murphy then supplied his crew with a giant breakthrough as he eliminated a harmful batter Kohli for 20 runs. The right-handed batter Shreyas Iyer then got here out to bat and slammed two lovely massive pictures earlier than shedding his wicket to Lyon for 12 off 10. Iyer’s wicket invited right-handed batter Srikar Bharat to the crease.

Bharat shifted the gears as he saved piling runs by slamming Australian bowlers for boundaries. After 25 over, India wanted simply 10 runs to win. Playing his landmark a centesimal Test, Pujara slammed a superb 4 off Murphy’s supply to take India residence with 6 wickets in opposition to Australia within the 2nd Test

Earlier, a scintillating present by spin twins Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja, together with a seven-for by the latter, noticed Australia being skittled out for 113 of their second innings of the continued second check at Delhi’s Ferozshah Kotla on Sunday, setting the hosts a goal of 115 runs.

At lunch, India’s rating learn 14/1, with skipper Rohit Sharma (12*) and Cheteshwar Pujara (1*) on the crease. Australia resumed their innings at 61/1, with Travis Head 39*, Marnus Labuschagne 16* looking for to construct on the guests’ lead. Ashwin struck for the hosts early within the session, dismissing a harmful Head for 43 off 46 balls and decreasing Australia to 65/2. The duo of Steve Smith and Marnus Labuschagne then took the innings ahead, including 20 extra runs earlier than Ashwin despatched again Smith for simply 9. Australia was 85/3 in 19 overs.

Following this, Jadeja-Ashwin ripped aside the remainder of the Aussie batting assault, with the ball retaining low and capturing off the floor. The Aussies have been ultimately bundled out for 113 runs in simply 31.1 overs. Only Head and Labuschagne might attain double digits.

Jadeja acquired the lion’s share of Aussie wickets, ending along with his career-best figures in Test of seven/42 in 12.1 overs. Ashwin scalped 3/59 in 16 overs.

Chasing 115, India misplaced KL Rahul for simply 1, extending his lean patch within the red-ball format. Nathan Lyon had him caught behind by wicketkeeper Alex Carey. The Indian rating learn 6/1 in 1.1 overs. Rohit and Pujara then took India via to lunch with none additional injury.

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