‘India C Bowling Line-up Beat A Full Strength Australians’: VVS Laxman Recalls Ajinkya Rahane And Co's Triumph In Australia

India under MS Dhoni accomplished plenty of trophies, which incorporated the renowned ICC prizes – T20 World Cup, ICC World Cup, and ICC Champions Trophy. The baton was then passed to Virat Kohli, who did extremely well in that job notwithstanding a dry season in ICC contests.

Aside from driving the side to the NO.1 position in the test format, India under the captaincy of Kohli additionally accomplished their first Test series triumph in Australia in 2018. 

Battered Indian Team Fights Against Australia

Three yeras later, the duo of Dhoni and Kohli were not accessible in the positions, and this time the man in the center was Ajinkya Rahane, who had a difficult undertaking in his grasp. 

A battered Indian unit, missing the vast majority of its top firearms was secured in a four-match Test series against Australia on their home soil. The side had previously lost the initial game in Adelaide, which saw the Aussies’ bowling power bowling the Indians for a pitiful 36. 

Notwithstanding, what followed next was a sight to be loved by every one of the Indian allies, and in spite of the fact that it has been more than a year the victory actually reverberates unequivocally among the cricketing fables. 

VVS Laxman Recalls India’s Series Win Down-Under

The latest member to rejoin the festivals is the former middle-order batter and right now the head of National Cricket Academy VVS Laxman. The ex-cricketer shared a clasp of the Aussie win on Twitter and picked a few important exhibitions from the visit, which saw India wrap the series 2-1 regardless of fielding a second-string unit.

The partnership between @Hanumavihari and Ashwin in Sydney to draw the test match and the one between Shardul and Washington Sundar at the Gabba ,an almost India C bowling line up beating a full strength Australians that too at the Gabba, definitely #BandonMeinThaDum @VootSelect pic.twitter.com/nGik2yIFUK

— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281) June 2, 2022

“The partnership between @Hanumavihari and Ashwin in Sydney to draw the test match and the one between Shardul and Washington Sundar at the Gabba, an almost India C bowling line up beating a full-strength Australians that too at the Gabba, definitely #BandonMeinThaDum,” wrote Laxman while sharing the video.  

Tale Of Incredible Comeback

After an eight-wicket defeat in Adelaide, the side got back in the game and went to dole out the retribution in the following test in Melbourne.

The third Test in Sydney, which saw R Ashwin and Hanuman Vihari take solid body blows, finished in a draw, despite the fact that Rishabh Pant’s brutal methodology took the travellers tantalizingly near an unimaginable win. 

In the fourth and last match, which saw both Ravindra Jadeja and R Ashwin sit out because of injury, as Washington Sundar made his Test debut. 

Sundar had then sewed a crucial partnership with Shardul Thakur, hauling India from 186/6 to 309/7 in the first innings. Pant then, at that point, played an incredible knock in the fourth innings at Gabba, which assisted India in winning the match by three wickets and the series 2-1. 

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