Indian team was stuck in Adelaide in similar conditions, players will have to show Rahul Dravid’s magic again

The final match of the ICC World Test Championship 2023 is being played between the Indian team and Australia. Australia’s team has reached a very strong position in this match. The Kangaroos team is in a very strong position in this ICC World Test Championship match being played at the Oval ground in London from June 7.

 

At the end of the second day’s play, the Australian team was all out after scoring 469 runs. At the same time, till the end of the second day’s play, the Indian team faltered in the first innings itself. Half of the Indian team has returned to the pavilion on just 151 runs. The Australian team has a lead of 318 runs. At the same time, there is Ajinkya Rahane (29) and KS Bharat (5) for the Indian team at the crease, on whom the responsibility of winning the team remains.

 

It is very important for the Indian team to win this match. If the Indian team has to return in this match, then they will have to repeat the charisma of 20 years. This time the pair of Ajinkya Rahane and KS Bharat will have to repeat this charisma. In fact, 20 years ago today, the Indian team had done such a feat against Australia which was recorded in history.

 

This is about the year 2003 when the Test series was being played between India and Australia. The second Test match of this series was played from 12 to 16 December in Adelet. In this match, the Australian team scored a huge score of 556 runs while batting first, which seemed very difficult for the Indian team to make. But Rahul Dravid and Laxman did wonders for the Indian team to overcome the huge score crisis that arose in this match.

During this, Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman played blistering innings. Rahul Dravid came out to bat at number three and scored an innings of 233 runs. At the same time, Laxman also came to bat at number 6 and played a blistering inning of 148 runs.

 

Due to this tremendous innings played by both, the Indian team was able to score 533 runs and was left behind by 23 runs. In this match, the Indian team, showing a strong game in the second innings, stopped the Australian batsmen on the score of less than 200 on the basis of bowling. In this match, the Indian team scored 233 runs in the second innings and won the match by four wickets.

 

Now a similar situation is being seen in the final match of ICC World Test Championship 2023 as well. If the Indian team has to win a strong victory against Australia, then the batsmen will have to show strong play while handling the innings, only then the whole game can be turned around.

 

For this match, the entire responsibility of the Indian team has now fallen on KS Bharat and Ajinkya Rahane. Ajinkya Rahane (29) and KS Bharat (5) are currently handling the innings for the Indian team in front of the huge score set by Australia.

 

Australia dominated the World Test Championship (WTC) final here on Thursday after scoring 469 runs in the first innings, reducing India to 151 for five at the end of the second day’s play. Australia lost the remaining seven wickets by adding 142 runs to their yesterday’s score. Mohammad Siraj was India’s most successful bowler, taking four wickets for 108 runs. Shardul Thakur (2/83) and Mohammed Shami (2/122) also took two wickets each. For Australia, Travis Head scored 163 off 174 balls while Smith scored 121 off 268 balls. Smith scored his 31st Test century.