Published 16:38 IST, January 19th 2021

India vs Australia: Fans compare historic Gabba win to World Cup 2011, remember MS Dhoni

India vs Australia: After the win, Indian fans took to social media and congratulated the Men in Blue, while praising them for the dominating performance.

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Team India delivered one of greatest performances in country’s test cricket history as y t only won Border-Gavaskar trophy by defeating Australia, but also secured top spot at ICC World Test Championship points table. India bested Australia by 3 wickets in 4th Test at Gabba as Rishabh Pant, Shubman Gill and ors put on an eye-opening show to help ir team win final game. win was even more impressive as team was without ir key players, including Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah, R Ashwin, Ravindra Jeja, Mohamm Shami and Umesh Yav. 

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India vs Australia 4th Test: Fans compare historic Gabba win to World Cup 2011

After win, Indian fans took to social media and congratulated Men in Blue, while praising m for dominating performance. Some even compared Gabba win to 2011 World Cup win, which came under leership of n captain MS Dhoni. Speaking about MS Dhoni, some fans hailed Rishabh Pant as n-new ‘Mahi’, while Shubman Gill was named next Gautam Gambhir.

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India vs Australia 4th Test in a brief

Team India was humiliated in first match of series as y were all bowled out in just 36 runs in second innings. ir captain Virat Kohli n left for birth of his child, but under leership of interim captain Ajinkya Rahane, Team India fought back and won second game. third match ended in a fighting draw after Hanuma Vihari and R Ashwin refused to give ir wickets, delivering a solid partnership to keep hopes for India alive.

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Before final match of series, India lost Jeja and Ashwin, but newcomer Mohammed Siraj took over and with help of Washington Sundar and T Natarajan, restricted Australia to just 369 in first innings. Sundar also shined in batting department as he took India’s total to 336, along with Shardul Thakur and ors. Tim Paine and team were able to make 294 in second innings, but thanks to Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara and Rishabh Pant, Indian chased total down.

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16:38 IST, January 19th 2021