IND vs OFF: Australia defeated India by 9 wickets in the Indore Test. In this Test, the batsmen of Team India looked helpless in front of the Australian bowlers. In the second innings, apart from Cheteshwar Pujara, no batsman could stay at the crease. Australia captain Steve Smith has given a big statement after the resounding victory. He has also told the secret of Australia’s victory.
Steve Smith gave this statement after winning the Indore Test
Regarding the big win in Indore, Steve Smith said that ‘had to bowl first after losing the toss on the first day, our bowlers put the ball in the right area and put India under pressure. I thought Kuhnman was really cool the first day. All our bowlers contributed and bowled in partnerships, Usman did a great job in the first innings and he has been really good for us in this series.
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Smith gave credit for the victory to the bowlers
On the second day of the Indore Test, India returned to the match by taking 6 wickets within 11 runs of Australia in the first session. To this Smith said that ‘India came back yesterday and I thought we had to work really hard, Pujara played a brilliant innings but we really hung on, Nathan got all the rewards with 8 wickets, But I think collectively our bowlers were really good. It was a perfect performance.
Full status of Indore test match
The Indore Test started from 1 March. Rohit Sharma scored 109 runs in the first innings while batting after winning the toss. In reply, Australia scored 197 runs and took a lead of 88 runs. India was able to score only 163 runs in the second innings. In this way, Australia got a target of 76 runs to win, which the Kangaroo team achieved by losing 9 wickets. Nathan Lyon took 8 wickets in the second innings for Australia. He also took 3 wickets in the first innings. In this way he took a total of 11 wickets in the Indore Test.