How India deflated Australia in 19.1 overs on a Sunday in Delhi

20.02.2023 - 07:13 timesofindia.indiatimes.com

high-quality spin of Ravindra Jadeja and R Ashwin, Australia were shot out for 113, turning an intriguing Test match into a lopsided affair as India chased down the 114-run target with six wickets to spare to go 2-0 up in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy on Sunday.In comparison to the preceding Test in Nagpur, Australia had a field day of sorts on the first two days here.

But then there was Jadeja waiting to re-introduce them to the house of horror on a wicked third-day Indian pitch. For the second time in the series, he exploited the glaring technical inadequacies of Aussie batsmen to return career-best figures of 7/42 with Ashwin claiming 3/59.

For a brief while, it seemed the Australian batters had learnt to play in spinning conditions as they got ahead by 62 runs by the end of Day 2.

Surprisingly, they gave away the advantage all too quickly on Sunday morning, resorting to a premeditated-sweep-only tactic the moment Ashwin found the outside edge of Travis Head in the first over of the day.

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