Rain drenched Australia-India Gabba Test draw keeps series 1:1

 

BRISBANE, 18 December, 2024: The rain drenched third Test between Australia and India for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, today ended in a draw after being surrendered to the rain gods.

On the fifth day Australia declared at 89/7 and laid the trap for India to chase a target of 275, but rain intervened and rescued India. Earlier, in 18 overs, Australia lost seven wickets scoring 89 runs. Before that India wrapped up at 260 runs, amid dwindling cricket fans at the Gabba.

Rain played hide and seek, at the Gabba from day-one, the crowds determined to treat it as part of the game.  On day-two, officially the attendance was 33,227.  But as the match progressed victory for Australia looked remote, with India determined to push for a draw.

Seven’s Tim Lane and Damien Fleming commented, “They won’t be following on and it will be very difficult for Australia to find a way to win this test on the fifth day.” and  “Just listening to the Indian fans, it was like they’ve won the game, wasn’t it? They knew they had to get four runs and in the end it was in the air, opened up the face, got it through that vacant slip area and he’s batted well and he’s proud. He’s bowled well, he was unlucky, but he’s batted with real heart. Third biggest partnership of this innings and more to come, 33,” respectively.

Today was also India’s off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin’s last day in international cricket. He announced his retirement after the drawn match, reports abc.com.au.

Jasprit Bumrah celebrates a wicket during the fifth day of the third test match against Australia, in Brisbane . Photo- ANI.

ANI adds:

on Day 5, the waiting game began when bad weather didn’t allow the game to resume. But the conditions worsened after rain arrived at The Gabba, limiting the session to just 24 balls.
Before the intervention of the weather gods, Akash and Jasprit Bumrah continued to churn out runs for India, adding to Australia’s misery.

The Australian bowling unit had to be patient in their attempts to find a breakthrough. While Nathan Lyon tried to create pressure from one end, Travis Head tried to exploit the tail end from the other.

Head, who starred for Australia with his 152-run blitzkrieg, eventually got the breakthrough. He invited Akash forward, got past him with a slider, and Alex Carey removed the bails at lightning pace. The replay showed Akash had nothing behind the crease with his foot on the line at the moment Carey dislodged the bails.

The superb cameo from Akash came to an end as he walked back with figures of 31(44). Jasprit Bumrah and the rest of the bowling unit appeared on the field to warm up after the rain stopped.

Brief Score: Australia 455 & 89/7 d (Pat Cummins 22, Alex Carey 20; Jasprit Bumrah 3-18) vs India 260 & 8/0 (KL Rahul 4, Yashasvi Jaiswal 4).

 

 

 

By Neeraj Nanda with ANI

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