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India beat Australia in the second Test with a 7-42 performance from Ravindra Jadeja

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For the second straight Test, India defeated Australia in three days to win the Border-Gavaskar trophy after the visitors lost in Delhi.

Australia collapsed to 113 all out after resuming on 61-1, a 62-run lead, against India’s elite spinners.

India only needed 115 after Ravindra Jadeja recorded a Test-best 7-42 and Ravichandran Ashwin recorded 3-59.

Cheteshwar Pujara scored the winning runs in his 100th Test to seal a six-wicket victory for them before tea.

India currently holds a commanding 2-0 series lead after winning the first Test by an innings and 132 runs. The third match will take place in Indore on March 1.

It indicates that India has won the Border-Gavaskar trophy for the fourth straight series.

Australia vs. India schedule and results in 2023
Axar Patel and Ashwin helped India come back from 139-7 to post 262, giving them a one-innings lead, before the tourists batted well and lost just one wicket by the end of the day. Australia began Sunday marginally ahead.

However, their plans to establish a sizable lead on a challenging, turning pitch quickly fell apart.

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After adding four runs to his overnight total of 39, Travis Head nicked Ashwin behind, and Steve Smith was lbw to the off-spinner. Smith was one of several Australian batters who were out trying sweeps or reverse-sweeps despite the low bounce.

At one point, the visitors went from 95-3 to 95-7 after losing four wickets for no runs in 11 balls.

Jadeja’s low delivery bowled Marnus Labuschagne, Matt Renshaw missed an expansive sweep and was trapped lbw by Ashwin, and Jadeja dismissed Peter Handscomb and Pat Cummins in quick succession.

Handscomb nicked a good delivery to slip, but Australia captain Cummins’ dismissal, bowled first ball and unfurling an unsightly slog-sweep, best exemplified the team’s technical shortcomings.

The final three wickets were taken by Jadeja, ensuring Australia’s humiliation.

Given that we were in the lead for the majority of it, this one is especially disappointing, said Cummins.

“You have to seize those opportunities because they don’t come around often in India. This one stings a little.

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Pujara responded to a question about how to best overcome the difficulties of the field: “The sweep is not the best shot to play because there is low bounce.

“It’s better on turning tracks if you can try to get to the ball’s pitch or play on the back foot.

The first few innings are a little challenging because you have to learn how to deal with the spin, but after facing 30 or 40 balls, the pitch is good for batting.

During their chase, India faltered at times, dropping to 6-1 when KL Rahul’s flick looped off Handscomb at short leg and was caught by wicketkeeper Alex Carey, and to 39-2 when captain Rohit Sharma was run out after a mix-up with Pujara.

However, Pujara’s watchful 31 unbeaten runs and keeper KS Bharat’s quick unbeaten 23 off 22 balls served as the innings’ pillars.

Pujara said, “I knew if I played through the first few minutes of my innings, I’d be there at the end.

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“My family is here watching the game, and it’s a special feeling to score the winning run at the very end.”

“We showed a lot of patience – our bowlers were incredible,” they said. “We knew they would come at us hard.”

Australia must draw one of the final two Tests to guarantee a spot in the World Test Championship final, which will be played at The Oval in June.

India is second in the standings and will advance if they win this series 3-1 or better.

David Warner, the series’ opening batsman for Australia, may miss the rest of the series after leaving the second Test due to a concussion and elbow fracture.

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