Twitter Reactions: India seal a historic win at the MCG to go 2-1 up in the series
It took only 27 deliveries for India to win the game.
The fifth day was going to be nervy for India with the rain around. There were 60 percent chances of rain on the final morning and unlike the fourth day, the heavens opened up. One felt that it will be a passing shower but just when the play was set to resume there was a huge outburst of rain. This was another glimmer of hope for Australia to escape with a draw in Melbourne but may be the heavenly gods wanted all the fans back in India to wake up and witness the history.
The first session of the day was washed out and when the rain finally stopped, an excellent drainage system in place at the MCG made the play start at 7.30 IST, the perfect time in India. The Australian unbeaten pair of Pat Cummins, the hero of the game for the hosts, and Nathan Lyon walked out to bat to stay determined like they did late on the fourth day.
Only 27 balls on the fifth day
It was only a matter of time for the fresh Indian bowlers to seal a historic win but there was always a fear of rain and the way Australia’s lower order was defying the odds, anything could’ve happened if they had stuck around. But it wasn’t to be. Jasprit Bumrah got rid of Cummins with a brilliant delivery which pitched on length and just moved away to force the batsman to poke at it.
Cheteshwar Pujara didn’t miss the chance in the second slip as the Indian crowd at the MCG roared vociferously. The last wicket didn’t hang around for much as Ishant Sharma bounced out Lyon as India needed only 27 deliveries to skittle Australia on the fifth day.
India won the game by 137 runs to go 2-1 up in the series and are in sight of creating history as they can now win their first ever Test series down under.
Here’s how Twitter reacted after the victory:
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