India’s XI for Adelaide Test : MAYANK AGARWAL, Prithvi Shaw, CHETESHWAR PUJARA, Virat Kohli, AJINKYA RAHANE, Hanuma Vihari, Wriddhiman Sah...
India’s XI for Adelaide Test: MAYANK AGARWAL, Prithvi Shaw, CHETESHWAR PUJARA, Virat Kohli, AJINKYA RAHANE, Hanuma Vihari, Wriddhiman Saha, R Ashwin, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah.
India’s XI for Brisbane Test: Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, CHETESHWAR PUJARA, AJINKYA RAHANE, MAYANK AGARWAL, Rishabh Pant, Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Navdeep Saini, Mohammed Siraj, T Natarajan.
Just let that sink in. Only three men who started the series in Australia on December 17, 2020 were in the XI when it all came to a glorious end for India on January 19, 2021. A total of 20 players were used by India during the course of the series. Only seven of the final XI were, in fact, in the 18-member squad that was announced on October 26 during the Indian Premier League.
Despite all that, India retained the series with a hard-fought draw at fortress Gabba in Brisbane.
Wait a minute. No, India won the match didn’t they? That really happened on Tuesday? An Indian team went after a target of 328 at the Gabba and made it happen; it wasn’t a dream was it?
That’s going to take even longer to sink in.
Team, mate
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