Former English skipper, Michael Vaughan suffered immense criticism from Indian fans over his 4-0 series prediction in the favor of Australia after India made a strong comeback to claim the 2nd Test within four days in Melbourne. Notably, Vaughan had predicted that India would be whitewashed 4-0 in the absence of Virat Kohli.
After India’s defeat in the Adelaide Test due to a batting collapse, Vaughan had tweeted, “Told ya … India are going to get hammered in the Test Series … #AUSvIND #4-0”.
Told ya … India are going to get hammered in the Test Series … #AUSvIND #4-0
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) December 19, 2020
India’s remarkable win comes after the visitors registeree their worst batting performance 36 all-out in an eight-wicket loss in the first test in Adelaide just over a week ago. Vaughan’s tweet predicting a whitewash for the touring Indian side against Australia hasn’t aged well. Cricket fans went back to Vaughan’s tweet after India leveled the series 1-1 to “politely” remind him about his prediction going wrong.
@MClarke23 @MichaelVaughan #Rickypointing #markwaugh @cricketcomau all Prediction 🤣🤣🤣🤣 now we gonna a celebrate for a year #AUSvsIND pic.twitter.com/wazPK37NpL
— Ram☀️ (@DRRAMAN07) December 29, 2020
#Michaelvaughan after seeing #INDvsAUS match result.@MichaelVaughan aur bhai, aa gaya swaad pic.twitter.com/z7u0PjX6qQ
— Shivam (@shiv_o_aham) December 29, 2020
Le Indian Team and Indian fans after MCG win !! pic.twitter.com/Ti1TnWD7wU
— Raghav Gambhir (@RaghavGambhir8) December 29, 2020
https://twitter.com/youhateadi/status/1343803452439154689?s=20
#INDvAUS #AUSvIND https://t.co/cpb0rUKMEF pic.twitter.com/QemqRrYuMJ
— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14) December 29, 2020
The Indian head coach, Ravi Shastri is a happy man after India’s 8-wicket triumph in the Boxing Day Test against Australia on Tuesday.
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Earlier on Tuesday, India’s second innings started poorly as they lost Mayank Agarwal (5) and Cheteshwar Pujara (3) in quick succession leaving them reeling at 19/2. However, opener Shubman Gill (35*) and stand-in captain Ajinkya Rahane (27*) guided India home to level the four-match series at 1-1 ahead of the third Test.
Australia lost their last 4 wickets in the extended first session on Tuesday, as they also managed to add to 67 runs to their overnight score of 133 for 6 to set a meager target of 70 runs for India to level the series.
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Siraj was the pick of the bowlers for the visitors as he scalped 3 wickets and conceded just 37 runs while Bumrah, Ashwin and Jadeja got a couple each and Umesh Yadav, who bowled just 3.3 overs in this innings before going off the field with a calf injury, got 1 wicket.
