After winning the Melbourne Test on the fifth day, the Indian skipper Virat Kohli made a happy day for a young fan with a heartfelt gesture.
While the day five of the Test match started at the second session due to rain-interruption, India picked up the last two wickets in just 15-20 minutes and secured the series-saving victory by 137 runs. With this victory, India is now leading the four-match Test series by 2-1 with one to go.
After the end of the match, the Indian skipper Virat Kohli gifted a pair of his pad to a young cricket fan who came to support the national cricket team. That young fan was very happy to get the gift from the Indian skipper.
Kohli handing over his pads to a young Indian fan pic.twitter.com/slY9h3hej4
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Coming to that Test match, India declared their first innings on 443/7 after winning the toss. Four Indian batsmen played 50+ knocks and those were Cheteshwar Pujara 106, Virat Kohli 82, Mayank Agarwal 76 and Rohit Sharma 63*.
In reply, Australia was bundled out for just 151 runs after Jasprit Bumrah’s dominating spell 15.5-4-33-6. None of the Australian batsmen reached the 30-run mark while the highest score was just 22 (Marcus Harris and Tim Paine).
India decided not to force the hosts for follow-on and scored 106/8 before another declaration. While only two Indian batsmen played 20+ knocks – Mayank Agarwal (42) and Rishabh Pant (33), Australian pacer Pat Cummins dominated that innings with the bowling figure of 11-3-27-6.
Chasing down the 399 runs target, Australia was bundled out for 261 runs in the fourth innings of this Test match. Pat Cummins (63) scored the highest runs in that innings while Shaun Marsh (44), Travis Head (34) and Usman Khawaja (33) also played some crucial knocks but those were not enough.
Indian Pacer Jasprit Bumrah won the Player of the Match award for his brilliant bowling efforts in this game as he finished with the match bowling figure of 34.5-7-86-9.