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Is This India's Greatest Test Series Victory Overseas?

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sumantra

U19 Cricketer
K. L. Rahul
Shikhar Dhawan
Shreyas Iyer
Virat Kohli
Hanuman Vihari
Ravindra Jadeja
Wriddhiman Saha
Ravichandran Ashwin
Mohm. Shami
Umesh Jadav
Jaspreet Bumrah

Extras
Prithvi Shaw
Hardik Pandya
Ishant Sharma

This looks stronger than the side that played in Brisbane...India clearly has two sides now that can beat Australia in Australia...
 
Flem274*

Flem274*

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Athlai said:
They need to make a movie about it and I’m not even knowing facetious at all. They got destroyed worse than they ever have been, missing all their stars during a global pandemic and they literally picked out some ****ing net bowlers and they go and win it all.
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yea this. 12 months ago their full strength team got absolutely stomped by a side that had just been stomped by this exact australian side, they roll up and fold for 36 with their best side in the first test then pull this out of their arse. it's mental.
 
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venkyrenga

U19 12th Man
silentstriker said:
It’s their greatest series victory, period.

better than 2001 given this was 1) away, 2) 36 all out, 3) DECIMATED by injuries, 4) IN AUSTRALIA, 5) loss of captain after first match, 5) two insane fifth day performances!
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Overseas, perhaps. All time? nah. 2001 win was more significant on many levels. India was almost a minnow before the series especially compared to the invincible Australia. And they were still minnows until day 4 of the 2nd test. That series win was a turning point in modern day Indian cricket.
 
cnerd123

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gonna copy my post from the match thread and put it here

Jeez the story of this series can't be told enough.

Global Pandemic
Players living under lockdown and quarantine for the whole series.
Come into this series without Ishant Sharma, a few youngsters in the batting lineup, and lack of FC games in the build up. Oh and Kohli is set to leave after 1 test.
Start the first Test well, get a 53 run first innings lead, but then get bowled out for 36 (with Shami getting a broken ****ing arm in the process) and lose the game.
Kohli leaves, Shami ruled out for the series
Bounce back to pull off an incredible win in the 2nd Test, but then lose Umesh Yadav to injury.
Aus gain Warner back for the 3rd Test, and India are forced to debut Saini. Rohit Sharma returns as opener after injury with Agarwal and Shaw both failing to impress. India are behind the game for most of the Test, and then lose Jadeja to injury, but cling on for a draw.
Already frustrated with lockdowns and restrictions, Siraj was also racially abused.
Bumrah, Ashwin, Vihari and Jadeja all ruled out for the final game at a ground where Aus have not lost for 33 years. India is literally forced to give debuts to two Nets bowlers, one of whom hasn't played FC cricket for 3 years, and the other who wasn't even on India's radar until the recent IPL.
Beat Australia with a bowling attack that has a combined experience of 4 games, and a batting lineup that barely resembles the one from the first Test.
Only 2 players survive from the first Test, and yet India win 2-1.

Incredible stuff. Pujara, Rahane, Pant, Ashwin, Jadeja, Siraj, Bumrah, Gill, Rohit were all very very good throughout. Nattu and Washington had great debuts, and for all intents and purposes this could be considered Thakur's debut as well, given he limped off injured after 10 balls in his actual first game. Some really good leadership by the senior players and Shastri too, keeping the players in a positive state of mind throughout this series.

Hope history does this series justice.
 
cnerd123

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venkyrenga said:
Overseas, perhaps. All time? nah. 2001 win was more significant on many levels. India was almost a minnow before the series especially compared to the invincible Australia. And they were still minnows until day 4 of the 2nd test. That series win was a turning point in modern day Indian cricket.
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yea i think it's easy to overlook some of the mometous series wins in the past, especially now that India does win overseas more often, but this should rank up there with India's earliest triumphs. What makes this series (and this 4th match) arguably better than those is the circumstances surrounding it, and the quality of players at India's disposal. But this generation having the belief to win is thanks to those who achieved it first.
 
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