IND vs AUS Border Gavaskar Trophy 2024: These days the topic of India vs Australia Border Gavaskar Trophy 2024 (BGT 2024) is in discussion. The team that wins this series, its chances of going to the World Test Championship final (WTC 2025 Final) will increase. The first Test of the five-match series is to be played in Perth from 22 November. Before that, let us know that the last Test was played between India and Australia on Australian soil and what was the result of that clash?
India’s last test in Australia
Team India has not played any Test match on Australian soil for the last four years. Team India visited Australia for the 2020-2021 Border-Gavaskar Trophy. In the first three matches of the series, both the teams were tied at one each. The fourth match was played at the Gabba ground in Brisbane. This was also the last Test match played between India and Australia on Australian soil.
In that match, Australia scored 369 runs in its first innings, in which Marnus Labuschagne contributed 108 runs. In response, the Indian team scored 336 runs in the first innings, due to which Australia took a lead of 33 runs over the Kangaroo team in the first innings. Host Australia scored 294 runs in the second innings, due to which Team India got the target of 328 runs in the fourth innings.
Rishabh Pant created history
For the Indian team, which came to chase the target of 328 runs, Shubman Gill scored 91 runs and Cheteshwar Pujara also contributed 56 runs. But after the dismissal of these two, the Indian team lost wickets at regular intervals. Rishabh Pant took command from one end, who played an innings of 89 runs while batting in a stormy style and made an important contribution in India’s victory by 3 wickets. This was the first time in the last 28 years that a team had defeated Australia at the Gabba ground.
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