What a thrilling day of test cricket! This was one of the most remarkable test matches I have ever seen. There we too many twists and turns in this match. Sometimes it seemed like it was heading towards tame draw but the pitch was really a perfect one for test cricket. It had uneven bounce in it and sharp turn for the spinners.
Every day Match was taking new turn. Till the end of the 3rd day just 2 innings were finished. And everyone was thinking about draw, but on the 4th day after 18 overs everything was looking different. India had Aussies all out in 192 & got the target of 216 seemed very little at the innings break but at the end of the 4th day India were 55/4 in the 2nd innings (SR Tendulkar 10*, Z Khan 5*, 17 over). The match which was looking draw it could go anywhere. Australia was favourite to win this test match. Sachin was on the crease so india’s hopes were alive. When sachin and laxman were playing india needed just 97 more runs and had 5wickets in hand. Everything was looking in india’s favour untill India lost two quick wickets after Sachin got out after playing a valuable knock of 38 runs (64 balls).
India required 92 runs with 2 wickets in hand. Very Very Special Laxman was the only specialist batsman and other two were Ishant Sharma and Pragyan Ojha.It was looking tough for india, many people may have lost hopes. but laxman played another very very special inning against his favourite team Australia. He won another match for india. we must not forget the contribution from Ishant Sharma who stayed on the crease for 106 minutes and score 31(92) important runs. When Ishant got out india required 11 runs more. Ojha was the last batsman. Aussies needed 1 wicket and india needed 11 runs.
People might have their hearts in the mouth when Ojha survived a LBW appeal which seemed out and india got 4runs of over throw. Tension was building up as india went closer to the target. One ball later Johnson bowled on the pads of Ojha. Ojha tried to flick but he got leg byes 2 runs and india completed a historic and nail biting match with 1 wicket in hand.
People thinking that test cricket will die must be reconsidering their thoughts. There were emotions, drama, excitement, wickets & runs everything in this match.
People still loves watching test series ie. Ashes, Border-Gavaskar Trophy, India-Pak battle, Nz-Aus Battle etc. Even the Last series between SL-Bangladesh produced very good cricket. Test cricket has seen 50 overs cricket and T20 cricket rising but it never affected charm and popularity of test cricket. Test cricket was, is, and will be the true cricket. It never died and it will never die.
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