India won the Border Gavaskar Trophy with a draw against Australia in the Ahmedabad Test match. India won the four-match series 2-1. The match ended in a draw and New Zealand defeated Sri Lanka in the Christchurch Test to qualify for the World Test Championship final. Australia is India’s opponent in the Test Championship final at the Oval.
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Virat Kohli and opener Shubman Gill’s century performances gave India the lead in the first innings. Kohli, who played a crucial innings by scoring 186 runs, is the man of the match. Virat Kohli’s Test century drought, which lasted more than 1200 days, was stopped last day. The player scored the 28th century of his career at the Narendra Modi Stadium the other day. Then Kohli, who swung the bat with the tailgaters, gave India a crucial innings lead.
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This is Kohli’s 10th Player of the Match achievement in Tests. Kohli holds the record of becoming the first player to win more than 10 player of the match awards in all three formats of cricket. India’s spin partnership R Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja became the stars of the series.
Australia, who won the toss and batted first, scored 480 runs in the first innings thanks to the centuries of Usman Khawaja and Cameron Green. Ashwin took six wickets in the first innings for India. In response, India took the lead in the first innings against Australia on the strength of opener Gill and Kohli’s century performances. Axar Patel, who came to the crease as the sixth man, also provided crucial support to Kohli. Chasing a lead of 91 runs by India, Australia overcame on the fifth day, but both teams decided to draw the match.
Australia’s tour of India now has one ODI series left. Australia have a three-match ODI series in India. The first match will be played at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on March 17. The match will then be held in Visakhapatnam on 19th and finally in Chennai on 22nd March.
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