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Having won 5 World Cups and being the crowned kings of cricket, Australia will be tough to beat in any competition. Because they fight with all their might to win, but they have the determination to bounce back from defeat and win. Also, they are always able to play aggressively, having introduced the tactic of sledging, a war of words, to disrupt the attention of the opponents and win in cricket.
However, India is the best team in the world to beat Australia after stopping their winning streak in Test cricket in 2001 in the Kolkata Test, defeating them in the World Cup in 2011, whitewashing Australia on their home soil in 2016, and winning the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in successive years in Australia in 2019 and 2021. Let’s say. Similarly, from Sourav Ganguly who toughened Steve Walk to Virat Kohli’s response to Mitchell Johnson, Indians have also challenged the Australians in history.
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Love and Support:
But as an example of cricket being a gentleman’s game, let’s look at 5 moments when Indian players showed love and warmth to Australian players at key moments:
5. Caring Rahul: In the last match of the ODI series held on Australian soil in December 2020, young player Cameron Greene came into the field for Australia, who stumbled at 117/3 while chasing India’s target of 304 runs.
After the match, Cameron Green said that Indian player KL Rahul, who was a very young player, who was wicket-keeping in the competition, volunteered to ask him “do you feel free to talk to me” and encouraged him to “don’t get nervous and play well”.
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4. Support of Punt: Rishabh Pant, who has emerged as the latest man to smash the Australians, supported Delhi’s Australian Mitchell Marsh in the first match of his captaincy in the IPL 2022 series when he came in for heavy criticism after scoring 14 runs off 24 balls.
Speaking after the match that day, he said, “Even though we didn’t bat well in the middle overs, we can’t blame Marsh for that. It’s all a part of the game,” said the captain’s support, which was applauded by all.
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3. Manushan Siraj: In 2020/21, India once again created history by winning the Border – Gavaskar Trophy held on Australian soil. India’s batsman Jasprit Bumrah hit Cameron Greene on the head in an early warm-up match against Australia A to prepare for the series.
Just got around to seeing the footage of the Cameron Green incident. That is terrifying. Cricket ball at full speed to the temple. Hopefully he’s okay.
And massive shoutout to Mohammed Siraj for running straight to him. #AUSAvIND pic.twitter.com/udnklYMIoh
— Aaron Busch (@tripperhead) December 11, 2020
So another Indian player, Mohammad Siraj, who was nervous about what happened to him as he was leaning on the field, ran to him without worrying about being run out if he left the crease, and it touched the hearts of the Australian fans.
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2. Gift of Love: Nathan Lyon, who has taken more than 400 Test wickets after the legendary Shane Warne on non-spin friendly pitches like Australia, played his 100th Test in a historic match for India at the Gabba during the 2020/21 Border Gavaskar Cup Test series.
Even though his team lost the match, Rahane as captain gifted him a jersey signed by the Indian players to appreciate his milestone achievement.
1. King who won the mind: Australia’s promising star Steve Smith, who has recovered from a ban for ball-tampering, was booed by some Indian fans when he played against India in the 2019 World Cup. So disgruntled captain Virat Kohli rightly reprimanded the Indian fans by saying, “What are you doing without applauding him?”
With India fans giving Steve Smith a tough time fielding in the deep, @imVkohli suggested they applaud the Australian instead.
Absolute class ???? #SpiritOfCricket #ViratKohli pic.twitter.com/mmkLoedxjr
— ICC (@ICC) June 9, 2019
While legends Warne and Sourav Ganguly praised Virat Kohli, Steve Smith also thanked him on the field. Also, fans cannot forget that the ICC awarded Virat Kohli with the “Spirit of Cricket” award the following year in appreciation of his action.
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