IND vs AUS 2nd Test: The Indian Cricket team's magic in Delhi remains unhindered as Rohit Sharma's men defeated Pat Cummins led Australia by 6 wickets in the second Test. The Indian spinners starred in the first session of Day 3 as Ravindra Jadeja took a seven-wicket haul. This was followed by the batters' show at the Arun Jaitley Stadium as India chased the 115-run target to take a 2-0 lead in the four-match series.
India become the World No.1 Test team
With their dominating win against Australia, the Indian team has become the World's No.1 Test team. The Men in Blue were on second place in the points table of the Test rankings before this match. But a win will take them above Australia. Notably, the ICC has not updated their rankings but according to rankings' predictor, India have gone above Australia.
India's magic in Delhi
The Indian team is hugely dominant in the national capital Delhi. For 75 years, teams have found it way too difficult to defeat India in Delhi. They are unbeaten at this venue since 1987 and have lost only 6 matches here. Meanwhile, Australia have defeated India here only one time in 1959.
The Indian team was on song in the Delhi Test. They punched the Aussies after losing the toss and bowling first. Usman Khawaja guided his team to a 263-run total. The Indians were in trouble as they were 4 down for 66. But the middle order, led by Virat Kohli and Axar Patel bailed the hosts out and put them 1 run short of Australia's 263. India ran through the Aussie lineup as Ravindra Jadeja grabbed a seven-wicket haul before the batters- Cheteshwar Pujara, Srikar Bharat and Virat Kohli took them home.
India retains Border Gavaskar Trophy
With this win, India will also retain the Border-Gavaskar trophy for the third consecutive time. The Indian team won the high-profile series in 2016/17 before retaining it in 2018/19, 2020/21, and now in 2022/23. There are still two matches left but even if Australia win them they will draw the series 2-2, in which case, India will still keep the trophy with them. The third match will be played in Indore on March 1.
India's Playing XI:
Rohit Sharma (c), KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Ravindra Jadeja, Srikar Bharat (wk), Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj
Australia's Playing XI:
Matt Renshaw, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Travis Head, Peter Handscomb, Alex Carey (wk), Pat Cummins (c), Nathan Lyon, Todd Murphy, Matthew Kuhnemann
