Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin grabbed six wickets as India stopped Australia in their tracks to win a fiery second Test and level the series 1-1 on Tuesday.
Australia, needing 188 for victory, were bowled out for just 112 half-an-hour into the final session on day four at Bangalore’s M. Chinnaswamy Stadium.
Tempers frayed between the world’s top two ranked sides as the hosts bounced back from a humiliating opening Test defeat in Pune.
Obviously, the former cricketers were a happy bunch and the master-blaster summed it up perfectly.
Chak de India!! #INDvAUS pic.twitter.com/XjIyzVKvEh
— sachin tendulkar (@sachin_rt) March 7, 2017
Congrats Team India on a fabulous,scintillating win👏Loved the determination,fight&agression of each and every player👌Keep it up👍#IndvAus
— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281) March 7, 2017
WHAT A MATCH !
Kohli will remember this for a long time, as will everyone who witnessed this.#IndvAus— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) March 7, 2017
There was a lot of praise for Ashwin.
@ashwinravi99 is unarguably the best spinner in modern day cricket. Privilege to watch him bowl all season. #indvsaus
— Rajdeep Sardesai (@sardesairajdeep) March 7, 2017
Jadeja bowling maiden overs. Umesh and Ishant relentless. Little things that make Ashwin the match-winner he is. TEAM. Kudos. #INDvsAUS
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) March 7, 2017
Karma is a boomerang😂😂 #INDvsAUS !! pic.twitter.com/AFnlv7guMJ
— karthik (@karti91) March 7, 2017
Yes yes yes! We winnnnn! #INDvsAUS #takethat @ashwinravi99 you da man!👏👏 congrats #TeamIndia
— Bhavna Balakrishnan (@Bhavna__B) March 7, 2017
The team and of course, the captain, got a lot of love too.
I think the turning point, certainly on the field, was the Pujara-Rahane partnership last evening when they batted a whole session
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) March 7, 2017
Keep Calm & believe team #INDIA Captain @imVkohli
He will be better with time, this is just the beginning. #INDvsAUS @msdhoni pic.twitter.com/WwhHHBvgIF— बाहुबली (@Aanupareek) March 7, 2017
All all the wins for India in this home season, this was the hardest fought and must feel the most satisfying #INDvsAUS
— Sambit Bal (@sambitbal) March 7, 2017
Team India won against Australia by 75
Virat Kohli : “Pujara & Rahane are our BEST test players”Kohli is Damn Modest#INDvsAUS #IndvAus pic.twitter.com/L91OgB80Ly— Freaky (@mltweetfreak) March 7, 2017
What a turn around!! Unbelievable stuff!! Pujara-rahane partnership was damn crucial!! But Ashwin you magician .. Come onnnn!!! #indvsaus https://t.co/UYpp5Ym5eH
— Saqib Saleem (@Saqibsaleem) March 7, 2017
KL, Lyon, Josh H, Che Pu, Ash. Some great individual performances this test match. My MOM would be the rock of Gibraltar, Che Pu! #IndvsAus
— Srini Mama 💲 (@SriniMama16) March 7, 2017
Haters. It’s 1-1. Bring it on. Gr8 come back. As I said. It’s India’s game. Complete team effort. Class captaincy @imVkohli #INDvsAUS #TEST
— surya 212 (@surya_14kumar) March 7, 2017
Great turnaround by India, against a tough tough opposition. Big thanks to both teams for a great test match #INDvsAUS👏👏
— Gaurav Kapur (@gauravkapur) March 7, 2017
kohli rightly said, “There won’t be repeat of Pune performance.”
They struggled. They Fought. And they Came back. 👊👊👊#INDvsAUS— SHADLY (@ScherlynShadly) March 7, 2017
Batsmen always remembered for their 100, 200 or 300 but Pujara’s this inning of 92 runs will be remembered for long time. #INDvsAUS #IndvAus
— Virender Sehwag (@VirenderSehweg) March 7, 2017
A great Test match, but not without its fair share of controversies.
Meaning Of DRS-
For indian Team: Decision Review System. For Australia Team: DressingRoom Review System. #INDvsAUS #IndvAus Australia By 75— Virender Sehwag (@VirenderSehweg) March 7, 2017
And Kohli was in the mood in the post-match press conference.
Kohli right now in press conference #IndvAus pic.twitter.com/2x57JKmKkZ
— cricBC (@cricBC) March 7, 2017
Virat Kohli in PC (when asked if its called cheating by Aus journalist): “I didnt say that. You did.”
*This series just combusted. #IndvAus— Chetan Narula (@chetannarula) March 7, 2017
But, despite all that, Ishant’s face was perhaps the moment of the match.
Not your fault Australia, it’s really hard to focus on cricket after seeing something like that.#INDvsAUS pic.twitter.com/8BuxYdcyhi
— Sir Main Dad (@SirJohnRoe) March 7, 2017
Man of the match. #INDvsAUS pic.twitter.com/Y0NLmJw5eK
— Godman Chikna (@Madan_Chikna) March 7, 2017
Man of the match ~ K L Rahul
Face of the match ~ Ishant Sharma #INDvsAUS pic.twitter.com/VhhnWXFltG— Amit A (@Amit_smiling) March 7, 2017
End of the day, it was just a bloody good Test match.
Long live Test cricket
We lost. But that was worth watching ever bloody ball #INDvAUS— Tom Chadwick (@TomChadwickFox) March 7, 2017
EPIC Test. I watched this. One for posterity. Blessed. #IndvAus
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) March 7, 2017
We all are, Aakash. We all are.
