India defeated Australia by six wickets inside three days of the second Test to take a 2-0 series lead and retain the Border-Gavaskar Trophy on Sunday.
Earlier in the day, Ravindra Jadeja returned career-best figures of 7-42 and led the bowling to dismiss Australia for 113. The hosts romped to their victory target of 115 in the second session even as they were in a spot of bother after losing a fluent-looking Rohit Sharma.
KL Rahul’s lean patch continued as he was dismissed by Nathan Lyon for 1 and Virat Kohli fell after attempting to steady the innings and looking in good touch.
Even Shreyas Iyer was unable to make an impact but then Cheteshwar Pujara, playing his milestone 100th Test, combined with KS Bharat, who played a fiery 22-ball 23 innings to power the hosts to victory.
India’s last defeat at the venue came way back in 1987 and since then they have won 11 and drawn two since then.
Here’s a look at the reactions from India’s victory in the second Test in Delhi:
Australia on Day Three:
— Fox Sports Lab (@FoxSportsLab) February 19, 2023
9/52 from 19.1 overs; including a collapse of 8/28 from 12.2 overs
..4..W.1....1..14...1....14.....4.2.....1W2.2..1..11.111.W.......WWW....1.41...11......412W1........1..1..W.......W#INDvAUS
This is the first time Virat Kohli has been stumped in Test cricket - in his 180th innings #INDvAUS
— Sarang Bhalerao (@bhaleraosarang) February 19, 2023
Aussies need to regroup. This will get worse if they don't come up with a better plan in the next game. Today was just appalling from them #INDvAUS #IndvsAus2ndtest
— Meha Bhardwaj Alter (@Bhardwajmeha) February 19, 2023
Delhi demolition. Australia's last 8 wickets fell for 28 runs in the space of 74 balls. Incredible from Jadeja and Ashwin
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) February 19, 2023
W 2 . 2 . . 1 . . 1 1 . 1 1 1 . W . . . . . . . W W W . . . . 1 . 4 1 . . . 1 1 . . . . . . 4 1 2 W 1 . . . . . . . . 1 . . 1 . . W . . . . . . . W#INDvAUS
Insert saala yeh dukh khatam kahe nahi hota hi meme for the Aussies
— Vaishnavi Bhaskaran (@vaishbhaskaran) February 19, 2023
Test batting average since July 2017:
— Nic Savage (@nic_savage1) February 19, 2023
46.11 - Ravindra Jadeja
45.98 - Usman Khawaja
44.51 - Travis Head
42.25 - David Warner
Test bowling average since July 2017:
24.67 - Ravindra Jadeja
26.23 - Mitchell Starc
26.32 - Josh Hazlewood
29.58 - Nathan Lyon#INDvAUS
Pujara winning runs in his 100th to retain the Border-Gavaskar Trophy ❤️
— Saurabh Malhotra (@MalhotraSaurabh) February 19, 2023
Nervy innings and running by him, but job done and a moment to cherish.
Fortress Kotla remains standing.
— Aaditya Narayan (@AadityaN_28) February 19, 2023
24 hours back we were looking set to concede a big lead. That Ashwin and Akshar partnership retained the Border-Gavaskar Trophy for India.
— Saurabh Malhotra (@MalhotraSaurabh) February 19, 2023
It will always be funny that Australia toiled for 2 days to get a chance to breach India's fortress and avenge Gabba but it took them 30 mins to blow it.
— Manya (@CSKian716) February 19, 2023
If we’re going to blame anyone, we should blame that guy who turned 50 and invited Glenn Maxwell to his party. #INDvAUS #BorderGavaskarTrophy
— Dan Liebke (@LiebCricket) February 19, 2023
Fastest to 25000 international runs (by innings):
— Kausthub Gudipati (@kaustats) February 19, 2023
549 - VIRAT KOHLI 🇮🇳
577 - Sachin Tendulkar🇮🇳
588 - Ricky Ponting🇦🇺
594 - Jacques Kallis🇿🇦
608 - Kumar Sangakkara🇱🇰#INDvAUS
Yet another milestone to Virat Kohli's name ⭐#WTC23 | #INDvAUS pic.twitter.com/XnnNZneik3
— ICC (@ICC) February 19, 2023
India v Australia 2nd Test - Sweep Shot % per Innings
— The CricViz Analyst (@cricvizanalyst) February 19, 2023
(Includes all types of sweeps)
Australia 1st Innings - 4.2%
India 1st Innings - 1.4%
Australia 2nd Innings - 10.7%
India 2nd Innings - 1.3%#INDvAUS
Waking up to see a proper collapse by the Aussies .. many teams have done the same in India .. it’s not easy .. but let’s be honest the Aussies once Warner & Smith retire have very little waiting in the wings .. #INDvAUS
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) February 19, 2023
#TeamIndia clinches a stunning 6-wicket victory in the 2nd Test to take the series lead! @akshar2026 @imjadeja & @ashwinravi99 proved to be a nightmare for Australia.India retains the #BGT .Well Done skipper @ImRo45 🔥! #INDvAUS #BorderGavaskarTrophy pic.twitter.com/MNFv87eNLS
— Reema Malhotra (@ReemaMalhotra8) February 19, 2023
A day that began with hope at the start of a second innings, followed by a batting collapse and a relatively easy chase in the end.
— Vinayakk (@vinayakkm) February 19, 2023
Adelhiade.
This is a shattering loss for Australia. A day which began with so much hope finishes with the Border-Gavaskar Trophy gone, and with it their bid for world domination. Two days of hard work in the Delhi haze went up in a puff of smoke in one disastrous hour. #INDvAUS
— Andrew Wu (@wutube) February 19, 2023
Australia had moments but India owned sessions.
— DK (@DineshKarthik) February 19, 2023
Every match it looks even more difficult to stand against this Indian team.
Great win to retain the trophy one more time! 🇮🇳👏 @BCCI#INDvAUS pic.twitter.com/0CrLc7itgq
The reason behind India's home dominance is simple.
— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14) February 19, 2023
Our quicks out-bowl their quicks.
Our spinners out-bowl their spinners.
Our spinners out-bat their batters 😉 #INDvAUS #BGT2023
India have time to ponder over the make-up of their team for Indore and Ahmedabad. He was unlucky today but it might be time to look at Shubman Gill over KL Rahul.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) February 19, 2023
Comprehensive and decisive victory for #TeamIndia!
— Star Sports (@StarSportsIndia) February 19, 2023
India go 2-0 up in the most emphatic manner, getting an unassailable lead in the series.
Tune-in to the 3rd Mastercard #INDvAUS Test, March 1, 8:30 AM onwards on Star Sports & Disney+Hotstar! #BelieveInBlue #TestByFire pic.twitter.com/Nz9Vk8PBxS