IND and OFF: The third Test match between India and Australia at the Gabba ended in a draw. Batting first, Australia scored 445 runs thanks to centuries from Steve Smith and Travis Head. In response, India’s first innings was reduced to 260 runs. After the first day of the third Test match was devastated by heavy rains, Australia put in a brilliant performance in the first innings and then India faced subsequent problems but managed to avoid them thanks to the help of Ravindra Jadeja and Akash Deep. A major danger to the game. After this, Australia declared their second innings at 89/7 and gave India a target of 275 runs. India scored 8 runs in 2.1 overs without losing a single in the second innings on Day 5, but the tea break had to be brought forward due to rain. Since then, the rain has intensified and the game cannot be played. Just like that, the game became a draw.
Ashwin announces retirement
After this match, Ravichandran Ashwin surprised everyone by suddenly announcing his retirement. R Ashwin did not feature in the No. 11 for the opening Test match of the 2024-25 Border-Gavaskar Trophy, but he has a chance to feature in the day-night Test match in Adelaide. After that, he was left out of the top 11 again in the third game. In this way, the Adelaide Test became the last Test match of Ashwin’s Test career.
The amazing coincidence between Kamble and Ashwin
With Ashwin’s retirement, an era in Indian cricket has come to an end. Ashwin made his Test debut in 2011 and took 537 wickets in 106 Test matches. He became the second Indian bowler after Anil Kumble to take more than 500 wickets in Tests. Ashwin followed in the footsteps of Kumble and took many wickets in Tests for India. There was also an amazing coincidence in the retirement of the two bowlers. In fact, in 2008, Anil Kumble also announced his retirement after the draw of the third Test match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Like Kumble, Ashwin also retired after the third Test draw. Not just this, Anil Kumble claimed his last victim in the form of Mitchell Johnson and Ashwin also claimed his last wicket in the form of Mitchell Marsh .
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