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AUS vs IND: Team India bounce back after Adelaide debacle and Twitter is loving it


The Indian team made a resounding come back in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy and won the second Test at MCG by eight wickets, to level the series. There was huge appreciation of the team for turning things around after all looked gloomy in Adelaide.

India had many challenges to conquer and they started on a positive note, picking five specialist bowlers, although the absence of Virat Kohli had made the batting line up appear a lot thinner than it actually turned out to be in the second Test.

Fans and cricket experts heaped praises on the Indian team and their mental fortitude that they saw after the debacle in Adelaide. Some of them rate the win at the MCG as one of the best India have achieved Down Under. Some others did not forget to point out that the resilience of the system of Indian cricket under the leadership of Kohli is behind the series-levelling win in Melbourne.






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