Twitterati hail India's "exemplary performance" vs Australia

Pant, Gill gunpowder brings down fortress Gabba as India retain Border-Gavaskar Trophy

Shubman Gill, Cheteswar Pujara and Rishabh Pant turned into the latest flagbearers of India's never-say-die spirit as they pulled off the unthinkable to breach fortress Gabba.

BCCI President Sourav Ganguly announces Rs 5 crore bonus for team India

India registered a historic win at the Gabba in the fourth Test against Australia and with that clinched the Border Gavaskar Trophy 2-1 and the president of the Board of Control for Cricket India (BCCI) has announced today that the team will be incentivised Rs 5 crore for this remarkable win. Ganguly took to his Twitter account to announce the cash prizes for the team under the leadership of Ajinkya Rahane. He said that the series win will be remembered forever in the history of Indian cricket. Rishabh Pant was adjudged man of the match for his nerveless innings of 89 runs and he was the last man standing among the batsmen and hit the winning runs that ended the three-decade-long domination of Australia at the Gabba. There are only a few men in Indian cricket who know how hard it is to compete against Australia in their own backyard, let alone outplaying them over the course of a series and winning it than Sourav Ganguly who had led a very formidable side down under in 2003 but the Aussies proved to be too strong in their den.

Rishabh Pant quickest among Indian wicket keepers to reach 1,000 Test runs

With a pull towards the midwicket boundary off Pat Cummins on the final day of the Gabba Test, Rishabh Pant completed 1000 runs in his Test career. He is the fastest among Indian wicketkeepers to reach the 1000-run mark in Test cricket. He has reached the landmark on the back of two hundreds that came on the tours of England and Australia and three half-centuries. He also has the highest average of 40.04 among the Indian wicketkeepers in Test cricket. He has always been rated very highly for his explosive batting and it is more his batting than the wicketkeeping skills that keep him in the playing XI, especially on the overseas tours as India explore options of runs from the order batsmen. In the ongoing series against Australia, he was brought back in the playing XI after the batting debacle in Adelaide in the first Test, and he almost took India to an improbable win in the last Test at the SCG.

Australia unleash bouncer barrage on Pujara, Gill departs after swashbuckling 91

Indian batting unit was always anyway facing an uphill task of batting a total of 100 overs and chasing 328 runs to win the Gabba Test, and the Australian pace attack did not make life easier for Cheteshwar Pujara as well. Australian captain bright Mitchell Strac to attack both Pujara and Subman Gill to attack with a barrage of the short ball, but he was wayward and failed to apply any pressure on the duo. In one of his over, Gill and Pujara unleashed a counterpunch as the left armer was smashed for three fours and one six off a short ball in a span of six balls. Later, Paine turned to an accurate Josh Halewood and he started the barrage of short balls that clearly unsettled India’s number three. Pujara was hit on his elbow, his fingers were jammed against the bat handle, while another snorter of a short ball knocked him on his helmet. Pujara clearly looked unsettled after the aggressive bit of bowling from Australia but as always holding it on for India as the tourists have batted 54 overs and are at 153 for the loss of two wickets on the final day of the series-decider Test at the Gabba.