From ‘Superior Adelaide’ to 36 all out: How India have fared on the venue | Cricket Information – Occasions of India

NEW DELHI: With an astounding victory within the first Take a look at towards Australia in Perth, the Indian cricket staff is on a excessive. However now that is prior to now and the second Take a look at is ready to get underway on the Adelaide Oval from December 6.
The day/evening Take a look at may nicely be the hardest sport for India on the tour as Australia are but to style defeat with the pink ball right here and the guests do not have fond reminiscences from their final fixture in 2020. India had been bundled out for simply 36 of their second innings and registered their lowest whole within the format.
Border-Gavaskar Trophy
Total, India have performed 13 Exams on the Adelaide Oval and have gained solely 2, misplaced 8 and managed to attract 3 matches.
India performed their first Take a look at at Adelaide in January 1948 underneath the captaincy of Lala Amarnath and regardless of centuries by Vijay Hazare in each the innings, they misplaced the match by an innings and 16 runs.
India’s second Take a look at at Adelaide in December 1967 noticed them dropping the match by 146 runs. The third Take a look at at Adelaide in January 1978 noticed India combating exhausting however the Aussies ended up victorious by 47 runs.
After three consecutive defeats at Adelaide, the guests lastly managed to attract a Take a look at on the venue in January 1981 underneath the captaincy of the nice Sunil Gavaskar. The consequence was potential as a consequence of Sandeep Patel who smashed 174 regardless of batting within the Take a look at after sustaining accidents to his head, inflicted by bouncers from Australia’s quick bowlers through the first Take a look at at Sydney.

4 years later, the legendary Kapil Dev led from the entrance as captain by taking 8 wickets in Australia’s first innings and Gavaskar hit a superb 166 within the first innings whole of 520 as India drew the December 1985 fixture on the venue.
Extra disappointment was in retailer in 1992 as chasing 372, captain Mohammad Azharuddin hit 106 however India had been bowled out for 333 runs to lose their subsequent Take a look at by 38 runs.
Throughout India’s 1999 tour to Australia underneath the captaincy of Sachin Tendulkar, the primary Take a look at was performed at Adelaide. Chasing 396, India misplaced the Take a look at by 285 runs.
India, nevertheless, made historical past of their subsequent Take a look at at Adelaide in December 2003 and took a 1-0 collection lead towards Australia in Australia for the primary time ever.
The Aussies racked up 556 and India had been 85/4 however Rahul Dravid (233) and VVS Laxman (148) put up a 303-run stand for the fifth wicket. Ajit Agarkar then took 6/41 and Dravid hit an unbeaten 72 as India gained the match by 4 wickets.
India’s subsequent tour to Australia got here in 2007-08 when all hell broke unfastened because of the Monkeygate scandal. By the point the groups reached Adelaide for the fourth and final Take a look at of the collection in January 2008, the Aussies already had an unassailable lead within the collection.
Sachin Tendulkar hit 153 within the first innings and it was Virender Sehwag’s 151 within the second essay which ensured a draw.
For the subsequent tour of Australia in 2011-12, some seniors left for Australia early to acclimatise to the circumstances however even that could not forestall India dropping the collection 0-4.
Kohli’s love affair with Adelaide
Within the fourth Take a look at of the collection in Adelaide in January 2012, a younger Virat Kohli roared to his maiden Take a look at century. Though India misplaced the match by 298 runs, Kohli’s hundred established him as a key participant in India’s Take a look at line-up and marked the start of a prolific Take a look at profession.
Kohli continued his love affair with Adelaide when India subsequent toured Australia, hitting twin a whole lot on captaincy debut in December 2014. India got here near an inconceivable victory however fell brief, dropping by 48 runs.
Historic win
India’s victory in Adelaide in December 2018 through the first Take a look at of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy was a historic second in Indian cricket because it set the tone for India’s maiden Take a look at collection win on Australian soil.
Cheteshwar Pujara scored 123 however India had been bowled out for 250. The bowlers did nicely to earn an important 15-run lead and the guests set a difficult goal of 323 for Australia. Jasprit Bumrah (3/68), Mohammed Shami (3/65), and Ashwin (3/92) starred with the ball as Australia had been bowled out for 291 for a 31-run victory.
This was India’s first Take a look at win in Adelaide since 2003 and marked the start of India’s historic 2-1 collection victory, the first-ever Take a look at collection win by an Asian staff in Australia.
India’s subsequent tour of Australia started on a disastrous notice because the notorious 36 all out in Adelaide occurred through the first Take a look at of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in December 2020.
Captain Virat Kohli left the collection after the Adelaide Take a look at for the beginning of his little one, handing the reins to Ajinkya Rahane.
From thereon, India made an unbelievable comeback by successful the Melbourne Take a look at underneath Rahane’s management, drew the Sydney Take a look at in heroic vogue and clinched the collection 2-1 with a historic victory on the Gabba in Brisbane.
The 36 all out stays a stark reminder of cricket’s unpredictability and resilience as India remodeled their fortunes dramatically in the identical collection. It now stays to be seen what Adelaide has in retailer for India.