India’s dressing room erupted in pleasure after Akash Deep scored the boundary that helped the guests keep away from follow-on late on day 4 of the Brisbane Take a look at on the Gabba, which took the Australian crew by ‘shock’, says off-spinner Nathan Lyon.
No. 11 Akash Deep joined Jasprit Bumrah after India misplaced their ninth wicket on the rating of 213. The duo then stitched an unbeaten 39-run partnership earlier than stumps on Tuesday to take India previous 246 — the follow-on goal.
The digital camera shifted its focus to the Indian dressing room in between and confirmed an animated Virat Kohli, captain Rohit Sharma and chief coach Gautam Gambhir doing high-fives whereas bursting into laughter.
Akash Deep then hit Pat Cummins for a six to indicate his long-handled expertise, which introduced Kohli to the sting of the glass window within the dressing room to see how far the shot went into the stands.
The duo got here again the following day so as to add eight extra runs, earlier than Akash was eliminated by Travis Head’s part-time spin for 31 and India bowled out for 260, trailing Australia by 185 runs.
On Wednesday, whereas speaking to Fox Cricket throughout a rain delay, Lyon mentioned possibly India’s top-order batters did not wish to come out to face the music late on day 4, which is why they celebrated like that.
Lyon mentioned the Australian crew talked about it and was shocked.
“After the play we spoke about that and had been shocked about a few of their actions,” mentioned the veteran off-spinner. “It regarded to me like their high order did not wish to bat final evening (Tuesday) if we had been capable of get that and implement the follow-on.”
It meant Australia needed to bat once more after India had been bowled out early on day 5. The hosts went after Indian bowlers, however misplaced 7 wickets for 89 runs and made a difficult declaration on the level, leaving India with a goal of 275 in a minimal of 56 overs left within the day.
However after India had reached eight for no loss, rain got here once more to halt proceedings and the sport ultimately led to a draw to maintain the five-Take a look at sequence degree at 1-1.
“…I believe we might be extraordinarily proud about the way in which we have gone about it. We have actually pushed this recreation to get into the place that we discover ourselves in the mean time,” mentioned Lyon.
