WITH just 76 required on the 3rd day of the Indore test, Australia produced a 9-wicket win over the Rohit Sharma-led side to qualify for the much-coveted WTC (World Test Championship) final to be played in June.
As soon as the Marnus Labuschagne hit the winning runs, Twitter was filled with reactions from around the world. See tweets here:
Well played @CricketAus 👏🏽 #INDvAUS #BGT2023 pic.twitter.com/sjpOcbydoW
— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14) March 3, 2023
BGT 2017: India won 2-1
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) March 3, 2023
BGT 2019: India won 2-1
BGT 2021: India won 2-1
BGT 2023: India leading 2-1
The best cricket rivalry in Test cricket in the last 20 years.
🇦🇺 win the 3rd Test by 9 wickets.#OneFamily #INDvAUS #BGT2023 pic.twitter.com/Hv973Z2sIY
— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) March 3, 2023
Travis Head & Nathan Lyon after match winning knock for Australia in 3rd test cricket match be like😅..#INDvsAUSTest #AUSvIND #WTC23#BorderGavaskarTrophy #BGT2023 pic.twitter.com/xbzU8ejHld
— Ashutosh Srivastava 🇮🇳 (@sri_ashutosh08) March 3, 2023
The pitch provided increasing assist. to spinners as the game progressed, #TeamIndia unfortunately missed the opportunity to take adv. of winning the toss & batting first. Congratulations to #TeamAustralia for their victory, which secured their place in the #WTC finals. #BGT2023 pic.twitter.com/qgfItModSu
— Pragyan Ojha (@pragyanojha) March 3, 2023
Day three's play began with Australia needing 76 runs to win on a minefield of a pitch. Despite losing Usman Khawaja early for a two-ball duck, Head and Labuschagne were able to make short work of the target and got the job done in 18.5 overs to make the four-game scoreline 2-1.