FROM ADELAIDE TO BRISBANE, VIA SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE: INDIA HAS BEEN BUILT BY OUR HEROES EVERY STEP OF THE WAY.

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 Some of us could still be recovering from Team India's historic win at the Gabba, which sealed our third consecutive Test Series victory in Australia.




When Team India won the Border-Gavaskar-Trophy for the first time in Australian media a few years ago, people remarked that neither Steve Smith nor David Warner were on the team. It was a walk in the park for the Indians against a depleted Australian team.


However, there were no such reasons this time because the Australian team was invincible.

The tourists, on the other side, were dealt a body blow before the first ball was bowled. Following the first test, our captain, Virat Kohli, was scheduled to leave Australia on paternity leave. 

As Australia's pink-ball dominance continued, a nearly full-strength Indian team was annihilated in three days at the Adelaide Oval. The visitors were quickly written off without Kohli on their side, and no one predicted a comeback.


The tourists' situation was only going to get worse as a series of horrific injuries started shortly after. After that, Team India lost more than a half-dozen of their first-team players to various injuries.

The one thing that set this band apart was that they always found someone who could raise them up.

And hand-pull them out of trouble.

In Melbourne, our captain Ajinkya Rahane batted brilliantly and helped Team India tie the series.


Hanuma Vihari, who had been injured in Sydney, led the team to a safer side with the help of a battered Ravichandran Ashwin.



Cheteshwar Pujara, on the other hand, demonstrated why he is a valuable team asset by playing 928 balls in the series, despite all of the blows and injuries.

Finally, Team India's unexpected success hit its pinnacle, which no one expected to be The Gabba, Australia's true fortress. There were also rumours that Team India was hesitant to travel to Brisbane for fear of being subjected to a strict quarantine. Former Australian players in Brisbane also said that the hosts' supremacy overwhelmed the visitors.

But, despite the background noise, the tourists were glued together as a unit and put on a display to remember. The Indians also won the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2-1, putting an end to Australia's 32-year domination at the Gabba and demonstrating emphatically that they can never be taken for granted.


As the tricolour soared high in Brisbane's skies, Team India's five young guns led Team India's victory lap. These five took advantage of the opportunities presented to them and worked together to help the tourists pull off a miracle under the most difficult of circumstances. More importantly, these five players have given us reason to believe that Indian cricket's future is in good hands. Mohammed Siraj, Rishab Pant, Shubman Gill, Washington Sundar and Shardul Thakur.









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