India have secured a 2-1 collection win towards Australia after the fourth Test in Ahmedabad resulted in a draw with the hosts maintaining the Border-Gavaskar trophy for the fourth successive time.
After the primary 3 Tests resulted in lower than 3 days on raging turners, the collection finale used to be performed on a dull pitch as simply 22 wickets fell throughout 15 classes.
Starting day 5 on Monday nonetheless trailing India through 91 runs, Australia have been with ease prompt to protection through Travis Head (90) and Marnus Labuschange (63 no longer out) because the tournament used to be known as off early with neither workforce in a position to securing a victory.
The groups shook arms simply an over after Indian No 3 Cheteshwar Pujara bowled the second one over of his 102-Test profession.
Australia declared on 175-2 with Labuschange and Steve Smith (10 no longer out) on the crease after making 480 of their first innings when Usman Khawaja (180) and Cameron Green (114) scored memorable centuries.
But India batted even higher, piling on 571 as Virat Kohli (186) broke thru for his first century in additional than 3 years and younger opener Shubman Gill scored a very good 128.
Australia’s common No 11 Matt Kuhnemann used to be the one wicket to fall within the first consultation on Monday after the spinner used to be despatched in as a nightwatchman on Sunday with Head rather than Khawaja.
The in-form opener is suffering with an unspecified leg harm after hurting himself within the box on Sunday and seemed sore looking to run within the nets prior to play on day 5.
Khawaja used to be simplest a possibility to bat if Australia discovered themselves in deep trouble looking to save the tournament.
India retained the Border-Gavaskar trophy after profitable the primary two Tests of the four-match collection.
Australia will have secured a unprecedented 2-2 collection consequence with a win in Ahmedabad after their well-known nine-wicket triumph in Indore within the 3rd Test.
India received 2-1 the remaining time they hosted Australia in 2017, whilst in addition they secured memorable away collection victories in 2018-19 and 2020-21.
But Australia and India will meet once more in June with the powerhouse groups qualifying for the World Test Championship ultimate at The Oval in London.
Australia’s subsequent Test excursion to India is in 2027, with celebrity avid gamers like Steve Smith, Nathan Lyon and Mitchell Starc and Khawaja significantly not going to go back in 4 years.