More Than A Draw — Love For The Sport

Did anyone say that test cricket is boring? It's done. It's dusted. Nobody can stand this format anymore.

If the answer to any of those questions is a yes, then please watch the recently concluded 2nd test match between Australia and India on this tour.

After a grueling 5 days of intense competition between two highly competitive sides, the fans definitely got the test match they wanted!

In many ways, we can surely say that both test cricket and life are somewhat similar.

Both will throw obstacles at you. Both will push you to your limits. Both will also challenge you.

And through all this, you will also get a chance to fight back and respond in both worlds.

Hardwork, persistence, and showing character will be your best friends through all this.

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During the match, India was walking wounded and was losing players all through their squad.

They were taken out by Smith's century. They had to survive by battling through 1.5 days against the best bowling attack in the world. It was written in the stars for Australia. The script was set up for them to take a 2-1 lead in the series.

And then came the hardwork, persistence, and character we just spoke about.

Rishabh Pant, Hanuma Vihari, Ravi Ashwin, and Chiteshwar Pujara stepped in and said - "we have other ideas."

Pant counter-attacked by blitzing towards a quickfire 97. He was playing with one healthy elbow.

Pujara was Pujara - he consumed 205 balls for his 77.

Ashwin and Vihari brought the final act - they batted for almost 3 hours while facing a barrage of short-pitched stuff and some not so nice words from the Australian captain.

All this was happening while India was also down a batsman with their star all-rounder Jadeja sitting in the pavilion with a broken thumb.