Was there a strategy laid out?
The strategy was simple – let’s stick together, let’s back ourselves, walk out with a positive attitude and that fighting spirit. And let’s accept whatever the result is in the end. The first practice session at the MCG was the first morale-booster. Everybody was looking to help each other out.
Quietly, there was a resurgence taking place – even though nobody would’ve been able to put a finger on it and say it so at that point. Until the morning of the match, when Australia won the toss, we were actually looking to bat first – despite what had happened in Adelaide.
Who deserves the credit?
It’s a tricky thing, credit. In the aftermath of a win one as momentous as India’s Border Gavaskar Trophy triumph in 2020-’21 there is plenty to go around.
There is nothing wrong with it, either. It’s only human nature. Success, after all, has many owners while failure tends to be a lonely place. Ajinkya Rahane led remarkably well, taking over from a near-impossible scenario and turning into an epic tour that is unlikely to be forgotten as long as Test cricket exists. Ravi Shastri deserves the plaudits that have come his way, His support staff Bharat Arun, Vikram Rathour too. Do not forget the physios, masseurs, slingers and so on. There are the individual coaches of the players, all of who stood up heroically at various points during a bruising series. The list will go on.
Saini, have to run 3 , forgot about his groin injury: Rishabh Pant recalls winning moment from Bris Saini, have to run 3 , forgot about his groin injury: Rishabh Pant recalls winning moment from Brisbane Test
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