On this day: Rishabh Pant’s knock for the ages helps India conquer the Gabba fortress | Cricket News
India’s series win against Australia in 2018/19 was seen by many as one of the most significant moments in the team’s Test history. However, there is a good chance that Indian fans might not even place that among the favourite memories of seeing their side play Test cricket in Australia. That position might be taken by what India went and did in their subsequent tour Down Under, all of which culminated in Rishabh Pant etching his name permanently in the fond memories of cricket fans from his country and India confirming a second consecutive series win in the country by becoming the first team to beat Australia at the Gabba since Viv Richards’s world-beating West Indies side of 1988. Then 2018/19 series may have been the first time that an Asian team had beaten Australia in a Test series played at the latter’s home. At the same time, there were some murmurs of the fact that this was an Australian side still recovering from 2018 ball tampering scandal and without Steve Smith and David Warner. …
