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INDIA TOUR OF AUSTRALIA, 2020-21

Pant, Gill help India breach fortress Gabba

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India pulled off a heist to clinch the series 2-1.
India pulled off a heist to clinch the series 2-1. © Getty

There are matches, there are Test matches and then there are Test matches like these.

Just when sieges continue to make headlines world over, India have one of their own at the Gabba, Australia's strongest home venue where they hadn't lost a Test match in 32 years. All that changed today, thanks to Rishabh Pant (89*) and Shubman Gill (91) who helped India take down a record target of 328 in the final few minutes of play and bring up a 2-1 series win that rivals their greatest ever.

Going into the thrill-a-minute final session, India needed 145 more runs and Australia seven wickets. Pant was on 10 then, having come to the crease on the back of a ramp shot gone wrong from India captain Ajinkya Rahane. The left-hander took his time, much like he did

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