Australia sealed a historic victory in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, overcoming a challenging start to the series and clinching the trophy for the first time in a decade. The match in Sydney saw tense moments and a grueling fight for every run, ultimately culminating in a triumphant win for the Australian team.
The lunch break might have been the worst part. Forty minutes of stewing on it, pacing up and down while the pit in the stomach grew deeper.After five Tests and the best part of 20 days of cricket, the Border-Gavaskar Trophy was about to be decided, and the tension had reached an unsustainable level. It doesn't matter how many of these sort of Test matches you've lived through, the feeling will forever be the same. It's a helpless anxiety, one you almost feel guilty for.
The morning had been frenetic, maintaining the breakneck speed with which Australia and India had played this entire Test, but when winning time arrived it felt like the world stopped turning. Each and every one of the 162 runs Australia required for a win, to earn the right to lift the Border-Gavaskar Trophy for the first time in a decade, was going to be laboriously fought for. And with all of that and more swirling around the players' heads, and on a pitch as treacherous as it was on the opening morning, In doing so, these cricketers righted the wrongs of four years ago when they lost the unlosable series to a patchwork Indian side. They finished the job in a way they couldn't in England 18 months ago, when the Ashes urn was retained but the series was painfully drawn. They defied history in coming back from a horrific loss in the first Test of the summer, making this just the fifth Test series in history that Australia has won after going down 1-0. The panic was justified after Perth, but now only serves to enhance the glory of Sydney.His men had conquered both the T20 and ODI World Cups but were missing a Test series win of such substance. There had been a breezy home win over England and an away series draw, but only defeats against India. The World Test Championship was fun but series like these are where legacies are buil
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