Australia thrash India by 333 runs to end record winning streak
Saturday - February 25, 2017 2:53 pm ,
Category : SPORTS
Australia thrash India by 333 runs to end record winning streak
Pune Feb 25 (IANS) Australia ended India s 19-match record unbeaten streak after thrashing the hosts by a mammoth 333 runs in the opening cricket Test at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium here on Saturday.
Chasing a mammoth 441 India once again succumbed to the left-arm spin of Steve O Keefe who returned with figures of 6/35 in the second innings to bundle out the hosts for a paltry 107. Off-spinner Nathan Lyon also contributed with four wickets.
The 32-year-old O Keefe who took six wickets in the first innings took his overall match haul to 12 wickets.
With the win the visitors have now taken a 1-0 lead in the four-match Test series.
--IANS
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