A visibly shaken Langer lauded India for the lion-hearted effort to win the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2-1 despite playing with a second-string side
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Smith and vice-captain David Warner had resigned in the aftermath of the scandal during the Cape Town Test against South Africa in March 2018 and since then Tim Paine has been at the helm of the Test team.
This comes as a huge concern for Australia who will be aiming to pick all ten wickets on a decisive day in Brisbane and subsequently reclaim the Border-Gavaskar series
The injury-ravaged Indian team has shown great resilience and grit throughout the current tour of Australia.
Australia ended the day 274/5, thanks largely to Labuschagne's 108 off 204 balls. The 26-year-old said he should have done more.
Australia's famed bowling attack threw everything at India on the fifth day but couldn't break their resolve as the visitors hung on for a memorable draw at the SCG.
The Indian batting unit displayed tremendous grit on Monday as it hung on for a memorable draw against Australia in the third Test to leave the series levelled at 1-1.
The 22-year-old hurt his right shoulder after diving for the ball at mid-wicket in the 86th over of India's innings on the fifth day at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
Ashwin, who made 39 off 128 balls, and Vihari pulled off a remarkable draw for India on day five of the third Test against Australia.
Paine dropped two catches of Rishabh Pant, who made a fluent 97 and raised hopes of an Indian win, and then dropped one of Hanuma Vihari, who remained unbeaten on 23 and ensured that the game ended in a draw along
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McDonald, Australia's 191st men's Test cricketer, played 47 Test matches across two decades and is regarded among the finest opening batsmen the country ever produced.
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Paine was left furious after DRS review overturned Cheteshwar Pujara's dismissal during the 56th over of India's innings on day 4 of the third Test when Nathan Lyon was certain that he had the batsman caught at short leg.
In pursuit of an improbable 407, India were 98/2 at stumps on day four, having lost Shubman Gill (31) and Rohit (52) after they shared 71 runs for the opening wicket.
Having just managed to score only 10 runs in the first Two Tests, Smith roared back to form as his 131, single-handedly steered Australia to 338, their first innings total, despite a middle-order failure.
Asked about Australia's low-scoring in the current series and if that is a concern, Langer cited various factors, the biggest being India's lethal accuracy with the ball.
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