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Saturday, 10 January 2015

4th Test: Nervy India hang on to draw as Australia win series 2-0

Ajinkya Rahane and Bhuvneshwar Kumar batted out a sticky period to eke out a draw at Sydney. 

                        The Australian team pose with the Border-Gavskar Trophy.
India lost seven wickets and were in for an Adelaide-like collapse before Rahane and Bhuvneshwar stuck it out well to help India draw the Sydney Test. Catch all the highlights here: (Live Scorecard | Live Updates)
It's DRAW! The Sydney Test ends in draw, giving Australia a 2-0 series win.
Man of the match and series, Steve Smith: Very good series win, that is the most important thing for us. Tough day in the office for us. We did not get the variable bounce we were expecting on a day five pitch. There were a couple of chances that did not come off the glove and things like that. Credit to India for the way they played today. Really enjoyed this series, some pretty flat wickets and I have enjoyed batting, to make four hundreds in a series is very satisfying. I have really enjoyed captaining these guys, they played their hearts out today.
Virat Kohli: It has been a hard-fought series. We wanted to play hard cricket, give a fight, and that is what the boys have done. In Adelaide, and even today we thought we had a chance, but Australia kept coming back. The way they have composed themselves after the (Phillip Hughes) incident and came out is commendable. At tea time, I was not 100% sure if we wanted to go for the target. After Vijay got out, I thought why not take a chance, we are not coming back here for a while, If it does not happen it does not. The intent and character the side is showing is important. These guys have stepped up and shown they have the character and game at the international level, Rahul especially after the kind of debut he had. It is tough in Australia, I have experienced that before.

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