The Melbourne bounceback

We discuss India's memorable eight-wicket win in Melbourne and place it in context of some of the famous Indian victories in Australia.

Talking Points:

Placing the victory in context
Parallels with Melbourne '81
Rahane's touch
Ashwin's immaculate control
Bumrah's skid and the ball to hoodwink Smith
Gill v Shaw, Pant v Saha
Siraj's debut
Looking ahead to Sydney

Participants:

Kartikeya Date (@cricketingview)

Siddhartha Vaidyanathan (@sidvee)

Ashoka (@ABVan)

Mahesh Sethuraman (@cornerd)

Related:

A tragicomedy called 36 all out - 81allout podcast

The Melbourne Miracle of 1981 - 81allout podcast

Ashwin, Bumrah bowl India to MCG victory - Kartikeya Date

Ravi Shastri: India's triumph one of the great comebacks in Test history - Sidharth Monga, ESPNcricinfo

'No spinner has done that to me in my career' - Steve Smith on R Ashwin

Tactical tweaks, delightful drift - Amit Gupta on R Ashwin, Scroll.in

Saini and Siraj better placed than their predecessors - Varun Shetty, ESPNcricinfo