We discuss the third Test in Sydney, where India held on for a valiant draw.
Talking Points:
<ul>
 <li>When a draw was like a win</li>
 <li>Steve Smith resumes normal service</li>
 <li>The versatile Mr Jadeja</li>
 <li>Rohit and Gill - partners in promise</li>
 <li>India's decision to pick Pant despite his wicketkeeping problems</li>
 <li>Is one allowed to get run-out in Test cricket?</li>
 <li>Pant's sizzling 97 on day five</li>
 <li>Ashwin and Vihari and the show of defiance</li>
 <li>Can India find 11 fit men for Brisbane?</li>
</ul>
Participants:
Kartikeya Date (<a href="https://twitter.com/cricketingview">@cricketingview</a>)
Siddhartha Vaidyanathan (@<a href="https://twitter.com/sidvee">sidvee</a>)
Ashoka (<a href="https://twitter.com/ABVan">@ABVan</a>)
Mahesh Sethuraman (<a href="https://twitter.com/cornerd">@cornerd</a>)
Related:
A tragicomedy called 36 all out – <a href="http://www.81allout.com/the-tragicomedy-of-36-all-out/">81allout podcast</a>
The Melbourne bounceback - <a href="http://www.81allout.com/the-melbourne-bounceback/">81allout podcast</a>
The Melbourne Miracle of 1981 –<a href="http://www.81allout.com/melbourne-miracle-indias-tour-of-australia-1980-81/"> 81allout podcast</a>
The draw that meant so much more - Siddhartha Vaidyanathan, <a href="http://www.81allout.com/the-draw-that-meant-so-much-more/">81allout.com</a>
Pujara's triumph: cricket, lovely cricket - <a href="https://cricketingview.substack.com/p/pujaras-triumph-cricket-lovely-cricket">Kartikeya Date</a>
Bruised and abused, Indians make their own luck at the SCG - Sidharth Monga, <a href="https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/aus-vs-ind-2020-21-3rd-test-bruised-and-abused-indians-make-their-own-luck-at-the-scg-1247526">ESPNcricinfo</a>
Rishabh Pant's keeping - Ben Jones,<a href="https://www.cricviz.com/rishabh-pants-keeping"> cricviz.com</a>
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The dreamiest win

Talking cricket with Siddhartha Vaidyanathan

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