The fifth and last test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy will be played in Sydney from Friday. Australia is leading 2-1 in the 5 match series. India won the first match by 295 runs. The second and fourth matches were won by Australia. Whereas, the third match was a draw. Team India has not faced defeat in the last 13 years at Sydney Cricket Ground. The last time it had to face defeat here was in 2012. Since that defeat, the team has played three test matches here. All three matches were draws. 13 matches have been played between India and Australia here since 1947. In this, the Kangaroo team won 5 matches, 7 were draws. Whereas, India has been able to win only one test. The team got this victory in 1978. Match details
Date- 3 January
Place- Sydney Cricket Stadium
Time- Toss- 4:30 AM, Match start- 5:00 AM It is difficult for Rohit to play in the fifth test
Rohit has been a complete failure in this series. He has scored 31 runs in 3 matches. Questions are being raised on Rohit’s captaincy in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. He was not a part of the Perth Test. Jasprit Bumrah captained in that match and the team won. According to media reports, captain Rohit Sharma may keep himself out of the fifth Test. In such a situation, Bumrah can captain in his place. Read full news… Australia ahead in overall record too Bumrah is the top wicket taker of the series
Indian vice-captain Jasprit Bumrah has taken 30 wickets in the series. He is the top wicket taker of the series. At the same time, Yashasvi Jaiswal is the top run scorer of the team. After him, Nitish Reddy has scored 294 runs. Head is the top scorer of the series
Travis Head, who scored two centuries in this series for Australia, is the top scorer of the series. In the bowling department, captain Pat Cummins has taken the most 20 wickets for the team. Cummins played an important role in the team’s victory in the last match. He scored 49 runs in the first innings and took 3 wickets. In the second innings, he scored 41 runs and took 3 wickets. He was chosen as the Player of the Match. Role of the toss
The team that wins the toss in Sydney can bat first. So far 112 Test matches have been played here, in which the team batting first has won 47 matches. At the same time, the team bowling first has won only 42 matches. 23 matches have been drawn here. Pitch report
The Sydney pitch is different from the rest of the pitches in Australia, here spin gets more help than pace. SCG pitch curator Adam Lewis said, about 7 mm of grass will be left on the pitch. Weather condition
The weather will be good on the first day of the Sydney Test. According to the weather website accu weather, there is a 9% chance of rain in Sydney on January 3. The temperature here on this day will be 25 to 18 degrees Celsius. There will be some clouds along with sunshine throughout the day. Wind will blow in the afternoon. Both teams for Melbourne Test
India’s possible playing-11: Jasprit Bumrah (captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant, Ravindra Jadeja, Nitish Reddy, Washington Sundar, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj and Prasidh Krishna. Australia’s playing-11: Pat Cummins (captain), Usman Khawaja, Sam Constas, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Beau Webster, Alex Carey (wicketkeeper), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon and Scott Boland. —————————————— Also read this news related to Sydney Test… India’s possible-11 for Sydney Test: Team can play with only 2 spinners, Akash Deep out; One change in Australia India will play with one change in the playing-11 in the Sydney Test. Fast bowler Akash Deep is out of the fifth match due to injury. The Sydney pitch is different from the rest of the pitches in Australia. Here spin gets more help than pace. In such a situation Indian team can play two spinners in this match also. On the other hand Australia has dropped Mitchell Marsh. In his place Beau Webster has been given a chance to make his test debut. Read the full news…
