With India’s defeat by 6 wickets in the Sydney Test, Australia has won the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 3-1. On Sunday, on the third day of the match, India had given a target of 162 runs in the second innings. Australia achieved this by losing 4 wickets. Team India’s top order failed in this match as well. This became the biggest reason for India’s defeat. Jasprit Bumrah, who was captaining in this match, did not bowl in Australia’s second innings. Bumrah got injured during Australia’s first innings. 5 reasons for India’s defeat… 1. Batting order flopped again
Team India’s batting order failed once again. Rishabh Pant was the top scorer in both innings, apart from him no batsman could score even 30 runs. Yashasvi, Rahul, Shubman and Virat, all four players could not convert the good start into a big innings. 2. Pant played well but did not get support
After good bowling in the first innings, India took a lead of 4 runs. Pant scored 61 runs in the second innings, apart from him the other batsmen could not do anything special. When Pant was out, India’s score was 124 runs for 5 wickets. After this the next 5 batsmen were all out for 33 runs. Australia got a modest target of 162 runs. 3. Bumrah’s injury is the turning point
Jasprit Bumrah got injured while bowling in the first innings on the second day. He went for a scan, where he was found to be suffering from back spasm. He could not bowl in the second innings, due to which the team could not put pressure on the Kangaroo batsmen. If Bumrah had been fit, Australia would have found it very difficult to chase the target. In the first innings, Bumrah took important wickets of Usman Khawaja and Marnus Labuschagne. 4. Bowlers could not take advantage of the good pitch 5. Virat’s batting failed in the last test as well
When Virat Kohli came on the Australia tour, he was expected to return to form. He regained his form by scoring a century in the Perth Test, but he could not do anything special in the remaining 4 Tests. In Sydney, he could only score 17 and 6 runs. He got out on a ball going outside the off stump in 8 out of 9 innings on this tour. The inability of a great batsman like Kohli to perform also became a big reason for India’s defeat. Do give your opinion in the poll… ————————————— Also read this news related to Sydney Test… India lost Sydney Test in two and a half days: Australia defeated by 6 wickets The Indian team has lost to Australia by 6 wickets in the Sydney Test. With this defeat, the Indian team has suffered a 3-1 defeat in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Australia has defeated India in this series after 10 years. Earlier, the Kangaroo team had won the series against the MS Dhoni-led Team India in the 2014-15 season. Read the full news… Border gave the trophy to Australia, Gavaskar was not invited. There has been a controversy over not inviting former Indian opener Sunil Gavaskar to the BGT prize distribution. However, Cricket Australia has accepted its mistake as the controversy escalated. Read the full news…
