Australia has stunned India and broken India’s 10-year unbeaten streak to clinch the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. This is a very disappointing defeat as India has been extremely dominant over the past years. On Day 3 of 5th Test Jasprit Bumrah’s absence was deeply felt. While India will be looking upon the heartbreaking loss it is now out of the WTC final race as well and Australia directly qualifies for the WTC final against South Africa.
In Jasprit Bumrah’s absence, the bowling didn’t seem to know where it was going and, consequently, the batters failed to deliver. This contrasted starkly with Scott Boland and Pat Cummins’s disciplined spells, which exposed India’s tail in the morning session of Day 3. It was those last four wickets that the Aussies took for just 16 runs.
India had placed all their hopes on Ravindra Jadeja and Washington Sundar to provide resistance with the bat, but the duo couldn’t deliver on a pitch that offered significant seam movement.
