India Vs Australia 5th Test: Australia Defeated India By Six Wickets

India vs Australia 5th Test: Australia defeated India by six wickets in the fifth and final Test played in Sydney, and after a long wait of 10 years, won the Border Gavaskar Trophy. Due to its poor form, the Indian team had given Australia an easy target of 162 runs, in response to which the Australian batsmen achieved the target by losing four wickets.

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1 Australia defeated India by six wickets

2 India vs Australia 5th Test first innings

3 India vs Australia 5th Test second innings

4 Jasprit Bumrah did not play in the second innings.

4.1 India vs Australia 5th Test: India Playing XI

4.2 India vs Australia 5th Test: Australia Playing XI

With this easy victory, the Australian team has also won the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series. Australia has won three Tests in this ups-and-down series of five Test matches, while India has won only one Test. One Test match between the two teams was drawn. In this way, Australia has won this first Test series of this year 3-1.

Australia defeated India by six wickets

Australia defeated India by six wickets and won the series and also confirmed its place in the final of the World Test Championship. Due to India losing the series, the Indian team is now out of the race for the World Test Championship final.

Australia has reached the final of the World Test Championship after winning this Test match, but the South African team has already qualified for the World Test Championship. The title match of the World Test Championship (WTC) will be played between South Africa and Australia in June 2025 at Lord’s, the historic ground in London, England.

India vs Australia 5th Test first innings

In the absence of captain Rohit Sharma in the Indian team, Jasprit Bumrah won the toss as captain in this Test match and decided to bat first. The Indian team scored 185 runs while batting in the first innings. In response, Australia could score only 181 runs in the first innings. The Indian team had a lead of four runs in the first innings.

India vs Australia 5th Test second innings

India’s batsmen started playing ahead with a lead of 4 runs in their second innings and scored 157 more runs in the second innings and took a total lead of 161 runs. In reply to India’s total score of 161 runs, Australia lost their first 4 wickets at a score of 104 runs.

Australia’s opener batsman Sam Constas was out for 22 runs and Usman Khawaja for 41 runs; then the wickets of Marnus Labuschagne (6) and Steve Smith (4) also fell as the third and fourth wickets. But after this, Travis Head (34*) and Beau Webster (39*) made a strong partnership on the wicket and gave Australia a historic victory.

Jasprit Bumrah did not play in the second innings.

Team India had to play without captain Jasprit Bumrah in their second innings. Bumrah could not take the field in the second innings due to stiffness in his back; Virat Kohli captained in his place. Due to the absence of Bumrah, India could not regain its grip on the match. Still, from India’s side, fast bowler Prasidh Krishna had created a sensation by taking three wickets, and Siraj took one wicket.

India vs Australia 5th Test: India Playing XI

Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jaspreet Bumrah (captain), KL Rahul, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Ravindra Jadeja, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Mohammad Siraj, Prasidh Krishna.

India vs Australia 5th Test: Australia Playing XI

Usman Khawaja, Sam Konstas, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh, Alex Carey (wicketkeeper), Pat Cummins (captain), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Scott Boland.