Australia defeated India by 184 runs in the Test match in Melbourne, after which India’s entry into the Test Championship final became difficult.
On the fifth day of the Boxing Day Test played in Melbourne, India was given a target of 340 runs by Australia to win. However, the Indian warriors proved to be the lions of the house and the entire team was bowled out for 155 runs. 9 players could not even enter double figures. Three of them got a duck. Yashvi Jaiswal, 84 and Rishabh Pant stood out by scoring 30 runs.
The Indian captain’s series of failures continued and Rohit Sharma could only score 9 runs. No big name including Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja could do a big feat.
Kangaroo captain Pat Cummins and Scott Boland took three wickets each, Nathan Lyon took two wickets while Travis Head and Mitchell Starc took one wicket each.
Earlier, Australia scored 474 runs in their first innings. Steven Smith played a brilliant innings of 140 runs. India’s Jasprit Bumrah took four, Ravindra Jadeja took three and Akashdeep took one wicket.
The Indian team could only score 369 runs in the first innings. In the middle order, Nithis Makar Reddy scored 114 runs and Washington Sundar scored 50 runs to bring the team’s score to this point. Pat Cummins, Scott Boland and Nathan Lyon took three wickets each.
Australia started the second innings with a lead of 104 runs in the first innings and were dismissed for 234 runs in the second innings. Marnus Labuschagne was outstanding with a score of 70 runs. For India, Jasprit Bumrah took five and Mohammed Siraj took three wickets.
Kangaroo captain Pat Cummins was adjudged the man of the match for his all-round performance in both innings.
As soon as the Test match was won, the Kangaroos players celebrated on the field, while the cricket fans also cheered on their team’s success in the stadium.
Cricket fans danced in the stadium while celebrating and hugged each other. Many fans also shouted at the Indian team.
With the success in this Test, Australia has taken an unbeatable lead of two to one in the five-match series. In the matches played so far, Australia has won two and India one, while one match ended without a result. The last Test match will be played in Sydney from January 3.
On the other hand, with this victory, it has secured its second place on the ICC World Test Championship points table with 61.46 points. India is in third place with 52.78 points.
South Africa has already become the first team to reach the Test Championship final by defeating Pakistan yesterday, while India’s hopes of playing the final in June next year have been completely extinguished after its defeat today.
