In Border-Gavaskar Trophy Cricket, Australia registered a 184 run victory over India on the fifth and final day of the fourth test in Melbourne. With this loss, India has thin chances for reaching the World Test Championship Final. India bundled out at 155 runs in their second innings while chasing a target of 340 runs. Yashashvi Jaiswal fought a lone battle, scoring 84 runs before a controversial dismissal.
For Australia, Pat Cummins and Scott Boland took three wickets each while Nathan Lyon scalped two. Cummins has been named as the player of the match. He scored 49 runs and clinched 3 wickets in first innings, also hitting 41 runs in the second innings. Earlier, Australia were bundled out for 234 runs after resuming their second innings at the overnight score of 228 for 9 this morning. Indian pacer, Bumrah took a five wicket haul.
In the first innings, Australia opted to bat and scored 474 runs supported by Steven Smith’s 140. In reply, India managed to score 369 runs shouldered on Nitish Reddy’s fighting knock of 114. Australia now leads the 5-match series 2-1. The 5th Test of the Border Gavaskar Trophy, a must-win match for India’s WCT Final hopes, will be played in Sydney from the 3rd of January.
