INDIA vs AUSTRALIA, 5th Test Match:  Team India finally had to pay the price of the failure of the top order batsmen by losing the series. The Indian team had to face defeat by 6 wickets in the fifth and final Test played in Sydney. With this, Team India was out of the final of the World Test Championship (WTC), while Australia with this victory won the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 3-1 after 10 years and confirmed its place in the WTC final. Now the defending champion Australia will face South Africa in the WTC final to be played at Lord's from 11 to 15 June.

Bumrah could not bowl in the second innings 

Team India had made a great start in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 with a win in the Perth Test, but then the visiting team lost 3 matches in the next 4 matches. Team India lost in Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney while the Test played at Gabba was drawn. Team India had a great opportunity to make a comeback in the Sydney Test because on the basis of the first innings, Team India had taken a lead over Australia, but after the first session on the second day, star bowler Jasprit Bumrah left the field due to injury. This put Team India's bowling on the backfoot, taking advantage of which Australia won the Sydney Test within about two and a half days. About 190 overs were bowled in this match.

New history made in Sydney

The Sydney Test proved to be a very short Test match in terms of days and balls. A total of 1141 balls were bowled in this Test match, making it the shortest Test at SCG since 1896. Earlier, a Test match was played in Sydney in 1894/95 which ended in just 911 balls. At the same time, 1129 balls were bowled in the Test match played in Sydney in 1887/88. Both these matches were played between Australia and England. After looking at this data, one can guess how quickly Team India surrendered in the last Test match.