Sydney, January 5
India has also been eliminated from the World Test Championship title race with a 6-wicket defeat at the hands of hosts Australia in the Sydney Test. Australia won the five-Test series 3-1 to lift the Border Gavaskar Trophy after ten years. Australia will now play the final of the World Test Championship against South Africa at Lord’s from June 11 to 15.
India set a target of 162 runs to the host team for victory on the third day of the Sydney Test today, which the Australian team completed with the loss of four wickets in 27 overs. Usman Khawaja scored 41, Travis Head scored 34 not out and Beau Webster scored 39 not out for Australia. For India, the popular Krishna took 3 and one wicket for Mohammad Siraj. Earlier today, India started the third day with a score of 141/6, but the team could only add 16 runs to the score line. India’s second innings ended at 157 runs. Rishabh Pant was the top scorer with 61 runs. Australia’s Scott Boland took 6 wickets for 45 runs. Captain Pat Cummins took three wickets and Beau Webster took one wicket. -News-Patiala
‘Little Master’ unhappy over not being invited to Border-Gavaskar trophy award ceremony to Australian team
Legendary cricketer Sunil Gavaskar today expressed his unhappiness over not being invited to present the Border Gavaskar Trophy, which is named after him and the former Australian captain, to the Australian team. The trophy was presented by Alan Border to the Australian team that won the five-match series at Kabilgaon 3–1, but Gavaskar, who was on the field at the time, was deliberately ignored. Gavaskar said, “I would definitely have been happy if I had been invited to present the trophy. After all, this is the Border Gavaskar Trophy and it was about Australia and India.”
