The Border-Gavaskar Trophy will be soon followed by a white-ball series against England at home and then then ICC Champions Trophy will be up for grabs. But ahead of that, there has been reports that Rohit Sharma can opt out of the Champions Trophy too.
After India declared their innings at 487/6 on day three, Bumrah gave India the start they needed, got two early wickets to put Australia at trouble on 12/3, removing Nathan McSweeney and Marnus Labuschagne. On day four, he took the all-important wicket of Travis Head and bowled plenty to skittle out Australia for 238 runs to seal a memorable win.
The South Africa national cricket team has qualified for the ICC World Test Championship 2023-25 final after winning the opening Test by two wickets. Pakistan, on the other hand, will look to bounce back in the second Test. Check out the live score and updates of the South Africa vs Pakistan 2nd Test 2024 Day 1 below.
Neha Dhupia and Angad Bedi are in Australia for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, where Neha paid an emotional tribute to her late father-in-law, Bishan Singh Bedi. Take a look.
He is the fifth-highest wicket-taker in the series so far, with 15 scalps in three matches at a brilliant average of 15.46, with best figures of 4/31. He has taken the prized scalp of Virat three times in the series and troubled him with the outside off-stump length.
Khawaja's record against Bumrah in this series is dismal. In eight innings, the 38-year-old has played 112 balls against the red-hot Indian pacer, scored just 33 runs and got out six times. His batting average against Bumrah is barely 5.50.
The Australian public continued to turn out in large numbers for the marquee Border-Gavaskar Trophy series. This new mark comes just days after the all-time attendance record at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) was smashed earlier in the series.
Pant, who copped severe criticism from all corners for his callous approach to batting during the previous Test at Melbourne, made a 98-ball 40 in India's 185 all out here on Friday. The left-hander also said he is evolving as a batter, trying to find the right balance between defence and aggression.
As it stands, Australia pacer Scott Boland, who was added to the BGT squad mid-series, has become Kohli's worst nightmare. The 36-year-old, who's often called the greatest cricketer of all time started the ongoing BGT series on a good note, and the fans hoped the batter will maintain consistency in the series.
At stumps, Australia were 9 for 1 with stand-in skipper Jasprit Bumrah sending the woefully out-of-form Usman Khawaja (2) back in the hut. Teenage sensation Sam Konstas was unbeaten at 7 after hitting Bumrah for a first-ball four. The 19-year-old also had an animated exchange with the Indian star.
Boland was on a hat-trick as just on the next ball, he got the big wicket of in-form Nitish Kumar Reddy for a duck after being caught by Steve Smith at slips. India was 120/6. Jadeja's fighting knock of 26 in 95 balls, with three fours was also ended by Mitchell Starc, who trapped him leg-before-wicket. India was 134/7 in 62.4 overs.
After cutting Starc past backward point for four, Pant danced down the pitch to smack Webster over the sightscreen for six, despite taking in a blow to his body again. Jadeja got his first boundary of the match by driving Lyon past non-striker for four, before being dropped by the off-spinner at five against Webster.