Australia reclaimed the historic Border-Gavaskar Trophy after clinching the fifth and remaining Test of the collection by 6-wickets at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Sunday. With the triumph at SCG, Australia additionally certified for the World Test Championship (WTC) Final. In the method, India’s try at successful the collection Down Under for the third time in a row had been dashed, as had been their hopes of enjoying the WTC Final.
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Australia overturned the collection from a 0-1 margin to clinch it 3-1 with 10-wicket, 184-run and 6-wicket wins at Adelaide Oval, MCG and SCG, respectively. India had received the collection opener by 295-runs at Perth.
India had received the 4 earlier collection in opposition to Australia by 2-1 every time, with two performed at residence and two away. All 4 of them, although had been 4-match collection, in contrast to this one which had 5 Tests.
The final time Australia had received the Border-Gavaskar Trophy was in the course of the 2014-15 tour when a Steve-Smith led aspect took the honors by 2-0 at residence. In that collection, Smith led from the entrance, scoring 769 runs whereas Nathan Lyon was the highest wicket-taker, bagging 23 scalps.
This time, although, it has been a workforce effort with Travis Head (441 runs), Pat Cummins (25 wickets), Scott Boland (21 wickets) the chief performers.
As Australia clinched the BGT with a boundary off Test debutant Beau Webster, it continued their dominance of a few of the greatest occasions in worldwide cricket. They are additionally the reigning World Test champions and ODI World Cup winners.
