Australia beat India by 209 runs on the final day of the World Test Championship.
On the final day of the championship, India needed 280 runs and Australia needed 7 wickets to win. India lost the Test Championship final for the second time in a row. Nathan Lyne took 4 wickets and Scott Boland 3 wickets for Australia.
On the fourth day of the match at the Oval on Saturday, Australia declared the second innings 270 runs for 8 out, while India got a target of 444 runs to win. India’s captain Rohit Sharma scored forty-three runs. Kohli 49, Rahane 46 and Rohit Sharma stood out with 43 runs.
Earlier, at the end of the third day, India scored 164 runs for 3 wickets. Virat Kohli is at the crease with 44 and Rahane with 20 runs. India need 280 runs to win while Australia need seven wickets.
On the fourth day of the game, Australia started their innings with 150 runs for the loss of six wickets, but soon they had to suffer the loss of the wicket of Cameron Green, who scored 18 runs and caught him off the ball of Jadeja.
Mitchell Starc then came to the crease and opened the scoring with Alex Carey. A partnership of 93 runs was formed between the two. Starc scored 41 runs off 57 balls with the help of seven fours and became the victim of Mohammad Shami.
Australia’s first innings
Australia’s first innings was in the name of Travis Head and Steven Smith, who not only took the team out of pressure with their brilliant batting, but also played a key role in scoring 469 runs. Both were dismissed for 163 and 121 runs respectively. Alex Carey also played an innings of 48 runs. Mohammad Siraj took four wickets for India.
India’s first innings
In response to Australia’s 469 runs, the Indian team was dismissed for 296 runs in their first innings. India’s top batsmen looked helpless once morest the Australian pacers. Only Ajinkya Rahane’s 89, Shardal Thakur’s 51 and Ravindra Jadeja’s 48 showed resistance and brought the team’s score to this point. For Australia, Pat Cummins took three wickets and Cameron Greene and Scott Boland two wickets each.
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2024-07-21 03:44:04
