Australia came back strongly in the Pink ball Test match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024/25 in Adelaide by decimating India by 10 wickets. They suffered a crushing defeat in the first Test match at the Optus stadium in Perth by 295 runs. However, the team led by Pat Cummins bounced back convincingly to increase their dominance in the Pinnk ball Test.
Australia won their ninth match in the WTC 2023-25 cycle and increased their PCT to 60.71 and now leads the points table chart. South Africa are in second place with 59.26 PCT. Meanwhile, India have dropped down to the third place in the points table with 57.29 PCT. South Africa are in a completely dominant state in the ongoing Test match against Sri Lanka and will lead the points table with a win.
Rohit Sharma won the toss and elected to bat first
Meanwhile, coming to this match, Indian captain Rohit Sharma was back for this Test match after missing on the first due to the birth of his baby. He won the toss and elected to bat first. However, his team were bundled out for 180 runs in the first innings. Nitish Kumar Reddy was the highest scorer of the innings with 42 runs. Shubman Gill scored 31 runs and KL Rahul scored 37 runs. The Indian captain managed to score just three runs and Virat Kohli scored seven runs.
Australia scored 337 runs in their first innings led by Travis Head’s century. He smashed 140 runs off 141 balls and was well supported by Marnus Labuschagne. Marnus scored 64 runs off 126 balls. In reply, India were dismissed for 175 in the second innings and could only manage to give Australia a target of 19 runs, which they chased down without losing any wicket. Travis Head won the Player Of The Match for his innings on his home ground.
He said: “Nice to get some runs again. I felt like I moved well last week, I felt like I am in good form. It’s a good dressing room to be in, it’s a tight one, most people might suggest otherwise. Putting a good performance in, nothing was ever guaranteed, nice momentum and now we have to move on with it. It wasn’t talked about (to bowl in the final session on day two), Pat gives me great confidence. I can see the game and play the game how I want to see it. I felt like there was a good opportunity with that second new ball. Tried to get as many as we could get and put them under pressure. It was a hot couple of days. Felt like the new ball was going to be tough work. Nice that it was able to come off. I picked the moments really well throughout the innings and we were able to get the ball rolling. (Century celebration) Did it with Miller as well, nice to have them (family) here and it’s been a nice week.”
