REASONS WHY INDIA WERE OUTCLASSED IN THE BORDERGAVASKAR TROPHY DOWN UNDER

India finally surrendered the Border-Gavaskar Trophy to Australia after a decade. The Indian cricket team lost the 5-match series Down Under by a 3-1 margin. This was despite them taking a 1-0 lead...

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India finally surrendered the Border-Gavaskar Trophy to Australia after a decade. The Indian cricket team lost the 5-match series Down Under by a 3-1 margin. This was despite them taking a 1-0 lead with a win in the first Test held at the Optus Stadium in Perth. With the series defeat, India’s dream of making it to a 3rd ICC World Test Championship final on the bounce was over. South Africa and Australia will face each other in the final at Lord’s in June 2025. India were abysmal in their last 8 Test matches, losing six of them, including a 3-0 defeat to New Zealand at home. A common theme in these defeats was abysmal batting and poor captaincy.

India were in the contest of the 5th Test match after gaining a 4-run lead. However, the dismal batting show in their 2nd innings and Jasprit Bumrah getting an injury killed all hopes. India lost the Test by six wickets at the SCG and failed to retain the Border Gavaskar Trophy for the first time since 2015.

Several things on and off the field prevented India from a hat-trick of series wins Down Under. Here we decode six top reasons why India were bruised and humiliated by the Aussies.

THE BATTING IS THE BIGGEST WORRY

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