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Australia bundled out India's second innings for 234 runs. Along with this, the final of the World Test Championship was won by a huge margin of 209 runs. With this, Australia became the first team to win all the ICC trophies. At the same time, India has faced defeat in the final of the Test Championship for the second time in a row. With this defeat, the drought of winning the ICC trophy of India remains intact. Team India has not won any ICC trophy in the last 10 years. In the year 2013, India won the Champions Trophy.
In this match, Indian captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and decided to bowl first and Australia made a big score of 469 runs in the first innings. Travis Head scored 163 and Steve Smith scored 121 runs. In response, the Indian team was able to score only 296 runs. Ajinkya Rahane's 89, Shardul Thakur's 51 and Ravindra Jadeja's 48 saved the Indian team from the follow-on. Australia declared their second innings by scoring 270 runs for eight wickets. Alex Carey scored an unbeaten 66. Pat Cummins and Marnus Labushen scored 41-41 runs. India had a target of 444 runs in the fourth innings of the match. In response, the Indian team was reduced to 234 runs. Virat Kohli scored the maximum 49 runs. Ajinkya Rahane contributed 46 and Rohit contributed 43 runs. With this, Team India lost the final match by 209 runs.
For Australia, Mitchell Starc took four wickets, Pat Cummins took four wickets, Scott Boland took five wickets, Cameron Green took two wickets and Nathan Lyon took five wickets. At the same time, for India, Mohammad Shami took four, Mohammad Siraj five, Umesh Yadav two, Shardul Thakur two and Ravindra Jadeja took four wickets.
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Highlights -
Day 5:
-- The equation is 280 runs vs 7 wickets
-- India face no trouble in the first half an hour
-- Kohli nicks, Smith takes a blinder; Jadeja follows him as Boland picks 2 in an over
-- Starc nips out Rahane and Lyon wraps up India's tail
-- Australia win by 209 runs to become second WTC champions
Day 4:
-- India start well with the ball but Carey & Starc score freely
-- Cummins declares and India are set a target of 444
-- Rohit and Gill score briskly; Green takes a screamer (controversial) to remove Gill
-- Rohit, Pujara throw away their starts with both of them falling within a span of 6 balls
-- Kohli and Rahane bat fluently, forge a fifty partnership and take it to the final day
Day 3:
-- Bharat gone second ball of the day but Australia don't hold onto their chances
-- India avoid the follow-on, thanks to the Rahane-Thakur century partnership
-- Rahane misses his ton, Thakur notches up his fifty and Australia take a 173-run lead
-- India bowl with a lot of discipline, pick 4 wickets to stay in the Test
Day 2:
-- Smith brings up his ton, Head goes past 150
-- India bowl much better but Australia post a big total
-- India lose their top four - all under 20 - to the four Aussie pacers
-- Rahane and Jadeja stitch a partnership but the latter falls to Lyon
Day 1:
-- India opt to bowl, pick four seamers and drop Ashwin
-- Shami and Siraj start well, Khawaja departs for a duck
-- Warner and Labuschagne get starts but they fall either side of lunch
-- Head counterattacks his way to ton, Smith hangs around and duo stitch a massive partnership
Stats -
Australia’s ICC Tournament wins (Men’s cricket)
ODI CWC: 1987, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2015
ICC CT: 2006, 2009
T20 WC: 2021
WTC: 2021-2023
Australia bowlers with most caught and bowled dismissals in Tests
21 - Shane Warne
18 - Nathan Lyon
17 - Richie Benaud
15 - Hugh Trumble
Visiting spinners with 50 or more Test wickets in England
129 - Shane Warne (AUS)
67 - Clarrie Grimmett (AUS)
67 - Hugh Trumble (AUS)
62 - Lance Gibbs (WI)
50 - Bill O'Reilly (AUS)
50 - Nathan Lyon (AUS)
Australia wicketkeepers with 100 runs and 6 dismissals in a Test
Rod Marsh
Ian Healy
Adam Gilchrist (thrice)
Brad Haddin (twice)
Alex Carey
India’s record in Tests they have opted to bowl first
Matches: 58
Won: 9
Lost: 21
Drawn: 28
Scott Boland in Tests
Matches: 8
Inns: 15
Wickets: 33
Avg: 14.57
SR: 37.85
*No bowler has a better bowling average in Tests (min. 30 wickets) since the 20th century.
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