After batting first in the first innings of the fifth test of Border Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25, India once again struggled to score runs throughout the batting lineup which eventually resulted in being bowled out for 185 runs at Sydney.
India’s batting failures have become one of the hot topics among the cricketing fraternity. with being one of the powerhouses in cricket, India’s recent performances in test cricket have drawn a lot of attention to their batting line-up.
Notably, senior batters Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli’s performances have dropped to their lowest and have been criticised in the cricketing world. As a result, Rohit Sharma was rested for the fifth test with Shubman Gill being added to playing 11.
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India won the toss and decided to bat against Australia in Sydney, Yashasvi Jaiswal and KL Rahul opened for the tourists. The Indian openers failed to cement a soild partnership.
Starc drew first blood as he removed KL Rahul, while Jaiswal was dismissed by Boland. Before the end of first session, Lyon dismissed a crucial wicket as he dismissed Shubman Gill for 20 runs.
Boland started the day with the wicket of the dangerous Yashasvi Jaiswal and should have had Virat Kohli off the very next ball, but Steve Smith grassed the ball at slip before popping it to Marnus Labuschagne at gully.
Kohli scored 17 while Gill scored 20 runs before being dismissed by Boland and Lyon respectively.
After the dismissal of Kohli, Pant and Jadeja tried to make ar parntership but the wk-batter was sent out for 40 runs with Jadeja being sent out for 126 runs.
Meanwhile Nitish Reddy was sent out on a duck. After Jadeja’s dismissal for 26 runs, India lost 7 wickets for 134 runs. With Washington Sundar’s 14 runs and Bumrah’s 22 runs, India was able to cross 150 run mark and posted a total of 185 runs.
With trailing by 185 runs, Australia started their innings and played three overs where Bumrah picked the wicket of Usman Khawaja for 2 runs. Australia was with 9/1 by the end of day 01 at Sydney Cricket Ground.
