Culprits of defeat: Team India lost due to these 4 reasons…otherwise we would have captured the Sydney Test

4 Reasons for Defeat Against Australia: The Indian team, which started the Australia tour with a win, has faced a crushing defeat in the Sydney Test match. A 5-match Test series was played between the two teams, where India made a good start to the tour by winning the first Test match played in Perth by 295 runs. But after this the team went off the track of victory and lost the second Test played in Adelaide by 10 wickets. After this, the third Test was very important for India which was played in Gabba but this Test match played in Brisbane was a draw. It was expected that the Indian team would level the series by winning the Boxing Day Test but it did not happen. Australia won this test played in Melbourne. And took the lead in the series. After this, Team India could have drawn the series by winning the Sydney Test but it did not happen. Here he lost by 6 wickets on the third day itself. Along with losing the Border Gavaskar Trophy after 10 years, it also lost the chance to reach the WTC final. After the end of the series, Team India is being heavily criticized. There were 5 major reasons for the Indian team’s Sydney Test defeat.

The pair of young openers Yashasvi Jaiswal and KL Rahul disappointed in the last Test. In the Sydney Test match, India won the toss and decided to bat first but Jaiswal and Rahul could not give a good start to the Indian team. Jaiswal scored 10 runs in the first innings and 22 runs in the second innings, while Rahul returned to the pavilion after scoring 4 runs in the first innings and 13 runs in the second innings. Team India collapsed for 185 runs in the first innings while in the second innings it was reduced to 157 runs.

IND vs AUS 5th Test Day 3 Highlights: Australia defeated India by 6 wickets, captured Border Gavaskar Trophy after 10 years

Shivam Dubey and Anjum Khan chose the name of their daughter very thoughtfully, meaning darling you will also say ‘wow’

The bet played on Gill instead of Rohit was futile.
In the Sydney Test match, Rohit Sharma excluded himself and gave a chance to Shubman Gill, but this young batsman could not live up to the expectations. This bet of India failed. Gill, who came in at number two, was out after scoring 20 runs in the first innings and 13 runs in the second innings. Gill got a chance to play in 3 test matches in this series but he could not even score 100 runs.

Virat Kohli disappointed
Star batsman Virat Kohli started the tour with a century in the Perth Test but after that his bat remained quiet. In Sydney, when the team needed a big innings from Virat, he scored 17 in the first innings and 6 in the second innings. After scoring runs, he returned to the pavilion leaving the team in the lurch. In this series, 190 runs came from his bat. He was consistently out in Australia on balls going outside the off stump. Virat also struggled for runs in the home Test series against New Zealand last year.

Jadeja failed in the entire series
Ravindra Jadeja was successful in showing wonders neither with bat nor with ball in the entire series. He did not get a single wicket. In the first innings of the Sydney Test, he was out after scoring 26 runs, while in the second innings, he scored 13 runs. There were great expectations from Jadeja on the third day of the Sydney Test match, who returned unbeaten on the second day, but on Sunday, he returned after putting the team in trouble by adding 5 runs to his yesterday’s score. Same was the condition of the team’s second all-rounder Washington Sundar, who was Couldn’t show any special feat.

Tags: IND vs AUS, jasprit bumrah, Ravindra jadeja, Shubman gill, Virat Kohli, Yashasvi Jaiswal