IND vs AUS 5th Test Day 3, Live Score: Under the captaincy of Pat Cummins, Australia has withdrawn the Border Gavaskar Trophy from India after 10 years. Australia defeated India by 6 wickets in the fifth test match played in Sydney. With this victory, Australia made it to the WTC final for the second consecutive time where it will face South Africa. With the defeat, the Indian team’s chance to reach the WTC final for the third consecutive time was also lost. Chasing the target of 162 runs set by India, Australia won at the loss of 4 wickets. Debutant Beau Webster returned unbeaten after scoring 39 runs and Travis Head returned unbeaten after scoring 34 runs. Scott Boland played an important role in Australia’s victory, who took 10 wickets in both the innings combined.
India’s total lead is still far from the 200-run mark but fast bowler Prasidh Krishna believes that the unusual bounce provided by the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) pitch will keep the team in the match as Australia will have to bat in the fourth innings. Will not be easy. To retain the Border Gavaskar Trophy, India will have to win this match. Krishna had said after the day’s play that it was becoming difficult to test the ball from some parts of the pitch. The ball is staying down sometimes. We have every chance to stay in the match. We have to get enough bounce to dodge the batsman from both sides of the bat and be ready to take the catch if the edge is hit.
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Prasidh Krishna did not give any figure of runs required to strengthen India’s chances of victory. This Karnataka fast bowler, who dismissed experienced Steve Smith in the first innings of the match, said, ‘We have not fixed any specific number (runs). The number of runs we score will be a good score to defend, we are ready to get them out at any cost.