After the conclusion of the Boxing Day Take a look at on the Melbourne Cricket Floor (MCG) between Australia and India within the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25, former head coach Ravi Shastri mentioned the turning level of the match. The Boxing Day Take a look at in Melbourne led to an thrilling climax, with Australia clinching a 184-run victory over India within the last hour of the final day on Monday. “I believe the turning level was the wicket of Rishabh Pant. They knew they could not win the sport by lunchtime as soon as they misplaced three wickets. The one likelihood you’ve got of profitable is that if there is a platform set, precisely what Rohit stated. After which, when Rishabh Pant bought out after tea, that lifted the Australians. That was the opening they had been on the lookout for, they usually made positive to capitalize on it,” Ravi Shastri stated on Star Sports activities.
India’s last wicket fell with lower than 14 overs remaining within the day, with Nathan Lyon dismissing Mohammed Siraj to ship the MCG crowd of over 74,000 into raptures as an epic contest between the 2 arch-rivals got here to an finish.
With this win, Australia now holds a 2-1 collection lead over India within the five-match Border-Gavaskar collection and might win the trophy again by avoiding defeat in Sydney. The reigning ICC World Take a look at Championship winners are in a powerful place to earn a spot in subsequent 12 months’s last at Lord’s.
Australia retains second place within the World Take a look at Championship standings and might be a part of South Africa within the one-off Take a look at decider in 2025 with a win in any of their three remaining Assessments this cycle.
India can nonetheless qualify for the World Take a look at Championship Closing however should win the ultimate Take a look at of the collection in opposition to Australia in Sydney to tie the Border-Gavaskar collection, then depend on the Aussies not profitable a Take a look at throughout their collection in Sri Lanka that commences subsequent month.
It was a powerful all-round efficiency from Australia, with Participant of the Match Pat Cummins (3/28) main the way in which on the ultimate day with a superb spell earlier than lunch that turned the sport. Yashasvi Jaiswal (88) and Rishabh Pant (30) gave India hope with a wonderful 88-run partnership for the fourth wicket.
Pant holed out to the unlikely supply of Travis Head (1/14), swinging the momentum again in the direction of the hosts. When Jaiswal fell in unusual circumstances shortly after, with the TV umpire overturning the on-field resolution, the Aussies may style victory.
Lyon (2/37), who toiled onerous all day, then claimed the final wicket, bringing an finish to among the finest Take a look at matches seen on Australian shores in current occasions.
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