Australia grinds out low-scoring win in final test against India
The Aussies reclaimed the Border-Gavaskar Trophy for the first time in over a decade in a type of test that hasn’t been seen in Sydney for more than 130 years.
IMAGE: Australian players celebrate after winning the Border-Gavaskar Trophy (Getty Images)
Australia (181 & 4/162) defeated India (185 & 157) in the fifth and final match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy by six wickets yesterday on the back of Scott Boland’s maiden 10-wicket haul in Test cricket.
Boland took 4/31 in the first innings in Sydney and backed it up with 6/45 in the second, dismissing Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, and Nitish Kumar Reddy in both innings – and was deservedly named the player of the match for his efforts.
Indian bowling sensation Jasprit Bumrah, who took 32 wickets – the most by an Indian over the course of a test series in Australia – was duly named player…