Border Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25: Emphatic victory for Australia in Pink Ball Test against Team India. They won the 2nd Test by 10 wickets and level the series 1-1 with 3 more test to go at Adelaide Oval, Adelaide.
1st Test
Game Date: 6th December – 10th December 2024
Now I am going to share day-to-day activity of this test match with all the details, records and milestones in my way.
Day 1
Team India captain Rohit Sharma won the toss against Australia and decided to bat first in the 2nd Test at Adelaide Oval, Adelaide. 3 changes for India and Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill & Ravichandran Ashwin is playing today in the place of Devdutt Padikkal, Dhruv Jurel and Washington Sundar.
🚨 Toss Update from Adelaide 🚨
Captain Rohit Sharma has won the toss & #TeamIndia have elected to bat in the Pink-Ball Test in Adelaide.
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— BCCI (@BCCI) December 6, 2024
🚨 Team News
Here's our Playing XI 🔽
Live ▶️ https://t.co/upjirQCmiV#TeamIndia | #AUSvIND pic.twitter.com/RZ18jDZylv
— BCCI (@BCCI) December 6, 2024
Team India bowled out for just 180 runs in their 1st innings after opting to bat first. Starc leads his team off the field as he raises the ball. He absolutely loves bowling with the new ball. Struck with the very first ball of the Test by trapping Jaiswal lbw with an outswinger. Rahul and Gill looked in decent touch as they forged a fifty stand. That’s when the left-arm speedster came back to remove KL and Kohli in quick succession. India slipped from 69/1 to 81/4 within 20 minutes. Rohit didn’t last long after the tea break, Pant got a brute of a delivery from Cummins and that’s when India decided to counterattack. Ashwin’s run-a-ball cameo was ended by Starc who picked two quick wickets with his in-swinging Yorkers to claim his fourth fifer in pink-ball Tests. Nitish Reddy, like in the Perth Test, played an array of shots and top-scored with a quickfire 42 to take his team’s total to 180. There’s been enough movement in the air and off the deck to keep the bowlers excited. Batting in the twilight session won’t be easy. Nitish Reddy scored 42 runs and KL Rahul scored 37 runs. For Australia, Mitchell Starc picked 6 wickets.
Nitish Kumar Reddy top-scores with 42 as #TeamIndia post 180 in the 1st innings.
Final Session of the day coming up.
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— BCCI (@BCCI) December 6, 2024
Australia scored 86/1 on Day 1 stumps. They are still trailing by 94 runs with 9 wickets in hand. Even after skittling out India for 180, Australia would have been under some sort of pressure as they had to bat under lights in the final session. While the Indian bowlers got more seam and swing movement than their counterparts in the first 10 overs, they weren’t attacking the stumps enough to trouble the batters. The bowling was disciplined but the Aussies were happy to leave most deliveries outside off. McSweeney got a reprieve on 1 and Bumrah provided the breakthrough when he had Khawaja caught at 1st slip. That turned out to be the only wicket of the session as Labuschagne and McSweeney batted patiently. The deficit is under 100, nine wickets still in hand and day two is generally the best day to bat at the Adelaide Oval. Australia on top at the moment. Can they cash in? Or will India make a comeback?
IND: 180
AUS: 86/1 on Day 1 stumps
That’s Stumps on Day 1
Australia trail by 94 runs
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— BCCI (@BCCI) December 6, 2024
Stats
– Yashasvi Jaiswal vs left arm pace
Six innings
85 balls
40 runs
Five dismissals
– Taking a wicket first ball of a Test most times
Thrice each by Pedro Collins & Mitchell Starc
Twice each by Richard Hadlee, Geoff Arnold, Kapil Dev & Suranga Lakmal
– 6/48 by Starc
– first 5-fer vs India in Tests
– fourth 5-fer in DN Tests, no other bowler has more than two
– Best figures for Mitchell Starc in Tests
6/48 vs Ind Adelaide 2024
6/50 vs SL Galle 2016
6/66 vs Pak Adelaide 2019
6/111 vs Eng Nottingham 2015
6/154 vs SA Perth WACA 2012
– First innings totals in DN Tests in Adelaide
– by Aus: 442/8 dec, 589/3 dec, 473/9 dec, 511/7 dec
– vs Aus: 202, 259/9 dec, 244, 180
– Indian seamers with 50+ wickets in a calendar year
74 Kapil Dev (1979)
75 Kapil Dev (1983)
51 Zaheer Khan (2002)
50 Jasprit Bumrah (2024)*
– Bumrah’s current average of 15.14 is the best among the 17 instances Indian bowlers who have picked 50+ wickets in a calendar year.
Day 2
Australia bowled out for 337 runs in their 1st innings. They take a healthy first innings lead of 157 and will have a go at the Indian batters under lights. After bowling out India for 180 yesterday, two contrasting knocks has put Australia in a very good position in this Test match. An under-pressure Labuschagne registered a gritty fifty while Travis Head – playing at his home ground – was at his aggressive best to score 140 off just 141 deliveries. Bumrah was India’s best bowler once again as he picked four wickets. Four for Siraj as well who was unlucky in the first session. Rana was taken to the cleaners as he struggled for accuracy. We saw Marnus and McSweeney blunt the pink-ball threat under lights yesterday with some superb defensive batting. Let’s find out how India fare. Travis Head scored 140 runs and Marnus Labuschagne scored 64 runs. For Team India, Jasprit Bumrah & Siraj picked 4 wickets each.
Innings Break!
Siraj gets the final wicket as Australia are all out for 337 runs.
Four wickets apiece for Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj.
33 overs remaining in the day.
Scorecard – https://t.co/urQ2ZNmHlO… #AUSvIND pic.twitter.com/Xh05tmROCP
— BCCI (@BCCI) December 7, 2024
Team India scored 128/5 runs in their 2nd innings on Day 2 stumps. They are still trailing by 29 runs with 5 wickets in hand. Excellent day for Australia. Marnus Labuschagne started from where he left yesterday and fought hard to get back into form as he scored a gritty fifty. The bowling was tight from Bumrah and Siraj in the opening hour and the former picked up a couple of wickets. Travis Head received an incredible reception from the Adelaide crowd when he walked out to bat and the left-hander didn’t disappoint the fans. He got off to a slightly scratch start but once he got his eye in, the runs came at a quick pace. His entertaining knock of 140 resulted in the hosts taking a healthy 157-run lead. Post that, the Aussies were relentless with the pink ball under lights. Just the three main speedsters were used, Boland and Cummins picked two wickets apiece while Starc cleaned up Gill with a lovely inswinger. India are well behind the eight-ball as they still trail by 29 runs and just five wickets in hand. Pant has been adventurous with five audacious boundaries. For India to even be competitive, he and young Nitish have to bat out of their skins. For now, Australia are mighty favourites to wrap up the match and level the series 1-1.
IND: 150 & 128/5 on Day 2 stumps
AUS: 337
That's Stumps on Day 2#TeamIndia trail by 29 runs with Rishabh Pant and Nitish Kumar Reddy in the middle
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— BCCI (@BCCI) December 7, 2024
Stats
– Travis Head has hit seven sixes off Ashwin‘s bowling. In Test cricket, there’s only one instance of a batter hitting more sixes off an Indian bowler is eight by Ian Botham off Dilip Doshi (where ball by ball record available).
– Most 100s in day-night Tests
4 Marnus Labuschagne
3 Travis Head
2 Asad Shafiq & Dimuth Karunaratne
– Fastest 100s in DN Tests (balls faced)
111 T Head v Ind Adelaide 2024
112 T Head v Eng Hobart 2022
125 T Head v WI Adelaide 2022
139 J Root v WI Edgbaston 2017
140 Asad Shafiq v Aus Brisbane 2016
– Travis Head last six inngs vs India in Tests
90(163)
163(174)
18(27)
11(13)
89(101)
140(141)
– Only twice have teams came back to win a DN Test after conceding a first innings lead.
50 runs by SL vs WI Bridgetown 2018
53 runs by Aus vs Ind Adelaide 2020
– First time Starc has got the better of Shubman Gill
13 inngs
177 balls
162 runs
One dismissal
ER 5.49
– Rohit on balls at off stump & outside from right arm pace (since Dec 2023)
23 inngs
13 dismissals
Avg 14.76
Balls/Dis 25.8
SR 57.14
Among batters to have faced at least 200+ such balls in the same period only Kusal Mendis gets dismissed more frequently than Rohit.
– Most runs in a day’s play in a DN Test
383 Aus vs Pak Adelaide 2019
379 Aus vs Ind Adelaide 2024
369 Pak vs WI Dubai 2016
362 NZ vs Eng Mt Maunganui 2023
Day 3
Team India bowled out for just 175 runs in their 2nd innings. Right then, Australia needs mare 19 runs to level the series. Starc removed Pant in the very first over of the day and then Cummins used the short ball ploy to claim a fifer. Boland, the third seamer, wrapped up the innings. For India, once again Nitish Reddy top-scored but he found little support at the other end. This should be a cakewalk for the Aussies. Nitish Reddy scored 42 runs and Shubman Gill scored 28 runs. For Australia, skipper Pat Cummins picked 5 wickets.
India are all out for 175.
Australia need 19 runs to win the match.
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— BCCI (@BCCI) December 8, 2024
Australia scored 19/0 without any wicket and won the 2nd test by 10 wickets. Commanding win from Australia. They were under severe pressure coming into this Test with some even calling this game a era-defining one for this current generation of cricketers. And boy have they responded in style or what. They were asked to bowl first after losing the toss and Mitchell Starc got them off to a dream start by getting Jaiswal LBW first-ball of the game and from there they never looked back. India were bowled out for 180 as Starc took a 6-fer. And then batting in the difficult twilight period in the evening, McSweeney and Marnus weathered the conditions and ensured Australia were just one-down when stumps were called. Day 2 began in bright sunshine and even though India took early wickets, the local boy – Travis Head made a blistering 140 to wow the packed Adelaide crowd on a Saturday. He got help from Marnus who was battling for his place ahead of the game. He batted as well as he ever has before a fine catch by Jaiswal sent him back. The innings from Head helped Australia gain a healthy lead of 157. Then bowling in the twilight period under the pink ball, Australia all but sealed the game with five wickets as once again the Indian batting crumbled. The rest of the formalities were completed today as they won with 10 wickets chasing down 19.
IND: 180 & 175
AUS: 337 & 19/0
Game Result: Australia won by 10 wickets
Series Result: 1-1 (3 more to go)
Man of the Match: Travis Head
Australia win the second Test and level the series.#TeamIndia aim to bounce back in the third Test.
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— BCCI (@BCCI) December 8, 2024
Stats
– Eighth five-wicket haul for Pat Cummins as skipper and only Imran Khan (12) & Richie Benaud (9) have more such instances.
– Top scoring in each inngs of a Test batting #7 or lower (India)
Chandu Borde vs Eng Kolkata 1961-62
MS Dhoni vs Eng Edgbaston 2011
R Ashwin vs Eng Lord’s 2018
Nitish Reddy vs Aus Adelaide 2024
– The last time none of the Indian batters reached 50 in a Test where they were bowled out twice was in the WTC final against New Zealand in Southampton in 2021
– Australia’s seamers have taken 6/164 with the new ball (first 20 overs with the ball) while their Indian counterparts picked 5/79. The difference however was straker with the old ball. Australia managed 14/159 while India just 4/184 and conceded at 4.27 per over.
– Australia in DN Tests
Played 13 | Won 12 | Lost 1
They have won each of the eight DN Tests at Adelaide Oval, one by an innings margin, three by 100+ runs, and three by seven-plus wickets to spare.
– Most consecutive defeats for an Indian captain
6 MAK Pataudi (1967-68)
5 Sachin Tendulkar (1999-00)
4 Datta Gaekwad (1959)
4 MS Dhoni (2011)
4 MS Dhoni (2014)
4 Virat Kohli (2020-21)
4 Rohit Sharma (2024) *
– Shortest completed Tests in Australia (by balls bowled)
656 Aus vs SA Melbourne 1932
866 Aus vs SA Brisbane 2022
911 Aus vs Eng Sydney 1895
1031 Aus vs Ind Adelaide 2024
1034 Aus vs Eng Brisbane 1950
Series level. One-all.
An emphatic victory for Australia in Adelaide #AUSvIND pic.twitter.com/oR8OqesU5O
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) December 8, 2024
That’s all from the 2nd Test of the Border Gavaskar Test series. We will back with all the details of 2nd test between both teams which will be played from 14th December 2024. I hope you will like this information. For more updates visit my page on Facebook Durgesh Tiwary’s View and website Cricket Movie Website