Australia vs India, 5th Test: The fifth match of the ongoing Border Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 between India and Australia is being played at the Sydney Cricket Ground in Sydney. Where the Indian team, after winning the toss and batting first, got bundled out for just 185/10 runs. With this, a shameful record has also been registered in the name of the Blue Team in Sydney. This is the third time since 2000 that the Indian team has been all out for under 200 runs in the first innings in Sydney.
Lowest score in the first innings of Sydney Test since 2000
127 runs – Australia vs Pakistan – 2010
150 runs – India vs Australia – 2000
185 runs – India vs Australia – 2024
191 runs – India vs Australia – 2012
Indian batsmen did not bat in the first innings of Sydney Test
If we leave aside the performance of Rishabh Pant in the Sydney Test, then all the other batsmen were always seen struggling for runs in front of the bowlers of the opposition team. KL Rahul, who came to start the innings, was out after scoring just four runs. The team had not yet recovered from this big blow that inform batsman Yashasvi Jaiswal (10) was also out.
Even the middle order did not support
After the openers returned to the pavilion cheaply, the team had expectations from the middle order, but except Pant (40), all the other batsmen could not live up to the expectations. First Gill was out on the ball of Lyon after scoring 20 runs. After that Kohli also left the field on a personal score of 17 runs. Once again, in his familiar style, he was caught out while trying to hit the ball outside.
Indian batsmen did not bat in the first innings of Sydney Test
If we leave aside the performance of Rishabh Pant in the Sydney Test, then all the other batsmen were always seen struggling for runs in front of the bowlers of the opposition team. KL Rahul, who came to start the innings, was out after scoring just four runs. The team had not yet recovered from this big blow that infield batsman Yashasvi Jaiswal (10) was also out.
However, after the dismissal of these batsmen, Rishabh Pant held one end for some time. Meanwhile, he managed to score 40 runs in 98 balls. Apart from these stalwarts of Team India, Ravindra Jadeja scored 26 runs in 95 balls, Washington Sundar scored 14 runs in 30 balls and Captain Jasprit Bumrah, batting in the lower order, played a valuable inning of 22 runs in 17 balls.
A total of three batsmen from India were out in single digits in the first innings. In which apart from KL Rahul (04), the names of Nitish Kumar Reddy (0) and Prasidh Krishna (03) are included. Lower order batsman Mohammad Siraj remained unbeaten after scoring 03 runs.