Australian Test vice-captain Steve Smith got out twice in nervous 9,990s as he failed to notch up the 10,000 milestone during the Sydney encounter against India. Smith opened up on getting stuck on 9,999 as he will now get the opportunity to get to the landmark in Sri Lanka at the end of the month.
Team India lost the five-match Test series in Australia 1-3 recently and for the first time since 2014, they lost consecutive series in the longest format having earlier lost to New Zealand 0-3 at home. These losses are certain to have repercussions with BCCI considering limiting presence of wives.
Calling it a generational slump for India, Sanjay Manjrekar suggested that rationality goes out of the window when it comes to the big names. The diminishing returns of Indian captain Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli took centre stage as India lost the Border-Gavaskar Trophy to Australia 1-3.
Steve Smith returned to form during the Test series against India recently and scored a brilliant century in Brisbane at Gabba. But he couldn't tick off a 'cool milestone' in his illustrious Test career missing it by just a solitary run in Sydney Test.
The surface dished out for the fifth and final Test between India and Australia wasn't the best one as has had reactions from all corners. The Test match ended in just 2.5 days with Australia chasing 162 runs to win the game by three wickets and the series 3-1.
The five-match Test series between India and Australia concluded recently with the home team winning the series 3-1. Apart from the Brisbane Test, all matches witnessed intense battles between the two sides but Australia edged ahead eventually. Here are the pitch ratings:
Sam Konstas in his debut Test series for Australia made the headlines during the Border-Gavaskar Trophy as he gave it back to the Indians and egged the crowd on while trying outrageous things with the bat. Konstas' duel with Kohli on his Test debut at the MCG became the infamous highlight.
South Africa beat Pakistan by 10 wickets in the second and final Test in Cape Town to win the series 2-0 and will finish at the top of the WTC points table while India slipped to No 3 in the latest ICC Test rankings after 1-3 series loss. Here's a look at the top 10 sports stories on January 7.
South Africa upsurged India in the latest ICC rankings, with seven consecutive wins and three back-to-back 2-0 series victories. The Proteas' late charge coincided with India's six defeats in Test cricket, a 3-0 hammering at home against New Zealand and a 3-1 loss to Australia.
Australia proved to be too good for India as they chased down the target of 162 runs without much discomfort, even though they did lose three wickets with more than 100 runs to score. Australia qualified for the World Test Championship final following the win in Sydney and the series 3-1.
Pakistan with a valiant opening stand between Shan Masood and Babar Azam made a match out of it in the second Test in Cape Town while Australia qualified for the World Test Championship final after beating 3-1 in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Here's a look at the top 10 sports stories on January 6.
All three teams in the top half of the ladder - Australia, India and South Africa - stayed in their positions, however, the World Test Championship (WTC) final for the 2023-25 cycle was confirmed. Australia qualified for the final after beating India by six wickets in Sydney and won the series 3-1.
India hung around like a bad smell in the fifth and final Test against Australia in Sydney with Prasidh Krishna picking up three wickets. One of the victims was Steve Smith and rather significant one as Krishna didn't let him complete 10,000 Test runs as the Australian batter fell one run short.
Australia reclaimed the Border-Gavaskar Trophy after 10 years as they won the fifth and final Test against India by six wickets in Sydney. Defending a target of 162 without Jasprit Bumrah was always going to be a tough ask and even though India did put up a fight, it wasn't enough.
India added only 16 runs to their overnight score setting a target of 162 runs for Australia to chase to win the fifth and final Test against Australia. Pat Cummins removed India's last recognised pair of Washington Sundar and Ravindra Jadeja to achieve historic feat in World Test Championship.
Prasidh Krishna tried his best but India were asking a lot from themselves defending 162 without Jasprit Bumrah. India added just 16 runs for the last four wickets before Australia cruised home with six wickets in the bag and won the Border-Gavaskar Trophy after 10 years.
Rishabh Pant smashed the fastest Test fifty by a visiting batter in Australia as the Indian wicketkeeper batter breathed some life into the Test match with a counter-attacking knock. Pant was solely responsible for India's lead reaching 145 by the stumps on Day 2 of the Sydney Test.
The heart was in the mouth for 1.4 billion Indians as the stand-in captain Jasprit Bumrah with 32 wickets to his name left the ground midway through the second day of the fifth and final Test against Australia. Without Bumrah, Nitish Reddy and Prasidh Krishna stepped up to clean up the tail.
India started the second day with Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj taking Australian wickets before Prasidh Krishna joined in as Australia were bowled out for 181 while South Africa won the first day of the Cape Town Test scoring 316 runs. Here's a look at the top 10 sports stories on January 4.
Jasprit Bumrah was reinserted into captaincy after Rohit Sharma chose to 'stand down' from the Sydney Test. Rohit opened up on the decision in detail on the second day of the final Test against Australia. Australia are five wickets down after India were bowled out for 185 having won the toss.
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