The Border Gavaskar Trophy has reached its final phase, with Australia leading the series 2-1 at the moment. Team India registered a famous win at the opening test match at Perth, a the Aussies returned the favor in the pink ball test with a dominant 10-wicket victory at Adelaide. Whereas, in the third test both teams had to settle for a draw as the rain gods had other ideas. while in the Boxing Day test the Australians registered a handsome win of 184 runs on the final day of the match to take a 2-1 lead ahead of the 5th & final test.
Total Matches Played: 111
Australia Won: 47
India won: 33
Drawn: 30
Date & Day: 3rd January 2025 (Friday)
Venue: Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
Timings: 05:00 AM (IST)
The pitches at Sydney have traditionally favored the sub-continent teams, the pitch here is more friendly towards the batters & starts turning from day 3 allowing spinners to come into the party for the final phase of the test match. The team that wins the toss will look to bat first.
The weather in Sydney will be fine start off for the first three days but there is rain predicted on the fourth & the fifth day. There are 50% chances of rain on day 5
Both teams have a 50-50 chance of winning this test as both teams have balanced personnel.
Australia (AUS): Sam Konstas, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuchagne, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Alex Carey, Beau Webster, Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Scott Boland, Nathan Lyon
India (IND): KL Rahul, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant(Wk), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Ravindra Jadeja, Jasprit Bumrah(C), Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna
India (IND): Abhimanyu Easwaran, Rohit Sharma (C), Virat Kohli, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rishabh Pant, KL Rahul, Dhruv Jurel, Sarfaraz Khan, Shubman Gill, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Prasidh Krishna, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj, Jasprit Bumrah(VC), Harshit Rana
Australia (AUS): Pat Cummins (c), Scott Boland, Alex Carey, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Mitch Marsh, Nathan McSweeney, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc
Player Name | Team Name | Fantasy Points | Innings |
---|---|---|---|
Jasprit Bumrah | India | 640.0 | 8 |
Pat Cummins | Australia | 555.0 | 8 |
Travis Head | Australia | 553.0 | 8 |
K Nitesh Reddy | India | 442.0 | 7 |
Yashasvi Jaiswal | India | 438.0 | 8 |
Steven Smith | Australia | 410.0 | 8 |
Mitchell Starc | Australia | 410.0 | 8 |
Alex Carey | Australia | 393.0 | 8 |
Rishabh Pant | India | 377.0 | 8 |
Mohammed Siraj | India | 342.0 | 8 |
Player Name | Team Name | Runs | Innings |
---|---|---|---|
Travis Head | Australia | 410 | 8 |
Yashasvi Jaiswal | India | 359 | 8 |
K Nitesh Reddy | India | 294 | 7 |
Steven Smith | Australia | 277 | 8 |
Lokesh Rahul | India | 259 | 8 |
Marnus Labuschagne | Australia | 224 | 7 |
Alex Carey | Australia | 195 | 8 |
Virat Kohli | India | 167 | 7 |
Rishabh Pant | India | 154 | 8 |
Pat Cummins | Australia | 149 | 8 |
Player Name | Team Name | Wickets | Innings |
---|---|---|---|
Jasprit Bumrah | India | 30 | 8 |
Pat Cummins | Australia | 20 | 8 |
Mohammed Siraj | India | 16 | 8 |
Mitchell Starc | Australia | 15 | 8 |
Scott Boland | Australia | 11 | 4 |
Nathan Lyon | Australia | 8 | 6 |
Akash Deep | India | 5 | 4 |
Ravindra Jadeja | India | 4 | 3 |
Harshit Rana | India | 4 | 4 |
Mitchell Marsh | Australia | 3 | 7 |