Australia defeated India in the third match of the series to become the first team to reach the final of the Test Championship. India did not win the last match. The Ahmedabad Test ended in a draw. Despite this, Rohit-Kohli has confirmed the final of the Test Championship as the second team. India's defeat against New Zealand has opened the forehead.If the Lankans won against the Kiwis, they would have been at number two in the points table. So even if India won the Ahmedabad Test, nothing would have been certain. But due to the loss of two wickets in the first Test of the two-match series, Sri Lanka's chances of playing in the final are completely over.Sri Lanka lost the match to four in the points table. Their collection is 48.48 points. Meanwhile, Australia is at the top. Ind is in second place with 60.29 points. South Africa, who are in third place, have 55.56 points.
Meanwhile, Australia came out to bat in their second innings on the fifth day of the fourth and final Test of the four-match series. The team lost the first wicket by 14 runs. Matthew Kuhmann, who came to play as the night watchman of the previous day, was dismissed for 6 runs
Ahmedabad Test drawn
At the end of the fourth day, Australia's score was 3 for no wicket in 6 overs. At today's lunch break, Aziz scored 73 for 1 in 36 overs. The score was 158 for 2 in 64 overs at the tea break. Australia then declared their second innings at 175 for 2 in 78.1 overs. After that, India did not come out to bat. Both captains agreed to draw the match. As a result, India won 16 consecutive Test series on home soil. Since February 2013 till date, India has not lost a Test series at home.
Half-centuries from Head and Labuschagne
Australia returned to the pavilion on the fourth ball of the first over of the day to Matthew Kahneman. Usman Khawaja suffered a knee injury while fielding. In his place, the Aussie spinner came down to open. He scored 6 runs off 35 balls and was leg before by Ravichandran Ashwin. Then Travis Head and Marnus Labuschagne continued to take Australia's innings forward. India got a lead of 91 runs in the first inn. Australia's second wicket fell for 153 runs in 59.1 overs. With the help of 10 fours and 2 sixes, Head scored 90 off 163 balls and was bowled by Akshar Patel. Labuschagne remained unbeaten on 63 off 213 balls with the help of seven fours and Steve Smith remained unbeaten on, 10 off 59 balls with the help of two fours.
Ashwin is behind Lyon
Ravichandran Ashwin took 1 wicket for 58 runs in 24 overs with 9 maidens. However, Ashwin could not surpass Nathan Lyon in terms of most wickets in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Lyon has 116 wickets in 26 matches in the India-Australia Test, while Ashwin has 114 wickets in 22 matches. Akshar Patel scored 19 overs, 8 maidens, 36 runs, and also took one wicket. Rohit Sharma bowled with Shreyas Iyer in the first innings. Today Shubman Gill will rotate his hand in 1.1 overs and gives away 1 run. Cheteshwar Pujara gave away 1 run in 1 over. The best of the match is Virat Kohli. Ashwin and Jadeja were jointly named players of the series.
Happy Indian coach
BRIEF SCORE:
AUS 1st inn- 480-10 (OVER 167.2)IND 1st Inn-571-10 (OVER 178.5)
M Kuhnemann- 6 (35)
Lbw b Ashwin
Head- 90 (213)
b Axar
Labuchagne- 63 (213)
Not Out
Steve Smith(c) -10 (59)
Not Out