New Delhi. In the third match of the Border Gavaskar Trophy, the Indian cricket team lost badly to the Australia team by 9 wickets in Indore. Rohit Brigade had given a target of only 76 runs in front of Australia, which he achieved on the last ball of the 19th over before lunch on the third day. With this victory, the Australian team has made it to the final of the World Test Championship. When the Indian team won the toss and decided to bat first, the fans who came to watch the match expected that their team would be able to make a big score. But all the dreams remained intact. Far from the first innings, both the innings combined could not even score three hundred runs. There were many reasons for the defeat of Team India.
1-India’s top order failure: The Indian cricket team, in front of which Australia’s bowlers struggled in the last two Test matches, the batsmen of the same Indian team struggled to score runs in this entire match. Batsmen like Virat Kohli, Shubman Gill and captain Rohit Sharma were in bad shape. There were high expectations from Rohit Sharma, who was performing brilliantly in the last two matches, but he failed in both the innings.
2. The pitch also divided the base: It is not that only the Indian team was struggling for batting on this pitch, but the Australian team was also seen struggling for batting on the pitch. The pitch also played an important role in Team India’s poor performance. The pitch was getting a lot of turn from day one and the batsmen looked helpless. Although the pitch was not such that batting could not be done. Because batsmen like Usman Khawaja, Cheteshwar Pujara scored half-centuries and showed that batting can be done on this pitch as well.
3. Nathan Lyon remained dangerous: Let us tell you that before the match between the two teams, a lot of talk was also being said about off-spinner Nathan Lyon. It was also seen in this match and Lion broke the back of Team India. Nathan Lyon took only three wickets in the first innings, but in the second innings his fear was shown on the Indian batsmen and he took a total of eight wickets. Lyon finished with 11 wickets in the match and Nathan received player of the match.
4. India’s all rounder failed: Significantly, in the Nagpur and Delhi Test matches, these three players had helped India get out of trouble by batting well. But in this match, he could not walk with the bat. Ashwin and Jadeja definitely did wonders with the ball and played an important role in bundling out Australia’s first innings for 197 runs.
5. Over Excitement Overwhelmed: The Indian team, which registered a resounding victory in the last two Test matches, was probably overexcited about this match. In such a situation, more confidence also drowned the players. Now India will win the last Test starting on March 9 with the intention of capturing the series.