5 reasons for India’s defeat in the Sydney Test: Batting order flopped again, could not capitalize on the lead; Bumrah’s injury turning point

Indian captain Jasprit Bumrah shaking hands with Australian captain Pat Cummins after losing the Sydney Test.

India had to face defeat by 6 wickets in the Sydney Test. With this, Australia has won the 5 match series 3-1. Australia has won the Border-Gavaskar Trophy after 10 years. On the third day of the match on Sunday, India had given a target of 162 runs by scoring 157 runs in the second innings, which the Kangaroo team achieved by losing 4 wickets.

Team India’s batting order failed in this match also. This became the biggest reason for India’s defeat. At the same time, Jasprit Bumrah, who was captaining in this match, got injured while bowling in the first innings on the second day. After that he did not bowl in the second innings of Australia. If Bumrah had remained fit, Australia would have found it difficult to chase the target.

5 reasons for India’s defeat…

1. Batting order flopped again Team India’s batting order failed once again. Rishabh Pant was the top scorer in both the innings, apart from him no batsman could score even 30 runs. All four players Yashasvi, Rahul, Shubman and Virat could not convert the good start into a big innings.

2. Could not capitalize on the lead in the second innings After good bowling in the first innings, India took a lead of 4 runs. Despite this, the team could not capitalize on it with its batting in the second innings. Top order flopped again. Pant scored 61 runs, apart from him other batsmen could not do anything special. The team was quickly all out and Australia got a small target.

India had a lead of 4 runs in the first innings. Pant was the top scorer of the match. He scored 40 runs in the first innings and 61 runs in the second.

3. Bumrah’s injury turning point Jasprit Bumrah got injured while bowling in the first innings on the second day. He went for a scan, where he complained of back spasm. He could not bowl in the second innings, due to which the team could not put pressure on the Kangaroo batsmen. If Bumrah had remained fit, Australia would have found it very difficult to chase the target.

4. Bowlers could not take advantage of the good pitch Even though Bumrah was injured, the team had all out Australia in the first innings even without him. The Sydney pitch was challenging for the batsmen, yet the Indian bowlers could not stop the Kangaroo batsmen in the second innings.

Famous Krishna for India took maximum 3 wickets in the second innings.

5. Virat’s bat remained silent even in the last test When Virat Kohli came on Australia tour, there were expectations of his return to form. He also regained form by scoring a century in the Perth Test, but he could not do anything special in the remaining 4 Tests. In Sydney he could score only 17 and 6 runs. The inability of a great batsman like Kohli to perform also became a major reason for India’s defeat.