Australia vs India Match Scorecard, 5th Test, Sydney, January 03

After defeating India in the fourth Test, Australia has registered its final win against India in the final and fifth Test of BGT 2023-24. India lost the Border-Gavaskar trophy after 10 years on Day 3 of SCG, with a six-wicket loss to the Kangaroos. Australia chased down 162 runs, thanks to Usman Khawaja who played a 41-run innings, Travis Head (34 not out), and debutant Beau Webster (39 not out). On day three, India resumed playing at 141 for six and lost 4 wickets for 16 runs, being wrapped up at 157 in their second innings.

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Pat Cummins and Scott Boland displayed marvelous gameplay, sharing 9 wickets in the second innings of India. Boland secured six wickets in the second innings. While India won the first Test in Perth, Australia emerged stronger in the second Test, defeating India in Adelaide. The third Test in Brisbane concluded in a draw thanks to Raingods. Aussies won the final two Tests in Melbourne and Sydney to claim their place in the WTC final.

Match Scorecard: Australia vs India 5th Test, Sydney

India Batting 1st Innings

Batting		Runs	Balls	SR	4s	6s
Yashasvi Jaiswal	c Webster b Boland	10	26	38.46	1	0
KL Rahul	c Konstas b Starc	4	14	28.57	0	0
Shubman Gill	c Smith b Lyon	20	64	31.25	2	0
Virat Kohli	c Webster b Boland	17	69	24.63	0	0
Rishabh Pant	c Cummins b Boland	40	98	40.81	3	1
Ravindra Jadeja	lbw b Starc	26	95	27.36	3	0
Nitish Kumar Reddy	c Smith b Boland	0	1	0	0	0
Washington Sundar	c Carey b Cummins	14	30	46.66	3	0
Prasidh Krishna	c Konstas b Starc	3	10	30	0	0
Jasprit Bumrah (c)	c Starc b Cummins	22	17	129.41	3	1
Mohammed Siraj	not out	3	16	18.75	0	0
Extras	(b 7, lb 13, nb 6)	26
Total	72.2 Ov (RR: 2.55)	185

Australia Bowling 1st Innings

Bowling	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	ECON
Mitchell Starc	18	5	49	3	2.72
Pat Cummins	15.2	4	37	2	2.41
Scott Boland	20	8	31	4	1.55
Beau Webster	13	4	29	0	2.23
Nathan Lyon	6	2	19	1	3.16

Australia Batting 1st Innings

Batting		Runs	Balls	SR	4s	6s
Sam Konstas	c Jaiswal b Mohammed Siraj	23	38	60.52	3	0
Usman Khawaja	c Rahul b Bumrah	2	10	20	0	0
Marnus Labuschagne	c Pant b Bumrah	2	8	25	0	0
Steven Smith	c Rahul b Prasidh Krishna	33	57	57.89	4	1
Travis Head	c Rahul b Mohammed Siraj	4	3	133.33	1	0
Beau Webster	c Jaiswal b Prasidh Krishna	57	105	54.28	5	0
Alex Carey	b Prasidh Krishna	21	36	58.33	4	0
Pat Cummins (c)	c Kohli b Nitish Kumar Reddy	10	20	50	1	0
Mitchell Starc	c Rahul b Nitish Kumar Reddy	1	4	25	0	0
Nathan Lyon	not out	7	17	41.17	0	0
Scott Boland	b Mohammed Siraj	9	9	100	2	0
Extras	(b 9, lb 2, nb 1)	12
Total	51 Ov (RR: 3.54)	181

India Bowling 1st Innings

Bowling	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	ECON
Jasprit Bumrah	10	1	33	2	3.3
Mohammed Siraj	16	2	51	3	3.18
Prasidh Krishna	15	3	42	3	2.8
Nitish Kumar Reddy	7	0	32	2	4.57
Ravindra Jadeja	3	0	12	0	4

India Batting 2nd Innings

Batting		Runs	Balls	SR	4s	6s
Yashasvi Jaiswal	b Boland	22	35	62.85	4	0
KL Rahul	b Boland	13	20	65	2	0
Shubman Gill	c Carey b Webster	13	15	86.66	2	0
Virat Kohli	c Smith b Boland	6	12	50	1	0
Rishabh Pant	c Carey b Cummins	61	33	184.84	6	4
Ravindra Jadeja	c Carey b Cummins	13	45	28.88	2	0
Nitish Kumar Reddy	c Cummins b Boland	4	21	19.04	0	0
Washington Sundar	b Cummins	12	43	27.9	1	0
Mohammed Siraj	c Khawaja b Boland	4	11	36.36	0	0
Jasprit Bumrah (c)	b Boland	0	3	0	0	0
Prasidh Krishna	not out	1	1	100	0	0
Extras	(b 4, lb 4)	8
Total	39.5 Ov (RR: 3.94)	157

Australia Bowling 2nd Innings

Bowling	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	ECON
Mitchell Starc	4	0	36	0	9
Pat Cummins	15	4	44	3	2.93
Scott Boland	16.5	5	45	6	2.67
Beau Webster	4	1	24	1	6

Australia Batting 2nd Innings

Batting		Runs	Balls	SR	4s	6s
Sam Konstas	c Washington Sundar b Prasidh Krishna	22	17	129.41	3	0
Usman Khawaja	c Pant b Mohammed Siraj	41	45	91.11	4	0
Marnus Labuschagne	c Jaiswal b Prasidh Krishna	6	20	30	1	0
Steven Smith	c Jaiswal b Prasidh Krishna	4	9	44.44	0	0
Travis Head	not out	34	38	89.47	4	0
Beau Webster	not out	39	34	114.7	6	0
Extras	(b 5, lb 2, nb 1, w 8)	16
Total	27 Ov (RR: 6.00)	162/4

India Bowling 2nd Innings

Bowling	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	ECON
Mohammed Siraj	12	1	69	1	5.75
Prasidh Krishna	12	0	65	3	5.41
Nitish Kumar Reddy	2	0	10	0	5
Washington Sundar	1	0	11	0	11

Man of the Match: Australia vs India 5th Test, Sydney

Scott Boland became ‘Man of the Match’ in the 5th Test of the recently concluded Australia vs India test series. He registered 4/31 & 6/45 in the first and second innings respectively at SCG.

Player	Team	Contribution in Match
Scott Boland	Australia	Bowling- 4/31 & 6/45
Scott Boland	Australia	Batting- 9

Most Runs: Australia vs India 5th Test, Sydney

Rishabh Pant is the top run-getter in the fifth and final Test of Australia vs India BGT at Sydney. He recorded 40 runs in the first innings and 61 in the second.

Player	Team	Contribution in Match
Rishabh Pant	India	40 & 61

Most Wickets: Australia vs India 5th Test, Sydney

The right-arm fast-medium bowler Scott Boland took the most wickets in the 5th Australia vs India, with 4 and 6 wickets in the first and second innings respectively.

Player	Team	Contribution in Match
Scott Boland	India	4/31 & 6/45

Playing XIs: Australia vs India 5th Test, Sydney

Australia Playing XI

Sam Konstas, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Travis Head, Beau Webster (debut), Alex Carey (wk), Pat Cummins (c), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Scott Boland

India Playing XI

Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Shubhman Gill, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant(wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Jasprit Bumrah (c), Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna

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