Border Gavaskar Test: After winning 2nd Test Match Against Australia What does the mean for India in the race for the World Test Championship?

Border Gavaskar Test: Team India’s emphatic win over Australia in the second Test in Delhi played a major role in the run to this year’s ICC World Test Championship final. Team India’s huge victory against Australia in the second Test match being played in Delhi, this

Team India’s win-percentage has improved to 64.06 per cent after winning this match, but their place in the June decider at The Oval is still not sealed as they can still overtake Sri Lanka if the result goes their way. go against the race to the final is now down to three sides, with South Africa ruled out of a final after India’s win in Delhi.

The highest South Africa can raise is 55 per cent, which is less than the minimum amount that India can eliminate. While Australia are in the box seat to reach the final, they are still not quite over the line. Pat Cummins’ men can qualify by surviving a 4-0 whitewash against India, while Sri Lanka can still qualify for the final if they fail to beat New Zealand 2-0 in their upcoming Test series.

Border Gavasker Trophy Test Match India vs Australia Scorecard.

Australia Batting

Batters	R	B	4s	6s	SR
David Warner c Srikar Bharat b Mohammed Shami	15	44	3	0	34.09
Usman Khawaja c KL Rahul b Ravindra Jadeja	81	125	12	1	64.80
Marnus Labuschagne lbw Ravichandran Ashwin	18	25	4	0	72.00
Steve Smith c Srikar Bharat b Ravichandran Ashwin	0	2	0	0	0.00
Travis Head c KL Rahul b Mohammed Shami	12	30	1	1	40.00
Peter Handscomb NOT OUT	72	142	9	0	50.70
Alex Carey WKT c Virat Kohli b Ravichandran Ashwin	0	5	0	0	0.00
Pat Cummins CPT lbw Ravindra Jadeja	33	59	3	2	55.93
Todd Murphy b Ravindra Jadeja	0	4	0	0	0.00
Nathan Lyon b Mohammed Shami	10	26	2	0	38.46
Matthew Kuhnemann b Mohammed Shami	6	12	0	0	50.00
Matt Renshaw	–	–	–	–	–
Extras (nb 2, b 13, lb 1)	16
Total (all out, 78.4 overs)	263

India Bowling

Bowlers	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots
Mohammed Shami	14.4	4	60	4	4.09	65
Mohammed Siraj	10	2	30	0	3.00	48
Ravichandran Ashwin	21	4	57	3	2.71	102
Ravindra Jadeja	21	2	68	3	3.23	92
Axar Patel	12	2	34	0	2.83	50

India Batting

Batters	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Rohit Sharma CPT b Nathan Lyon	32	69	2	0	46.37
KL Rahul lbw Nathan Lyon	17	41	0	1	41.46
Cheteshwar Pujara lbw Nathan Lyon	0	7	0	0	0.00
Virat Kohli lbw Matthew Kuhnemann	44	84	4	0	52.38
Shreyas Iyer c Peter Handscomb b Nathan Lyon	4	15	0	0	26.66
Ravindra Jadeja lbw Todd Murphy	26	74	4	0	35.13
Srikar Bharat WKT c Steve Smith b Nathan Lyon	6	12	1	0	50.00
Axar Patel c Pat Cummins b Todd Murphy	74	115	9	3	64.34
Ravichandran Ashwin c Matt Renshaw b Pat Cummins	37	71	5	0	52.11
Mohammed Shami b Matthew Kuhnemann	2	9	0	0	22.22
Mohammed Siraj NOT OUT	1	4	0	0	25.00
Extras (b 8, lb 11)	19
Total (all out, 83.3 overs)	262

Australia Bowling

Bowlers	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots
Pat Cummins	13	2	41	1	3.15	55
Matthew Kuhnemann	21.3	4	72	2	3.34	95
Nathan Lyon	29	5	67	5	2.31	138
Todd Murphy	18	2	53	2	2.94	76
Travis Head	2	0	10	0	5.00	6

Australia Batting

Batters	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Usman Khawaja c Shreyas Iyer b Ravindra Jadeja	6	13	1	0	46.15
Travis Head c Srikar Bharat b Ravichandran Ashwin	43	46	6	1	93.47
Marnus Labuschagne b Ravindra Jadeja	35	50	5	0	70.00
Steve Smith lbw Ravichandran Ashwin	9	19	1	0	47.36
Matt Renshaw lbw Ravichandran Ashwin	2	8	0	0	25.00
Peter Handscomb c Virat Kohli b Ravindra Jadeja	0	3	0	0	0.00
Alex Carey WKT b Ravindra Jadeja	7	10	1	0	70.00
Pat Cummins CPT b Ravindra Jadeja	0	1	0	0	0.00
Nathan Lyon b Ravindra Jadeja	8	21	1	0	38.09
Todd Murphy NOT OUT	3	14	0	0	21.42
Matthew Kuhnemann b Ravindra Jadeja	0	2	0	0	0.00
David Warner	–	–	–	–	–
Extras	0
Total (all out, 31.1 overs)	113

India Bowling

Bowlers	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots
Ravichandran Ashwin	16	3	59	3	3.68	64
Mohammed Shami	2	0	10	0	5.00	9
Ravindra Jadeja	12.1	1	42	7	3.45	52
Axar Patel	1	0	2	0	2.00	4

India Batting

Batters	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Rohit Sharma CPT run out (Peter Handscomb/Alex Carey)	31	20	3	2	155.00
KL Rahul c Alex Carey b Nathan Lyon	1	3	0	0	33.33
Cheteshwar Pujara NOT OUT	31	74	4	0	41.89
Virat Kohli st Alex Carey b Todd Murphy	20	31	3	0	64.51
Shreyas Iyer c Todd Murphy b Nathan Lyon	12	10	1	1	120.00
Srikar Bharat WKT NOT OUT	23	22	3	1	104.54
Ravindra Jadeja	–	–	–	–	–
Axar Patel	–	–	–	–	–
Ravichandran Ashwin	–	–	–	–	–
Mohammed Siraj	–	–	–	–	–
Mohammed Shami	–	–	–	–	–
Extras	0
Total (4 wickets, 26.4 overs)	118

Australia Bowling

Bowlers	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots
Matthew Kuhnemann	7	0	38	0	5.42	26
Nathan Lyon	12	3	49	2	4.08	49
Todd Murphy	6.4	2	22	1	3.30	31
Travis Head	1	0	9	0	9.00	2

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