Australia defeated India in the fifth Test in Sydney to win the Border-Gavaskar trophy and qualify for the World Test Championship final.
Australia clinched a knife-edge fifth Test against India in Sydney by six wickets to seal a riveting series 3-1 Sunday and book their place in the World Test Championship final. India were dismissed 45 minutes into the morning session of day three for 157, adding just 16 to their overnight 141-6 with the irrepressible Scott Boland ending with 6-45 and 10 wickets for the match.
Set 162 to win, the hosts reached the target before tea against an attack missing injured strike bowler Jasprit Bumrah to regain the Border-Gavaskar trophy for the first time since 2014-15. Australia lost three wickets before lunch to leave the Test finely-poised, including Steve Smith who agonisingly fell just one short of becoming only the 15th player and fourth Australian to reach 10,000 Test runs. But Usman Khawaja hit a composed 41 before Travis Head (34 not out) and debutant Beau Webster (39 not out) steered them home.Victory was enough to ensure they will defend their World Test Championship title in the June final at Lord’s against South Africa. It culminated a thrilling tour full of twists and turns that saw record crowds and some spectacular individual performances. The five-Test series witnessed the emergence of exciting young talent in the form of Australian opener Sam Konstas and Indian all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy. At the same time, ageing veterans, notably Rohit Sharma, showed that the clock is ticking on their careers. India won the first match in Perth convincingly before Australia bounced back in the day-night affair at Adelaid
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