We review the fifth Test between Australia and India in Sydney where Australia regained the Border-Gavaskar Trophy after a thrilling three-day win.
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SpotifyTalking Points:
- Australia’s superior bowling depth wins the day
- The remarkable Mr Boland
- India’s muddled approach to this series: neither batting heavy nor bowling heavy
- Why didn’t India trust their fast bowlers enough to play 4 each Test?
- The futility of picking two spinners in these conditions
- Jasprit Bumrah’s steep workload; Siraj’s tireless spells
- Are Rohit and Kohli both in decline or is there a way back for them?
- A series full of electric bowling
- Rishabh Pant’s mad max half-century
- Prasidh Krishna’s promise of steepling bounce
- The end of an era of magnificent India-Australia series
Participants:
Siddhartha Vaidyanathan (@sidvee)
Mahesh (@cornerd)
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Kartikeya Date (@cricketingview) | Substack| ESPNcricinfo
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Related
- Australia Regain The Border-Gavaskar Trophy After A Decade – Kartikeya Date – Cricketingview substack
- India’s BGT report card – Sriram Veera – Indian Express
- Australia’s bowlers batter India to keep home fires burning for World Championship tilt – Geoff Lemon – Guardian
- India dismantle England in lop-sided finale: India v England, 5th Test review – 81allout podcast archive
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