Indian batsmen failed miserably in the Adelaide Test as Australia defeated India by 10 wickets. The Border Gavaskar Trophy has been intense since the start and the series is now levelled to 1-1. On the third day of the second Test match of the Border Gavaskar Trophy, Indian batsmen surrendered without any fight. After trailing by 157 runs in the first innings, it was expected that the Indian batsmen would repeat the Perth feat in Adelaide but the Indian batsmen flopped badly. In the day-night Test match, Australia scored 337 runs in their first innings after bowling out India for 180 runs in the first innings. India had scored 128 runs at the loss of 5 wickets at the end of the second day and piled up 175 runs on the third day.
Team India piled on 175 runs
On the third day India lost the first wicket in the form of Rishabh Pant. He became a victim of Mitchell Starc and went back to pavillion without adding a single run to his yesterday's score. After this, Ashwin was also dismissed on a personal score of 7 runs. At the same time, Harshit Rana was dismissed without opening an account. Pat Cummins took 5 wickets for Australia, while Mitchell Starc took 2 wickets, and Scott Boland sent 3 batsmen to the pavilion.
Nitish Kumar Reddy is India's top scorer
Nitish Kumar Reddy was the top scorer for India with 42 runs. Thanks to his innings, India managed to avoid an innings defeat. The Indian team was reduced to just 175 runs in the second innings and Australia was given a target of just 19 runs to win. Which Australia easily achieved without losing any wickets.
Australia at the top of the WTC points table
All the big batsmen of the Indian team failed miserably in Adelaide. Be it junior players like Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal or senior batsmen like Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and KL Rahul, all flopped badly in this match and in the end, India had to face a humiliating defeat. The third match of the series will now be played at the Brisbane Gabba from December 14. The Border Gavaskar Trophy is currently tied at 1-1. With this victory, Australia has once again reached the first place in the points table, while the Indian team has slipped to the third position. If the Indian team wants to reach the finals, then they will have to win every single match of the series.