India is out of the ICC World Test Championship final after losing the fifth Test in Sydney
The Hindu
Australia defeats India in Sydney, regains Border-Gavaskar trophy after 10 years, India out of World Test Championship final.
Australia defeated India by six wickets on Sunday (January 5, 2025). With this win the Australian team has regained the Border-Gavaskar Trophy after a gap of 10 years.
With this 1-3, India are out of the World Test Championship final. India was the only team to have played the last two WTC finals. India had lost both the finals against New Zealand and Australia respectively.
India started the latest series on a strong note with an emphatic victory at Perth, but Australia bounced back strongly to level the series at Adelaide. Australia took a 2-1 lead in the fourth Test at Melbourne and defeated India in the final Test.
This win has also enabled Australia to enter their second successive World Test Championship final to be played at Lords in June. They will be up against South Africa.
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