India began the series on a high by triumphing in the first Test in Perth, however ended up losing momentum and went on to lose 3 out of the next 4 matches to lose the series by 3-1. This marked Australia’s first Border-Gavaskar Trophy triumph in a decade, their last win came in 2014-15.

Jaiswal played all 5 matches of the series and scored a total of 391 runs at a strike rate of 53.42 and an average of 43.44. Following the series defeat, the 23-year-old took to Instagram and said that the Indian team will come back stronger.

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“Learnt a lot in Australia… Unfortunately the result wasn’t what we had hoped for but we’ll be back stronger. Your support means everything,” Jaiswal wrote in his Instagram post.

With a defeat in the final Test of the Border-Gavaskar series in Sydney, India not only lost the series but also ended up losing any chance of making it to the World Test Championship (WTC) final which is set to be played later this year at Lord’s. It will be South Africa and Australia, who will battle it out to decide the best Test team in the world.

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India suffered a 3-1 loss in the recently concluded Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia. Jaiswal was one of the positives in the tour besides star pacer Jasprit Bumrah, as he finished as the second-highest run-scorer behind star batter Travis Head.

During a discussion at Star Sports, Gavaskar was questioned about his thoughts about Jaiswal’s performance in the series, and the cricketing legend stated that he was quite happy with the show that was given to them.

“This player’s biggest virtue is that he learns a lot from his first mistake. The way he got out last year in both Tests in South Africa, I had a slight doubt in my mind whether he would be able to score runs on similar pitches in Australia,” Gavaskar said.

“In the first innings in Perth, he opened the face of his bat slightly and got caught at gully. In the second innings, he played with an absolutely straight bat to mid-off and mid-on and when he was flicking, he was playing wide of mid-on and not towards square leg,” Gavaskar added.

Jaiswal was dismissed for a duck in India’s first innings in the first Test match in Perth. Right as the rumours were about to begin about him, he came back in the second innings and scored 161 runs and led India to a big win.

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The 27-year completed his half-century in just 29 deliveries, just behind his own record of a 28-ball half-century against Sri Lanka in Bengaluru in 2022. Pant was eventually dismissed by Australia skipper Pat Cummins to restrict India to 124/5.

Pant headed back to the dugout after playing a highly entertaining knock comprising of 6 boundaries and 4 massive sixes.

Fastest half-centuries for India in Test cricket

28 balls – Rishabh Pant vs Sri Lanka, Bengaluru, 2022

29 balls – Rishabh Pant vs Australia, Sydney, 2025

30 balls – Kapil Dev vs Pakistan, Karachi, 1982

31 balls – Shardul Thakur vs England, The Oval, 2021

31 balls – Yashasvi Jaiswal vs Bangladesh, Kanpur, 2024

The explosive half-century also saw Pant became the only player in history to score 2 fifties in under 30 deliveries in red-ball cricket. This was his first fifty of the series and the second-fastest by anyone on Australian soil.

Following the end of second day’s play, India pacer Prasidh Krishna highly praised Pant’s fearless innings.

“All of us were sitting together, the bowlers were sitting together and watching him bat and we definitely said if I was sitting at home and watching this, I would have loved it. To be able to do it from the ground, I mean, nothing like it. I know it’s a lot of risk, but that’s the way the game is played today,” Krishna said.

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Prasidh Krishna and Mohammed Siraj chipped in with 2 wickets each while both Jasprit Bumrah and Nitish Kumar Reddy ended the innings with 2 wickets each.

The Men in Blue were given a massive scare when pace spearhead and stand-in captain Bumrah underwent precautionary scans for an unspecified injury after leaving the field in the post-lunch session.

Following an impressive bowling display, it was the time for India batters to deliver. However, the top-order certainly wasn’t able to do so as the first 4 batters – Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Shubman Gill and Virat Kohli were all dismissed cheaply. It looked like the visitors would be bundled out within the second day itself, however Rishabh Pant had other ideas.

The 27-year-old wicketkeeper-batter played a fantastic knock of 61 runs from just 33 deliveries to somehow keep India’s innings afloat despite the hosts being in command. The Men in Blue finished the day on 141/6 and currently lead by 145 runs. Ravindra Jadeja (8*) and Washington Sundar (6*) will be looking to India’s lead towards the 200-run mark on the third day.

Pant’s knock prevented the Indian innings from falling apart with the visitors’ top and lower-order struggling to negotiate against the Australian attack on a track that was aided seam and bounce. Scott Boland was once again the top bowler for the Baggy Greens, finishing the second day with figures of 4/42.

The match looks certain to end on the third day, however India will be counting on skipper Bumrah to return to full fitness if they hope to defend a low total.

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Kohli once again failed to deliver to the high expectations laid upon him and the Australian bowlers once again were able to dismiss him for cheap in the series.

After winning the toss and opting to bat first, India got off to a disastrous start as openers Yashasvi Jaiswal and KL Rahul were dismissed within the first 8 overs of the day.

Following the duo’s dismissal, Shubman Gill and Kohli tried steadying India’s ship. However, the former also ended up losing his wicket for 20 runs. Following the wicket, Kohli tried forming a big partnership with Pant, however it came to no good as the former was soon sent back to the dugout.

Following the dismissal, Indian fans took to social media in order to troll Kohli for continuing his woeful form in the longest format.

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After their dismissals, Kohli joined hands with Shubman Gill, where he survived a close call on the very first delivery that he faced. Australia pacer Scott Boland almost dismissed Kohli when the batter ended up edging the delivery towards the slips. Steve Smith, who was standing on second slip, grabbed the ball and tossed it upwards as Marnus Labuschagne took the catch. 

The Australians had already started celebrating, however the on-field umpire handed the decision over to the third umpire. It was then revealed that the ball had touched the ground before Smith was able to pass it to Labuschagne. Hence, Kohli got an important lifeline on the very first ball that he faced.

The drama did not end over here. After the completion of the over, both Kohli and Smith were seen exchanging some words.

During the lunch break, Smith opened up on the incident and stood firm on his stance, stating that he got his hands beneath the ball and hence it was a fair catch.

Former Australia skipper Ricky Ponting also disagreed with the third umpire’s decision regarding the catch.

“As far as I was concerned, if (the ball) had’ve come out of (Smith’s) hand, he wouldn’t have been able to scoop it up. That’s what I’m saying, I think his fingers are clearly underneath the ball … look where his pointer figure is there, it’s still underneath the ball,” Ponting said

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The incident happened during 5th ball of 71st over when Jaiswal tried to pull the ball away from Australian captain Pat Cummins. Australia made an appeal for the decision, but the on-field umpire turned it down. Cummins decided to take the decision to the third umpire, and that was where the controversial moment took place.

In the replay that showed, the ball seemingly deflected on its way to wicketkeeper Alex Carey, however, the Snickometer did not show any movement even though the ball clearly seemed to have deflected off Jaiswal’s gloves. Jwala Singh stated that in such decisions when the umpire is not 100% sure, then the batsman has the benefit of doubt.

“So, there is a basic rule of cricket. If there are such decisions where there is doubt and the umpire is not 100% sure, then the batsman gets the benefit of doubt. So, what happened yesterday when the on-field umpire did not give an out,” Jwala said

“And it was a very crucial shot for our India team. Because if he had played, we would not have lost the match. We would have drawn. So, when the on-field umpire did not give an out, he went through DRS and went to the third umpire. And the third umpire is totally dependent on technology. He looks at the camera and there are many other measures to judge whether the batsman is out or not,” he added.

“So, if the on-field umpire is not using a snickometer or a hotspot, I don’t know how much technology he is using. So, after looking at all these things, this decision should have been taken. If you just look at the camera and say that he is out and we will give him an out, then maybe it was an over-confident decision. Whether he was out or not, whether he hit the ball or not, I would not like to go into that topic,” he concluded.

After winning the 4th Test against India, Australia took a 2-1 lead in the five-match Test series and will now face India for the final Test match which is scheduled to begin January 3 to 7 at Sydney Cricket Stadium in Sydney.

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During the second session, Rishabh Pant and Yashasvi Jaiswal were going strong as India did not lose a single wicket in that session.
Before the third session began, Ashwin posted a leadership-related post, which worked as a magnet and attracted lot of attention.

“Good leaders emerge when they show resolve for a scrap,” Ashwin wrote on X. “This tweet isn’t for people who own fan clubs,” he further said in the second post.

This tweet isn’t for people who own fan clubs😂😂 https://t.co/HthA1yiuWM

— Ashwin 🇮🇳 (@ashwinravi99) December 30, 2024

Ashwin then went on and later gave the clarification for making that post, stating that he had referred to Jaiswal in the post.

“Now a days, implied meaning can be taken out of context. I was referring to Jaiswal’s wonderful scrap today. Peace out folks,” he wrote.

Now a days, implied meaning can be taken out of context.

I was referring to Jaiswals wonderful scrap today. Peace out folks🤝 https://t.co/HthA1yiuWM

— Ashwin 🇮🇳 (@ashwinravi99) December 30, 2024

India went on and lost the match by 134 runs as Australia has now taken a 2-1 lead in the series with one match remaining. The result has also left India anything but out of the World Test Championship final race.

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BCCI vice president Rajeev Shukla was not very impressed with the decision by the third umpire and stated that Jaiswal was clearly not out.

“Yashasavi Jaiswal was clearly not out. Third umpire should have taken note of what technology was suggesting. While over ruling field umpire, third umpire should have solid reasons,” he wrote from his official ‘X’ account.

Yashasvi Jaiswal had attempted to play a shot off Pat Cummins on the last day of Boxing Day Test against Australia, but was only able to send the ball to the wicketkeeper. The on-field official. Joel Wilson declared not out, but Australia went with a review anyways. Replays showed that Jaiswal did, in fact, edge the ball.

There was no deviation on snicko, but the third umpire reversed the decision based on the visual evidence. After India lost the match by 184 runs, skipper Rohit Sharma stated that technology id not always correct, but all these 50-50 decisions appear to work against the team.

Seriously .. all this has to stop .. It was OUT .. all decisions yesterday were the correct ones .. Australia were just better this week .. #Fact https://t.co/VGKfRkIB8j

— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) December 30, 2024

“Seriously .. all this has to stop .. It was OUT .. all decisions yesterday were the correct ones .. Australia were just better this week,” Michael Vaughan wrote on X.

Let’s get this straight once and for all. Jaiswal was clearly out it was a very obvious deflection off the bat/glove. Not sure how umpire missed it in the first place. Snicko missed it maybe as it was a very soft glancing blow but at the end of the day right decision was made.

— Mark Waugh (@juniorwaugh349) December 30, 2024

Former Australian batter Mark Waugh has stated that there is no reason to raise questions against the judgement as it was the right decision. He wrote, “Let’s get this straight once and for all. Jaiswal was clearly out it was a very obvious deflection off the bat/glove. Not sure how umpire missed it in the first place. Snicko missed it maybe as it was a very soft glancing blow but at the end of the day right decision was made.”

India will now face Australia for the final Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 in Sydney, set to begin January 3.

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Fans at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) started chanting ‘cheater-cheater’ after the on-field umpire decided to change his decision. This happened during the 71st over of India’s second innings. Cummins gave a shorter delivery to Jaiswal, where the youngster went for a pull. This was a shot that he failed to safely connect as the ball went to the gloves of wicketkeeper.

“Oh look, I think it was just clear that he (Jaiswal) hit it,” Cummins told reporters after Australia won the match by 184 runs. “We heard a noise, saw a deviation, so it was absolutely certain that he hit it. As soon as we referred it, you could see him drop his head and basically acknowledge that he hit it. On the screen you can see he hit it,” said Cummins told media after Australia’s win.

“Ultra-edge… I don’t think anyone has complete confidence in it and didn’t really show much but fortunately there’s enough other evidence to show it was clearly out,” he said.

Coming to the match, Australia won over India by 184 runs and took a 2-1 lead in the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25. With this win, Australia have stepped a bit closer to the World Test Championship (WTC) Final, set to be held in England next year. The final match of the BGT is set to begin January 3, which will take place in Sydney.

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