Physical Address
304 North Cardinal St.
Dorchester Center, MA 02124
Australia registered an emphatic victory over India in the final Test of the 2024-25 Border-Gavaskar Trophy to clinch the series 3-1.
It was a clinical performance from the hosts who bounced back strongly from the first Test defeat in Perth.
Australia reach World Test Championship final
With this win, Australia have reached the final of the World Test Championship, where they will face South Africa at Lord’s from 11 June 2025. It is Australia’s second consecutive WTC final after ‘to have reached the top last time and even lift the title. .
However, the result of this match also means that India are now officially out of the race to qualify for the WTC final. It was also their last game in this cycle and it will be the first time they will not reach the WTC Final.
Social media was awash with disappointment after India failed to reach the WTC finals for the first time. Fans slammed head coach Gautam Gambhir and captain Rohit Sharma and blamed them for the huge disappointment.
Twitter reacts to India’s failure to qualify for WTC finals
AUSTRALIA QUALIFIED IN THE FINALS OF THE WTC…!!!! 🏆
– It’s Australia v South Africa at Lord’s. pic.twitter.com/oD4DGNIQhR
– John (@CricCrazyJohns) January 5, 2025
🚨 INDIA IS ALREADY OUT OF WTC’S FINAL CONTAINMENT…!!!! 🚨 pic.twitter.com/7o5HIKqXV2
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) January 5, 2025
Failed to qualify for the WTC finals for the first time ever 🔥#INDvAUS pic.twitter.com/bCbidZ5HB8
— S (@kingslanding_18) January 5, 2025
🚨 If we had won this match –
We wouldn’t have lost the series.
The series would have been tied 2-2.
We would have retained BGT.
We could have played the ICC WTC final.This was the most important game of this WTC cycle, but we lost it miserably. pic.twitter.com/inRHEoI5LM
— Vishal. (@SPORTYVISHAL) January 5, 2025
India is now out of the running for the WTC finals…!!!! 🚨
And the credit for that goes to#GautamGambhirapart from him #RohitSharma𓃵 , #ViratKohli𓃵 ,#Gill, #KLRahul #Siraj, #RAVINDRAJADEJA for their defenseless performance#INDvAUS
No Bumrahpic.twitter.com/duksckNP8x— Rahul Gupta (@RahulGu04197245) January 5, 2025
After Gautam Gambhir became the head coach
– After 12 years, the Lost Home Test series against New Zealand
– After 12 years lost BGT Test Series against Australia
– India failed to qualify for the WTC finals for the first time since its introduction pic.twitter.com/6ufAFrmMVf— Prakash (@definitelynot05) January 5, 2025
Jaiswal gave the whole year of stopwatch in Tests, he carried that batting line all year, topping every run chart, he finished BGT as the top run-scorer for them at 23 only to lose out the final
First WT20, now WTC final and then we don’t hear CT most likely 💔 pic.twitter.com/1qzS6s3GlU— R (@Jais_era) January 5, 2025
– A Home Series Whitewash
– A loss of the BGT series after 10 years
– Failed to reach the WTC final for the first timeWhat suddenly went wrong?
— Kanav Bali (@Concussion__Sub) January 5, 2025
The pride of the WTC final is gone 😭💔 #INDvAUS pic.twitter.com/LdqhkuHbwT
— Jyoti Thakur (@Tissa__vaasi) January 5, 2025
Two and a half months ago:
– India were unbeaten at home, they had built a crazy record for 12 years
– He held the Frontera-Gavaskar Trophy for 10 years
– They were locked in a third straight WTC final.How things can change in cricket… #INDvAUS
—Saurabh Somani (@saurabh_42) January 5, 2025
It’s not just Team India’s defeat, it’s the country’s defeat.
We lost the WTC final, the World Cup final and the Border Gavaskar trophy to Australia under the leadership of the same captain.
Why hasn’t he announced his retirement?#INDvAUSpic.twitter.com/Ak0xvYHdn8
— SOMAN18 (@Shreyasian96) January 5, 2025
Australia put in a dominant display
The match was evenly poised at the start of the day with India 145 runs ahead with four wickets to play. However, the Australian bowlers put on a display of fast bowling attack and bundled India out for just 157 in the second innings.
The men in blue could only add 16 runs to their total, thus leaving Australia with a target of 162 runs to win. The hosts got off to a blistering start with opener Sam Konstas bowling straight away. However, he lost his wicket in this process to Prasidh Krishna.
Krishna struck twice and dismissed Marnus Labuschagne and Steve Smith in quick succession to bring India back into the game. But Usman Khawaja and Travis Head used all their experience and steadied the ship. Khawaja was dismissed by Siraj for a well-made 41 as India saw some hope.
But debutant Beau Webster combined with Head to lead Australia to a comfortable win in the end. Jasprit Bumrah’s absence in the second innings also played a role. With this win, Australia not only reached the WTC Final but also reclaimed the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
