Bumrah, Ashwin put India in control
Jasprit Bumrah and Ravi Ashwin cleaned up Australia for 195 as India started strongly in the Boxing Day Test in Melbourne.
Jasprit Bumrah and Ravi Ashwin cleaned up Australia for 195 as India started strongly in the Boxing Day Test in Melbourne.
Indian captain Virat Kohli heaped praise on his team – and especially Jasprit Bumrah – for helping him fulfil his obsession of winning Test matches away from home.
Watch Australian captain Tim Paine discuss changes for the final Test in Sydney and how the return of Steve Smith and David Warner is clearly needed in order to get Australia competitive again.
Watch how India secured a 137-run victory on the final day to go 2-1 up in the four-match Test series against Australia and thus retain the Border-Gavaskar trophy on Australian soil.
It was a historic occasion when the Boxing Day Test match moved away from the coastal regions to inland Centurion for the first time, and I was lucky enough to be there to bear witness to the occasion, writes ANITHA MADIKIZELA.
South Africa’s Boxing Day and New Year’s Test is in jeopardy, due to India’s congested fixture list.