IND vs AUS: Pat Cummins one win away from creating history, will capture fourth major title within 2 years
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When the Border-Gavaskar Trophy started last month, no one had thought that Team India would trail the series by 1-2 by the end of the year. Team India, which registered a spectacular victory under the captaincy of Jasprit Bumrah in Perth, had a explosive start in the 5-match Test series. Team India won by 295 runs and took a 1-0 lead in the series but then the Indian team went off the track of victory. After losing by 10 wickets in the Adelaide Test, Team India had to face a draw in the Gabba Test and now India lost the important Boxing Day Test match by 184 runs at the historic ground of Melbourne Cricket Ground. In such a situation, now the danger of Team India being out of the race for the World Test Championship (WTC) final is looming. To qualify for the final, India will have to win the last Test against Australia in Sydney at any cost and then when the Australian team tours Sri Lanka early next year, they will have to expect defeat there and a 0-0 draw in the series. .
A big threat looms over India
If the Indian team wants to make it to the final of the World Test Championship for the third consecutive time, then it will have to retain the Border-Gavaskar Trophy by winning the Sydney Test under any circumstances. However, seeing Australia’s excellent form, this seems unlikely to happen. The Australian team is performing brilliantly under the leadership of Pat Cummins. If the Australian team wins the Sydney Test, it will be able to win the Border-Gavaskar Trophy after almost 10 years. Australia last won the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in 2014–25.
Eyes on fourth major title
Pat Cummins has performed brilliantly as captain in the last 2 years. Since June 2023, he seems to be winning the title continuously. It was under the captaincy of Cummins that Australia won the World Test Championship title for the first time by defeating India in the final in June 2023 and then was successful in retaining the Ashes series the next month. After this, in November 2023, Australia won the 2023 World Cup title under the captaincy of Cummins. Then in the final, Australia gave a crushing defeat to the host team India. And now Cummins will have a great chance to win the Border-Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) for the first time under his captaincy.
