It was a nightmarish Border-Gavaskar Trophy for Indian bowlers as except for pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah, who took 32 scalps in five matches, none of the bowlers could make a massive impact and were torn apart by Aussie batters, notably Travis Head and Steve Smith, who scored two centuries
Sean Abbott (Sydney Sixers), Alex Carey (Adelaide Strikers), Sam Konstas (Sydney Thunder), Mitchell Marsh (Perth Scorchers), Jhye Richardson (Perth Scorchers) and Beau Webster (Melbourne Stars) are available for the remainder of the BBL's home and away season.
Head and Beau Webster finished Australia's long wait for a Border-Gavaskar Trophy, putting on a half-century stand to win the match by six wickets at Sydney, helping the Aussies win the series by 1-3.
Steven Smith fell agonizingly short of reaching the monumental 10,000-run milestone in Test cricket, dismissed for 9999 career runs on Day 3 of the final Border-Gavaskar Trophy Test on Sunday. The Australian star's dismissal at the hands of Prasidh Krishna ended his chance to achieve the mil
Prasidh Krishna stole Steven Smith's moment of glory by denying one of the modern-day greats the chance to reach the 10,000-run landmark in Test cricket on Day 3 of the final Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series on Sunday.
Indian seamers Prasidh Krishna and Mohammed Siraj along with all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy provided an upper hand to India at the stroke of Tea on Day 2 of the fifth and final Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Saturday.
Debutant Beau Webster felt Australia were "unfortunate" to be on the opposite side of the decision which saw the third umpire ruling out Steven Smith's attempted catch for India stalwart Virat Kohli's dismissal on the opening day of the Sydney Test.
Test umpire Simon Taufel on Friday explained India batter Virat Kohli's controversial first-ball survival in the first session on Day 01 at the Sydney Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia.
Australia batter Steve Smith on Friday reacted to India batter Virat Kohli's catch in the first session on Day 01 of the Sydney Test and said that he is 100 per cent sure of getting a hand under it.
Talisman India batter Virat Kohli, who's going through a rough patch, survived a first-ball duck at the ongoing Sydney Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia after third-umpire ruled out Steve Smith's fielding effort on Friday.