NEW DELHI: Australia took firm control of the World Test Championship (WTC) final as India's top-order crumbled against their high-quality pace attack in a pressure-filled match at The Oval on Thursday.
Despite a valiant 71-run partnership off 100 balls between Ravindra Jadeja (48 off 51 balls) and Ajinkya Rahane (29* off 71), India found themselves in a precarious position at stumps, reeling at 151 for five in response to Australia's first innings total of 469, trailing by 318 runs.
