The history books have been written: Australia have won the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 by 3-1 margin. In the process they ended their decade-long drought of the BGT and shut India's ambition of completing a hat-trick of wins Down Under. Icing on the cake? Spot in the World Test Championship final against South Africa.
There was a lot that India didn't do right. Over-reliance on Jasprit Bumrah was one. The bowling looked clueless, again, to counter Travis Head. Catches were let go by the heaps. Crucial moments, those small phases in play, were not capitalised. But above all, India's batting failing to fire, again, didn't make things easy.
