Australia Clinch Border-Gavaskar Trophy After Decade-Long Drought

Australia Wins Second Successive World Test Championship Final Berth

Australia ended their 10-year drought to win the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, their first since the 2014-15 series. The victory in Sydney sent them to their second successive World Test Championship final, where they will face South Africa.

Key Moments

• Australia's debutant Beau Webster and Travis Head saw the small chase through with an unbeaten 58-run stand.
• India's hopes were piqued towards the end of the morning session, but were quickly put to rest by Head and Webster.
• Scott Boland and Pat Cummins quashed India's endeavour to add to their overnight lead, with Cummins snuffing out Ravindra Jadeja and Washington Sundar.

Australia's Target and Response

• Australia were set a target of 162 runs after India's second innings.
• The team responded with a 58-run unbeaten stand between Beau Webster and Travis Head, with Webster scoring 39* and Head scoring 34*.

Brief Scores

• India 185 (Rishabh Pant 40) & 157 (Rishabh Pant 61) lost to Australia 181 (Beau Webster 57) & 162/4 (Beau Webster 39*, Travis Head 34*) by 6 wickets