AUSTRALIA defeated India by 10 wickets in the second Test at the Adelaide Oval on Sunday, levelling the five-match series 1-1.
The hosts delivered a dominant performance with both bat and ball to secure victory on day three of the pink-ball Test.
Chasing a modest target of 19, openers Usman Khawaja and Nathan McSweeney easily reached the score without losing a wicket.
India, who started the day at 128-5, could only manage 175 in their second innings before being bowled out.
Rishabh Pant, resuming on 28, fell in the opening over to Mitchell Starc without adding to his score.
Pat Cummins dismissed Ravichandran Ashwin (7) and Harshit Rana (0), while Nitish Kumar Reddy made a fighting 42 before being removed by Scott Boland.
Boland also claimed the final wicket of Mohammed Siraj (7) to end India’s innings. Cummins finished with 5-57, Boland took 3-51, and Starc claimed eight wickets across the match.
Cummins praised his team’s turnaround after their loss in the series opener, highlighting Travis Head’s game-changing century. “He loves batting here,” Cummins said. “The ball does a bit more under lights, but the big thing was getting a big lead Read More….