New Delhi
Border-Gavaskar Trophy Team India lost to Australia 3-1. The reason behind this defeat is believed to be the batsmen. This is also true, but along with the batsmen, the Indian bowlers are also responsible for India’s defeat. Except Jasprit Bumrah, all the other bowlers have disappointed or performed in bits and pieces. This is the reason why the Indian team not only lost the series but also could not reach the final of the World Test Championship 2025. Let’s take a look at those statistics to see when and where the Indian bowlers fell short in the BGT.
Talking about fast bowlers in BGT, Australia’s fast bowlers have taken 35 wickets in 1 to 30 overs in the entire series, while Indian bowlers were also not far behind. He took 34 wickets, but the difference was seen between 31 and 80 overs. Australia’s pacers took a total of 35 wickets while bowling in this period, while India got only 22 wickets between these overs.
The economy rate of Indian bowlers was also more than 3.5. The game is controlled in these overs and India lagged behind here. India’s average and strike rate in these overs were also high, which was indeed a cause for concern. However, after 81 overs, India took 15 wickets as against Australia’s 4 wickets, but the thing to think about was that very few of the away innings lasted more than 80 overs.
If we talk about the new ball in BGT i.e. from 1 to 30 overs, then Jasprit Bumrah was really brilliant. He took a total of 16 wickets while bowling the first 30 overs, while Mitchell Starc and Mohammad Siraj got 11 wickets each. Pat Cummins took 10 wickets and Scott Boland took 9 wickets. Here also the difference is visible, because three pacers in the top 5 are from Australia, whose total wickets are 30 and the two fast bowlers of India have 27 wickets. In the last match, Prasidh Krishna took 4 wickets, which included three wickets in the second innings.
However, the real game took place between overs 31 and 80, as for Australia in these overs, Pat Cummins took a total of 13 wickets and Scott Boland took 12 wickets in 3 matches. Here Jasprit Bumrah definitely bowled less and took only 8 wickets. Mitchell Starc got 7 wickets and Nitish Reddy took 5 wickets. At the same time, Mohammad Siraj got only 4 wickets with the old ball. From this we can guess how India lagged behind between 31 and 80 overs. Even Nitish Reddy bowled only half the overs than Siraj.
