NEW DELHI: India confronted a crushing 10-wicket defeat within the pink-ball Check in Adelaide, marking Rohit Sharma‘s fourth consecutive loss as Check captain. Resuming at 128/5 on Day 3, India managed so as to add simply 47 runs earlier than being bowled out for 175 in 36.5 overs. Nitish Kumar Reddy stood out with a high rating of 42 in an in any other case dismal batting efficiency.
Pat Cummins led Australia’s cost with an excellent five-wicket haul, setting the stage for the hosts to degree the five-match collection 1-1.
Chasing a modest goal, openers Nathan McSweeney (10*) and Usman Khawaja (9*) comfortably sealed the win in simply 3.2 overs, capping off a outstanding turnaround after their 295-run drubbing in Perth.Rohit now joins an undesirable listing of Indian captains with 4 successive Check losses, sharing the report with Datta Gaekwad (1959), MS Dhoni (2011, 2014), and Virat Kohli (2020-21).
The report for the longest dropping streak as Indian captain nonetheless belongs to MAK Pataudi, with six losses in 1967-68, adopted by Sachin Tendulkar‘s 5 in 1999.
The Adelaide Check additionally entered the report books as one of many shortest accomplished Assessments in Australia, lasting simply 1,031 balls.
It now ranks fourth on the listing of shortest Assessments by way of balls bowled, trailing matches just like the Melbourne 1932 Check (656 balls) in opposition to South Africa.
