Australia beat India by 209 runs in the final of the World Test Championship. Chasing the target of 444 runs set by Australia, the Indian team was bowled out for 234 runs.

Virat Kohli 49, Ajinkya Rahane 46 and captain Rohit Sharma scored 43 runs in the second innings for India.

While bowling in the second innings, Nathan Lyne took 4, Scott Boland 3 and Mitchell Starc 2 for Kangaroos.

Australia declared their second innings eight wickets down at The Oval on Saturday, leaving India with a target of 444 after a 173-run lead from the previous innings. Alex Carey remained unbeaten with 66 runs, while Mitchell Starc was outstanding with 41 runs. For India, Ravindra Jadeja took three wickets and Mohammad Shami and Umesh Yadav took two wickets each.

On a bowler-friendly wicket, India won the toss and elected to bowl first.

India’s second innings

Chasing the big target, India’s Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill started the innings quickly. But Shubman Gill could not stay on the wicket for most of the time and after scoring 18 runs, he was caught by Cameron Green off the ball of Scott Boland.

Indian skipper Rohit Sharma batted aggressively but unfortunately could not complete his half-century and scored 43 runs off 60 balls with seven fours and a six before falling lbw to Nathan Lyon. In the next over, Cummins also sent Pujara to the pavilion.

On this occasion, Virat Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane supported their team’s sinking ship and stood firm on the wicket, but in the first hour of the fifth day, Virat Kohli was caught at slip by Scott Boland for 49 runs.

After Virat Kohli’s dismissal, the Indian batting line-up proved to be a wall of sand. Ravindra Jadeja was dismissed by Scott Boland two balls after Kohli’s dismissal.

India’s sixth wicket fell to Ajinkya Rahane when he was caught by Alex Carey off Mitchell Starr for 46.

After that, Sharudal Thakur, Umesh Yadav, Srikar Bharat and Mohammad Siraj were the targets of the Kangaroos one after the other and the entire team was bundled out for 234 runs.

Australia’s second innings

On the fourth day of the game, Australia started their innings with 150 runs for the loss of six wickets, but soon they had to suffer the loss of the wicket of Cameron Green, who scored 18 runs and was caught by Jadeja.

Mitchell Starc then came to the crease and opened the scoring with Alex Carey. A partnership of 93 runs was formed between the two. Starc scored 41 runs off 57 balls with the help of seven fours and became the victim of Mohammad Shami.

India’s first innings

In response to Australia’s 469 runs, the Indian team was dismissed for 296 runs in their first innings. India’s top batsmen looked helpless against the Australian pacers. Only Ajinkya Rahane’s 89, Shardal Thakur’s 51 and Ravindra Jadeja’s 48 showed resistance and brought the team’s score to this point. For Australia, Pat Cummins took three wickets and Cameron Greene and Scott Boland two wickets each.

Australia’s first innings

Australia’s first innings was in the name of Travis Head and Steven Smith, who not only took the team out of pressure with their brilliant batting, but also played a key role in scoring 469 runs. Both were dismissed for 163 and 121 runs respectively. Alex Carey also played an innings of 48 runs. Mohammad Siraj took four wickets for India.