IND vs AUS: Why India loses in Melbourne Test, know the reasons

India vs Australia: The fourth match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy was played at Melbourne Cricket Ground. In this match, Team India had to face defeat by 184 runs. Australia had scored 474 runs in the first innings of this match, in response to which the Indian team could score only 369 runs in their first innings. But in the second innings, a good performance was seen from the bowlers. He was successful in stopping Australia at 234 runs. But due to the lead in the first innings, Australia had set a target of 340 runs for India to win. In response, the Indian team was all out after scoring 155 runs.

Australia defeated India by 184 runs on the fifth and last day of this Boxing-Day Test match in Melbourne. With this, Australia has taken an unassailable lead of 2-1 in the five-match Test series against Inda.

Reasons for India's defeat in the fourth Test played in Melbourne

Indian team has faced a shameful defeat in the Melbourne Test against Australia. Australia defeated India by 184 runs on the fifth and last day of this Boxing-Day Test match in Melbourne. With this, Australia has taken an unassailable lead of 2-1 in the five-match Test series. There have been 5 major reasons for India's defeat in the fourth Test played in Melbourne. Let's take a look at the 5 reasons for India's defeat-

India's poor bowling in the first innings

While biggest reason for India's defeat in the Melbourne Test was its poor bowling in the first innings. However after winning the toss and batting first, Australia put 474 runs on the board in the first innings for Indian team. Steve Smith scored 140 runs while Marnus Labuschagne scored 72 runs. At the same time, Sam Constas scored 60 runs. Australia scored a big score by taking advantage of the poor bowling of the Indian bowlers in the first innings. In the first innings, Mohammed Siraj conceded 122 runs in 23 overs.

Change in batting order

 Changing the batting order in the Melbourne Test has proved fatal for Team India. Shubman Gill was dropped from Team India's playing XI. The biggest reason for dropping Shubman Gill from the playing XI was to open the way for captain Rohit Sharma to open. In the Melbourne Test match, KL Rahul came out to bat in place of Shubman Gill at number-3 and captain Rohit Sharma started the innings. Despite this, Rohit Sharma could not do anything special. Rohit Sharma has proved to be a flop in both the innings of the Melbourne Test. Rohit Sharma was able to score only 3 runs in the first innings of this Test match and only 9 runs in the second innings.

India collapsed for 369 runs in first innings

In response to Australia's big score of 474 runs, India's first innings collapsed to 369 runs. In the first innings, India had to bear the brunt of the poor performance of Rohit Sharma (3), KL Rahul (24), Virat Kohli (36), Rishabh Pant (28). Australia then took a lead of 105 runs on the basis of the first innings. Nitish Reddy scored the highest 114 runs for India in the first innings. Apart from this, Yashasvi Jaiswal played an innings of 82 runs. Pat Cummins, Scott Boland and Nathan Lyon took 3-3 wickets for Australia. Australia has got a lead of 105 runs on the basis of the first innings.

Yashasvi Jaiswal's dismissal in second innings

Yashasvi Jaiswal's dismissal in the second innings was the biggest turning point of the match. Yashasvi Jaiswal could have drawn this Test match, but he was out after scoring 84 runs at the crucial juncture of the match. There was a controversy over the manner of Yashasvi Jaiswal's dismissal, as third umpire, declared him out even after no movement was seen on Snicko (technology showing sound readings). Yashasvi Jaiswal was batting on 84 runs at that time. Yashasvi Jaiswal missed the hook attempt on a short-pitch delivery from fast bowler Pat Cummins.

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The ball went into the gloves of wicketkeeper Alex Carey After the innings, Australia appealed for a catch out, but field umpire Joel Wilson declared the batsman not out. Australia captain Cummins took a review against this decision and third umpire Saikat declared him out, citing that the ball had 'deflected ' after hitting Jaiswal's bat or gloves despite no movement being seen in the snicko. After his decision, Indian fans present at the Melbourne Cricket Ground started shouting 'dishonest-dishonest'.