Border-Gavaskar Trophy review: Reality check for Rohit Sharma’s men as transition beckons
The HinduThe ball cannoned into the billboards, and with that, a southern summer of cricket found its concluding note under the skies Down Under. But once the sporting caravan crunched past Perth, Canberra, Adelaide, Brisbane, and Melbourne, and finally paused in Sydney, a new rockstar was identified—one who answered to the name of Jasprit Bumrah. The Indian spearhead, also captain in the first and last Tests in Perth and Sydney, respectively, left a mark so deep that it may also have revived memories of Imran Khan’s 40 wickets against the visiting Indians in the 1983 series featuring six Tests. India then went to Canberra, eased past the Prime Minister’s XI, landed in Adelaide, and perhaps got blinded by the floodlights, and the pink-ball Test was lost. Like Bumrah carrying India along, Australia found its biggest hero in Cummins as the captain grabbed wickets and scored handy runs.