Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 Awards: IND vs AUS 5th Test Player of The Match, Player of Series & BGT Results

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India lost the Border-Gavaskar trophy after 10 years following a six-wicket loss to Australia on day three of the fifth and final Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) in Sydney on Sunday (January 5).

Australian chased down the 162-run target in 27 overs with Travis Head (34 not out) and Beau Webster (39 not out) taking the team home. India lost the five-match series 1-3. Their only win on the tour came in the first Test in Perth.

Resuming day three at 141 for six, India lost their remaining four wickets for 16 runs to be all out for 157 in their second innings. Pat Cummins and Scott Boland shared the wickets in the session with the latter completing a six wicket haul.

India had won the previous four series against Australia, two at home and as many Down Under. Follwing his 10-wicket performance, Boland was awarded the player of the match for the Sydney Test.

Meanwhile, Jasprit Bumrah, who finished the Tour Down under with the highest wickets - 32, was awared the player of the series for his breathtaking performance in the last few weeks. Here is a look at the results of all matches followed by awards and post-series persentation ceremony comments:

BGT 2024-25 Results

• 1st Test, Perth: India won by 295 runs
• 2nd Test, Adelaide: Australia won by 10 wickets
• 3rd Test, Brisbane: Draw
• 4th Test, Melbourne: Australia won by 184 runs
• 5th Test, Sydney: Australia won by 6 wickets

Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 Awards

• BGT Winners: Australia
• IND vs AUS 5th Test Player of the Match: Scott Boland (Australia) - 10 for 76 - 4 wickets in the first innings & 6 wickets in the second innings
• BGT 2024/25 Player of the Series: Jasprit Bumrah (India) - 32 wickets in 9 innings at an average of 13.06

What the award winners and captain said after Sydney Test?

Player of the match: Scott Boland, who claimed ten wickets in the India vs Australia 5th Test, said, "It has been an enjoyable couple of months. The last few weeks have been awesome. Just got my body right. Lot of hours in the gym. To win 3-1 against India, hasn't been done in a while. I am happy playing whenever I can."

Player of the series: Jasprit Bumrah, who missed out on bowling in the final innings, first spoke about the niggle and missed opportunity to bowl on a spicy wicket in Sydney before talking about the series on the whole after collecting his Player of the series trophy.

"Little frustrating but sometimes you have to respect your body, you can't fight your body. Disappointing, probably missed out on the spiciest wicket of the series. Felt a bit of discomfort during my second spell in the first innings," Bumrah said at post-match presentation ceremony.

"Lots of ifs and buts, the whole series was fought hard, we were in the game today as well, not like we were out of it, this is how Test cricket goes. Being in the game for longer, creating pressure, absorbing pressure and playing to the situation are all important.

"You have to adapt to the situations and these learnings will help us in the future. They've (youngsters) gained a lot of experience, they'll go from strength to strength. We've shown that we have a lot of talent in our group.

"Lot of the youngsters are keen, they're disappointed that we haven't won but they'll take learnings from this experience. It was a great series, congratulations to Australia, they fought really well."

BGT winning captain: Pat Cummins said, "(Winning BGT) Unreal. Few of us didn't have this Trophy. Lived up to all the hype. Just been clear with our plans. We tried to be proactive, Ultimately worked out. Immensely proud.

"We weren't at our best at Perth. We had a lot of fun playing alongside each other. I love playing with these guys. Such a special group. Feel privileged to be part of such a team. Really proud of what we have achieved.

Cummins later spoke about the squad depth, the debutants and his own performance, "Always nice to have a squad. Three debutants in this series fitted in well. They contributed in different times. Pretty happy with how I played. I had a fresh up coming into this series.

"These are the big series you prepare for. Some keen moments when our main stays really stood up. You need to do that to beat a side like India. Our guys put their hands up. Would go down one of my most favourite Test series."