India's Jasprit Bumrah, right, and KL Rahul celebrate the wicket of Australia's Marnus Labuschagne during play on day five of the third cricket test between India and Australia at the Gabba in Brisbane. AP Photo/Pat Hoelscher India's Jasprit Bumrah, right, and KL Rahul celebrate the wicket of Australia's Marnus Labuschagne during play on day five of the third cricket test between India and Australia at the Gabba in Brisbane. AP Photo/Pat Hoelscher

It is 1-1 and all to play for in the 2024-25 Border Gavaskar Trophy Down Under. The series scoreline could not have been poised better at the end of the first three Tests between the two top-ranked teams in the world. While India stunned Australia by 295 runs at Perth, the home team came back in some style in the Pink Ball Test in Adelaidejpwinner gaming, hammering the visitors by 10 wickets. The action now moves to the two most historic venues in the country – while the MCG will host the Boxing Day Test starting 26th December, the New Year Test will played at the SCG from the 3rd of January. (Full Border-Gavaskar Trophy Coverage | More Cricket News)

From Jasprit Bumrah’s brilliance with the new ball to KL Rahul’s restoration as Test opener, from the dashing stroke-play of Travis Head to the flop show with the bat for Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma – we look at some of the numbers and performances that have defined the series so far.

On the other hand, South Korea secured their first win of the tournament with a 3-2 victory over China. Goals from Hyeonhong, Junghoo, and Jihun (55') clinched the win for their side.

China got off to a positive start as they kept the ball under control, and made it difficult for the Koreans to break through.

casino no deposit 16 – The number of wickets for Jasprit Bumrah from good-length deliveries

Jasprit Bumrah has been the outstanding bowler of the series and is the leading wicket-taker with a tally of 21 dismissals at a stunning average of 10.9 and strike rate of 25.1. Bumrah’s performance has overshadowed the performance of the two local heroes – Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc – who have bagged 14 wickets each.

Bumrah has been magnificently accurate with his line and length, constantly delivering in the good length/ just short of good length area from where he has picked 16 of his 21 wickets. Captaining the team in the absence of Rohit Sharma, he led India’s fightback with the ball at Perth with an inspiring five-wicket haul which was instrumental in routing Australia for 150 in the first innings. Bumrah made the second new ball talk in Brisbane and accounted for the wickets of Steven Smith, Travis Head and Mitchell Marsh in quick succession to bring India back into the contest.

Bumrah has struck every time he has taken the new ball and been a nightmare for the Australian opening pair of Usman Khawaja and Nathan McSweeney whom he has dismissed a combined 8 times in the series!

79.6% – KL Rahul’s Control Percentage in the series

KL Rahul has been India’s best batter in the series and is currently the second-highest run-getter with 235 runs only after Travis Head. In contrast to the Australian left-hander who has blasted his way in the middle-order, Rahul has been a model of focus and concentration in his second avatar as opener. He has devised his own, unique and very effective way of leaving balls outside the off stump and has defended 51.7% of the deliveries he has faced – the highest such percentage amongst the four openers in the series.

In spite of the hostile bowling conditions in Perth and at times in Adelaide and Brisbane, Rahul has a Control Percentage of 79.6% against a world class fast bowling unit in their own backyard – this suggests that he has comfortably negotiated four of every five deliveries faced in the series. Overall, Rahul has faced 490 balls which is the most for any batter in the series.

100% & 80% - The Failure Rate of Rohit Sharma & Virat Kohli in the series

It has been a horrendous series for the two Indian stalwarts – Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli. While Rohit has looked all at sea at his new batting position in the middle order with an aggregate of just 19 runs in three innings, Kohli, with the exception of his hundred in the second innings at Perth, has also failed miserably in his four other innings in the series. While Rohit has had trouble in his defence especially with the incoming deliveries, Kohli has suffered fishing at deliveries outside the off-stump – an age-old problem which has again resurfaced to haunt him in the series. He has poked at deliveries on the sixth to seventh stump often going for a flashy cover drive and perished.

409 & 94.3 – The runs scored & strike rate for Travis Head in the series

Travis Head has been in stupendous form in the series and has an aggregate of 409 runs in five innings at a stunning strike rate of 94.23 with two hundreds and a fifty. Head was the Player of the Match, both in Adelaide and in Brisbane. He walked out to bat at 103/3 at Adelaide at smashed 140 off 141 deliveries putting Australia in the ascendancy. His 152 off 160 balls at The Gabba (from 75/3) rescued Australia from a tricky position and took them to a position of dominance in the match. Head’s batting from the number 5 position is reminiscent of another Australian great who dominated bowling attacks from the middle order in the 2000s – Adam Gilchrist, much like Head, scored big runs batting in the lower-order at a rapid rate alternating the course of a match in a matter of a few overs.

19.8 – The average opening partnership for Australia

Usman Khawaja and Nathan McSweeney have been in poor form at the top of the order for Australia. The opening pair have added just 99 runs in six innings at an average of 19.8 with a best of 31. While Khawaja has scored just 63 runs in six innings at an average of 12.6 with a high of 21jpwinner gaming, McSweeney has an aggregate of 72 at an average of 14.4 with a highest score of 39. Only twice has the opening partnership lasted for more than 10 overs (maximum 16.1 overs) and as many as on four occasions it has been broken within the first four overs.