Pat Cummins’s first five-wicket haul at the Adelaide Oval has led Australia to a comprehensive 10-wicket win in the second Test against India, helping the hosts level the five-match series at 1-1.
The Australian skipper took 5-57 as he bounced out the Indian lower order on Sunday, with the visitors crashing to 175 all out in their second innings for a slender 18-run lead.
Resuming at 128-5 in the second innings, India needed a near-miracle from Rishabh Pant to have any hope of setting a testing fourth innings target for Australia to chase.
But Mitchell Starc had other ideas, as he had Pant (28) caught at slip from the sixth delivery of the afternoon.
Cummins then got into the act using the short ball tactic against the Indian lower order to great effect.
Ravichandran Ashwin (7) was caught behind trying to pull, while Harshit Rana (0) could not fend off a rising delivery and was caught at backward point.
Nitish Reddy top-scored for India with 42 off 47 balls. He was caught off Cummins again trying to score quick runs.
Mohammed Siraj was the last man out, caught off Scott Boland, who finished with 3-51 in his return to the team in place of the injured Josh Hazlewood.
None of the Indian batters passed 50 across the two innings – India previously suffered the same fate in the 2021 World Test Championship final against New Zealand at Southampton.
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