NEW DELHI: India faced a crushing 10-wicket defeat in the pink-ball Test in Adelaide, marking Rohit Sharma‘s fourth consecutive loss as Test captain. Resuming at 128/5 on Day 3, India managed to add just 47 runs before being bowled out for 175 in 36.5 overs. Nitish Kumar Reddy stood out with a top score of 42 in an otherwise dismal batting performance.
Pat Cummins led Australia’s charge with a brilliant five-wicket haul, setting the stage for the hosts to level the five-match series 1-1.
Chasing a modest target, openers Nathan McSweeney (10*) and Usman Khawaja (9*) comfortably sealed the win in just 3.2 overs, capping off a remarkable turnaround after their 295-run drubbing in Perth.Rohit now joins an unwanted list of Indian captains with four successive Test losses, sharing the record with Datta Gaekwad (1959), MS Dhoni (2011, 2014), and Virat Kohli (2020-21).
The record for the longest losing streak as Indian captain still belongs to MAK Pataudi, with six losses in 1967-68, followed by Sachin Tendulkar‘s five in 1999.
The Adelaide Test also entered the record books as one of the shortest completed Tests in Australia, lasting just 1,031 balls.
It now ranks fourth on the list of shortest Tests in terms of balls bowled, trailing matches like the Melbourne 1932 Test (656 balls) against South Africa.