Nathan Lyon claimed figures of 4/24 as Australia thumped India by 209 runs to win the ICC World Test Championship Final 2023 at Oval on Sunday.
Resuming at 164/3, the overnight pair of Virat Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane added 15 more runs before Scott Boland struck twice- first by dismissing Kohli (49) slashing at a wide delivery outside off stumps to Steve Smith who took a fantastic catch at second slip, and then dismissing Ravindra Jadeja caught behind the stumps for a duck.
Rahane along with Srikar Bharat steadied the ship with a 33 run stand for the sixth wicket before the former perished to Mitchell Starc for 46.
Shardul Thakur (0) was trapped lbw by Nathan Lyon for a duck. Umesh Yadav (1) was then dismissed by a brutal bouncer from Starc.
Nathan Lyon wrapped up the innings when Mohammed Siraj (1) reverse-swept Lyon straight to Boland at backward point, as India were bowled out for 234, giving Australia a massive 209 run win.
Australia 469 (Head 163, Smith 121, Siraj 4-108) and 270 for 8 dec (Carey 66, Jadeja 3-58) beat India 296 (Rahane 89, Thakur 51, Cummins 3-83) and 234 (Kohli 49, Lyon 3-41, Boland 3-46) by 209 runs