It was a nightmarish Border-Gavaskar Trophy for Indian bowlers as except for pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah, who took 32 scalps in five matches, none of the bowlers could make a massive impact and were torn apart by Aussie batters, notably Travis Head and Steve Smith, who scored two centuries each in the series. This centuries turned out to be a huge point of difference in making the series scoreline 3-1 in favour of Australia. Mohammed Siraj (20 wickets at an average of above 31), Nitish Kumar Reddy (five wickets at an average of 38.00) and Akash Deep (five wickets at an average of 54.00) fell absolutely flat.