Highlights of Day 1 of 1stTest Match between India and Australia
In the first Test between India and Australia at Perth, JaspritBumrah dismissed Pat Cummins, adding to Australia’s woes as they struggled at 150. MarnusLabuschagne’s painful innings ended with just 2 runs off 52 balls, leaving Australia reeling at six wickets down. Earlier, Bumrah wreaked havoc by taking out Nathan McSweeney, Usman Khawaja, and Steve Smith in consecutive deliveries.
Harshit Rana also made an impact by claiming Travis Head as his first Test wicket, while KL Rahul executed a stunning catch to dismiss Mitch Marsh. India had set a modest target of 150, thanks to debutant Nitish Kumar Reddy’s resilient 41 runs.
Here are some key points from the India vs Australia 1st Test:
- Australia are 67/7 at stumps, trail India by 83 runs.
- JaspritBumrah has figures of 4/33.
- Mohammed Siraj dismissed Mitchell Marsh to reduce Australia to 38 for 5.
- Harshit Rana joined in on the fun with the wicket of Travis Head.
- India were all out for 150 in their first innings.
- Earlier, Bumrah dismissed Nathan McSweeney for 10 to give India an early breakthrough.
- The India captain added two more wickets to his tally – Usman Khawaja and Steve Smith (for a duck).
- Nitish Kumar Reddy was the last Indian wicket to fall as he scored 41 runs off 59 balls on debut.
- Rishabh Pant and Nitish Kumar Reddy gave India some momentum with a 48-run stand for the seventh wicket.
- India lost DhruvJurel and Washington Sundar to Mitchell Marsh early in the second session.
- India were 51/4 in 25 overs at Lunch.
- KL Rahul’s long vigil ended in controversial circumstances as he fell to Starc after scoring 26 runs in 72 balls.
- Virat Kohli fell after scoring five runs to Josh Hazlewood.
- Jaiswal fell for an eight-ball duck while Padikkal couldn’t score after facing 23 balls.
- YashasviJaiswal and DevduttPadikkal fell for ducks to Mitchell Starc.
- Jasprit Bumrah won the toss and India chose to bat first.