The much-awaited 5-Test series between India and Australia started on Friday. This is the first match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy played between the two countries at Optus Stadium in Perth. Let us tell you that for the first time since 1992, a 5-Test series is being played between India and Australia. The first day of the Perth Test went in the name of the Indian team. Indian captain Jaspreet Bumrah won the toss and decided to bat first. However, his decision proved wrong. This is because Team India collapsed for just 150 runs in the first innings. After losing the Test series 0-3 against New Zealand in their own home, the batsmen of Team India, who went to Australia, have once again disappointed the Indian fans.
India is still ahead by 83 runs in the first innings
Certainly, this performance of the batsmen had shocked the fans, but the havoc created by the Indian bowlers was such that the tension vanished in the blink of an eye. By evening, the Indian bowlers brought happiness on everyone’s face. Let us tell you that Australia’s score is 67/7 at the end of the first day’s play. And in the first innings, India is still ahead by 83 runs.
Australian batsmen could not stand in front of Indian bowlers
It is worth noting that captain Bumrah gave early shocks to Australia by dismissing Usman Khawaja, Nathan McSweeney and Steve Smith. McSweeney was LBW after scoring 10 runs. Then Usman Khawaja was caught by Virat on Bumrah’s ball after scoring 8 runs. Steve Smith, who came to bat after Khawaja, could not even open his account and Bumrah got him LBW on the very first ball. Harshit Rana, the new bowler who made his debut in this match, created a sensation by clean bowling Travis Head for 11 runs. Mohammad Siraj completed the remaining task by dismissing Marnush Labuschagne for 2 runs and Mitchell Marsh for 6 runs. After this, Bumrah got the fourth success in the innings by getting Australian captain Pat Cummins out at the hands of Rishabh Pant for 3 runs.
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Indian batsmen faltered in front of Australian bowlers
Let us tell you that apart from Nitish Reddy’s 41 runs and Rishabh Pant’s 37 runs, who made their debut in Test cricket, no batsman of Team India could face the Australian bowlers. Pant and Reddy shared a 48-run partnership for the seventh wicket. Young batsmen Yashasvi Jaiswal and Devdutt Paddikal could not even open their account. Virat Kohli, who is struggling with poor form, could score only 5 runs. KL Rahul appeared to be handling the innings by scoring 26 runs in 74 balls but he could not last long and became a victim of the controversial decision of being caught behind the wicket. Captain Jaspreet Bumrah was out after scoring 8 runs and Harshit Rana after scoring 7 runs. Nitish Reddy was the last batsman to be out. In this way the Indian team was reduced to 150 runs.
Australian bowlers bowled brilliantly
Talking about the Australian bowlers, Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood did not let the Indian top order survive. Mitchell Starc took two wickets for 14 runs in 11 overs while Hazlewood took four wickets for 29 runs in 13 overs. Cummins took two wickets for 67 runs in 15.4 overs. Mitchell Marsh took the wickets of Dhruv Jurel and Washington Sundar (4) for 12 runs in five overs. Of course, the fans of both the countries expected an exciting match. Exactly the same happened. The bowlers of both the teams wreaked havoc in Perth. The bowlers wreaked such havoc that many great batsmen looked helpless in front of them.
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