The Border-Gavaskar Trophy has started between India and Australia. The first match of this series is being played in Perth. The first day of the competition was very exciting. Amazing bowling was seen from the bowlers of both the teams. But Indian fast bowlers appeared to be in a different rhythm. In the Perth Test, the command of Team India is in the hands of Jasprit Bumrah and Australia is being captained by Pat Cummins. This is the first time in the history of Border-Gavaskar Trophy when two fast bowlers are playing in the same Test. In such a situation, the first day of the game was also in the name of the bowlers.
Bowlers dominate on the first day of Perth Test
Indian team captain Jasprit Bumrah had won the toss in the match and decided to bat first. But Indian batsmen could not do anything special. The entire team collapsed after scoring 150 runs in just 49.4. During this, Nitish Kumar Reddy, playing his first Test, scored the maximum of 41 runs. Apart from him, Rishabh Pant contributed 37 runs. At the same time, Josh Hazlewood took maximum 4 wickets for Australia. Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins and Mitchell Marsh also managed to take 2-2 wickets.
But Indian bowlers are one step ahead of Australia. In response to 150 runs, Australia could score only 67 runs in its first innings till the end of the day and lost 7 wickets. Half of Australia’s team returned to the pavilion at the score of 38 runs. The biggest reason for this was Jasprit Bumrah. Captain Jasprit Bumrah bowled very lethally and made 4 batsmen his victims by giving only 17 runs in 10 overs. He showed the way to the pavilion to Usman Khawaja, Nathan McSweeney, Steve Smith and Pat Cummins. Apart from them, Mohammad Siraj took 2 wickets and Harshit Rana took 1 wicket.
This happened in Australia after 72 years
The bowlers of both the teams together made a big record in their name at the Optus Stadium in Perth. A total of 17 batsmen were out on the first day of the Perth Test. Let us tell you, this is the record for the highest number of wickets falling on the first day of a Test match in Australia after 1952. This means that such havoc by bowlers had never been seen in the last 72 years. In such a situation, the second day of the game is going to be very important for both the teams. The Indian team will be eyeing to end Australia’s innings as soon as possible. At the same time, Australia would like to add as many runs as possible to its score.