Perth Test: After India, Australian batsmen also failed, 17 wickets fell on the first day

Kangaroos also failed to bat after India lost 17 wickets on the first day of the first Test match against Australia in Perth.

IND VS AUS TEST MATCH

The first Test match of the five-match Border Gavaskar Trophy series between Australia and India has started in Perth. The first day of the match proved to be sensational and 17 wickets fell on the first day.

While Bharti Surma was bowled out for only 150 runs after playing 49.4 overs in the second session, the Kangaroos also lost 7 wickets for only 67 runs by the end of the first day and are still facing a deficit of 83 runs.

The Australian batting got off to a disastrous start and half the team had returned to the pavilion on 39 runs. Indian captain Jasprit Bumrah cracked the strong batting of the Kangaroos, who took the first three wickets and forced Australia to go on the back foot.

Usman Khawaja (8), Nathan McSweeney (10), and Steven Smith (0) were Bumrah's wickets. Lubhushan was shown the way to the pavilion by an LBW dismissal by Mohammad Siraj on an individual score of 2.

Mitchell Marsh was bowled by Mohammad Siraj for his second wicket and Travis Head was bowled by Harshit Rana for his first wicket. Bumrah took the wicket of Australian captain Pat Cummins.

By the end of the first day, Australia had scored 67 runs for 7 wickets. Mitchell Starc is at the crease with 6 and Alex Carey with 19 runs.

Earlier, when Indian captain Jasprit Bumrah won the toss and decided to bat first, the entire team returned to the pavilion after piling up on 150 runs in the second session.

No batsman from India could score a half-century and Nitish Kumar Reddy was the top scorer with 41 runs. Virat Kohli's streak of failure continued and he could only score 5 runs. 7 Indian players could not even enter in double figures.

Rishabh Pant 37 and KL Rahul 26 were the other prominent batsmen while Yashvi Jaispal and Devdutt Padikal could not open the account of runs.

Josh Hazlewood was the most successful bowler for Australia who took 4 wickets for 29 runs. Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, and Mitchell Marsh got two wickets each.

It should be noted that the said Test series is part of the ICC World Test Championship 2023-25 ​​and India needs a must-win in this series to reach the final of the championship in June next year.

In case of a series draw or loss, India will have to depend on the results of other teams to reach the final.

India was recently whitewashed by New Zealand in the Test series at the same ground after being beaten by Sri Lanka in the Test series earlier.