IND vs AUS: Team India under the captaincy of Jasprit Bumrah has created history in Perth. Team India has created a new record by defeating hosts Australia in the first Test match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Team India, which had scored 150 runs in the first innings, had bowled out Australia for just 104 runs in the first innings. After this, Team India declared their second innings with a score of 487/6 runs and set a big target of 534 runs for Australia. Chasing this mountainous target, the Australian team collapsed for just 238 runs in the second innings. In this way, Team India created a great history by defeating Australia at their own home by 295 runs.
This is the Indian team’s biggest Test victory in terms of runs on Australian soil. Earlier, team India had won by 222 runs in the Test match played in Melbourne in the year 1977. Now team India has given Australia the pain of its biggest defeat at its own home. Not only this, India has achieved a record of the biggest Test win at WACA i.e. Perth. Before this, Team India had recorded its biggest win here in the year 2008 by 72 runs. India has become the first team to suffer defeat against Australia at the Optus Stadium in Perth. Australia has been playing test matches at this ground since 2018 and after 4 consecutive wins, they lost here.
Australian Test team performance at Optus Stadium, Perth
- 2018 – won
- 2019 – won
- 2022 – won
- 2023 – won
- 2024 – Hara vs India
Team India has now become the third team in the world to defeat Australia in Australia after scoring 150 runs or less in the first innings of the Test. Before this, only England and New Zealand had achieved this feat. Now Team India has also entered this special club.
Teams that defeated Australia in Australia after making 150 runs or less in the first innings of a Test.
- England (1887, 1888 and 1894)
- New Zealand (by 7 runs at Hobart in 2011)
- India (by 295 runs at Perth in 2024)
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