In the first match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy that was played between India and Australia at the Optus Stadium in Perth, the Indian team completely dominated the match so far, in which, at their own home, they completely defeated Australia . In this test match, even though the Indian team was limited to a score of 150 in their first innings, but after this, where they bowled the Australian team’s first innings with a score of 104, they gave an excellent batting performance. and they scored 487. runs in the second innings. Declared score. With this, team India also achieved a historic feat which till date the Indian team had never been able to achieve against Australia in the history of Test cricket.
Took the lead in over 500 races for the first time in Australia
An excellent batting performance by the Indian team was seen in the second innings of the Perth Test match which saw a historic partnership of 201 runs for the first wicket. While KL Rahul played an innings of 77 runs, after this Yashasvi Jaiswal managed to score the fourth century of his Test career and an excellent innings of 161 runs was seen with his bat. After this, Virat Kohli also managed to score a century in Test cricket after a long time. Kohli played an innings of 100 runs in 143 balls. On this basis, while the Indian team managed to give a target of 534 runs to Australia, it is the first time in the history of Test cricket that the Indian team also managed to gain a lead of more than 500 runs against Australia at home. .
Teams lead over 500 runs against Australia in Tests
England – 741 runs (Brisbane Test, 1928)
South Africa – 631 runs (WACA Stadium, 2012)
West Indies: 573 runs (Adelaide Stadium, 1980)
South Africa – 538 runs (WACA Stadium, 2016)
India – 533 runs (Perth Optus Stadium, 2024)
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