Australia vs India, first test in Perth Highlights: The first match of the five-match Test series between India and Australia will be played at the Optus Stadium in Perth. In this match, Indian captain Jasprit Bumrah won the toss and decided to bat first. The Indian team scored 150 runs in their first innings. In response, Australia scored 67 runs for seven wickets in their first innings at stumps on the first day (November 22). Alex Carey is in the crease after scoring 19 runs and Mitchell Starc has 6 runs. The Australian team is still trailing by 83 runs in the first innings.
Falling windows on the first day, these records were made.
There was a fall of wickets on the first day of this match. A total of 17 wickets fell in the first day’s play. 10 Indian innings and 7 Australian innings Steve Smith couldn’t even open his account in Australia’s first innings. Steve was out LBW off Jasprit Bumrah on his first ball. Bumrah is the second bowler to dismiss Smith for a golden duck in Test cricket. At the beginning of 2014, Dale Steyn from South Africa had achieved such a feat.
Bowlers who dismissed Steve Smith for a golden duck (Test)
Dale Steyn Port Elizabeth 2014
jasprit bumrah perth 2024
If seen, this is the second time after the year 1980 when Australia lost five wickets before reaching 40 runs in a Test innings at home. This was seen against South Africa in Hobart in 2016 (17 runs for 5 wickets). On the first day of the Perth Test match, the ball had an average temperature of more than 0.793 degrees. On the first day, 181 runs were scored and 17 wickets fell, meaning the batting average on the first day was 10.64. On the second day of the Brisbane Test between Australia and South Africa in the year 2022, the seamers scored an average seam of 0.810 degrees and the batting average was 9.16 (18 wickets for 165 runs).
This happened for the ninth time as the Indian team went all out on the first day of a Test series on foreign soil. The last time this was seen was in 2011 against the West Indies in Kingston. However, for the first time in these nine occasions, the Indian team was able to play so few overs. Let us tell you that in the Perth Test, the Indian team played only 49.4 overs in their first innings.
Debutant player Nitish did wonders with the bat.
In the Indian team’s first innings, debutant Nitish Kumar Reddy scored the highest score of 41 runs in 59 balls, which included 6 fours and a six. While batsman Rishabh Pant contributed 37 runs and KL Rahul contributed 26 runs. Apart from these three, only Dhruv Jurel (11 runs) could reach double figures. For Australia, Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc and Mitchell Marsh took two wickets each. While Josh Hazlewood achieved a maximum of four hits. For Australia, all 10 wickets were taken by fast bowlers.
In response, the Indian bowlers led by Jasprit Bumrah wreaked havoc. Usman Khawaja and Nathan McSweeney started the innings for Australia. Australia started a little better than India. But debutant McSweeney (10) turned LBW with the ball from Bumrah. After this there was a flurry of wickets. In no time, Australia lost seven wickets until the score was 59 runs. Jasprit Bumrah has taken four wickets so far. Mohammad Siraj has two wickets, while Harshit Rana has one wicket.
Best score of 8th or lower on Test debut (Indian batsman)
Amar Singh
Dattu Phadkar
CD Gopinath
Balwinder Sandhu
Stuart Binny
Nitish Kumar Reddy
Most dropped catches for India in last 5 years (all three formats)
Virat Kohli – 47
Rohit Sharma- 21
KL Rahul- 21
Mohammad Siraj- 20
India plays 11 in Perth Test: KL Rahul, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Devdutt Padikkal, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (goalkeeper), Dhruv Jurel, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Harshit Rana, Jasprit Bumrah (captain), Mohammed Siraj.
Australia will play 11 in the Perth test: Usman Khawaja, Nathan McSweeney, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh, Alex Carey (goalkeeper), Pat Cummins (captain), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood.
