India vs Australia 1st Test: The first match of the 5-match Border-Gavaskar Trophy Test series between India and Australia is being played at the Optus Stadium in Perth. The special thing is that in the absence of Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah is commanding the team. In this match, Bumrah won the toss and decided to bat first. However, India’s start was not good and within just one and a half hour the Indian team lost 3 wickets for 32 runs.
Seventh blow to India
India got the seventh blow in the form of Rishabh Pant in Perth. After scoring 37 runs, he was caught by Steve Smith in the slip off the bowling of Pat Cummins. When Pant was out, the Indian team’s score was 121/7.
Rishabh Pant Pant-Nitish pair crossed the 100 run mark
The Indian team, which had lost 6 wickets for 73 runs, was afraid of being limited to within 100 runs. But Rishabh Pant and Nitish Kumar Reddy have taken command of the team. Both of them took India beyond 100 runs.
India lost 6 wickets in 32 overs
India has scored 73 runs after losing 6 wickets in 32 overs. Rishabh Pant is playing after scoring 17 runs. He has hit 2 fours in 42 balls.
Yashasvi Jaiswal and Devdutt Padikkal were out on zero.
The first blow to India came in the form of Yashasvi Jaiswal who could not even open his account. After him, Devdutt Padikkal, who was at number three in this match, could not even open his account. Devdutt looked very defensive during his innings. He faced a total of 23 balls, but Jaiswal was out on 0 runs.
Then Virat Kohli and K.L. Rahul was expected to carry the innings forward. But even King Kohli could not understand Josh Hazlewood’s ball and was caught out by Usman Khawaja. In this way the Indian cricket team lost three wickets in the match of one and a half hour. When Virat was out, the score of the Indian team was 32/3.
A total of 3 players debuted
The first Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 begins today (November 22) at the Optus Stadium in Perth. In this match, Indian team captain Jasprit Bumrah won the toss and decided to bat first. In this match, 3 new players from India and Australia debuted. Whereas two veteran players like Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja were dropped.
The only specialist spinner in the Indian team is Washington Sundar. In this match, Nitish Kumar Reddy and Harshit Rana made their Test debut for the Indian team. Apart from this, Devdutt Padikkal was given a chance.