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Indian team’s fast bowler and captain of the first Test match against Australia, Jasprit Bumrah has praised Virat Kohli after the first Test match played in Perth. Bumrah says that Kohli does not need the team, but we need him. India has taken a 1-0 lead in the 5-match Test series by defeating Australia in the first match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
India defeated Australia by 295 runs
India defeated Australia by 295 runs in the first match of the five-match Test series. Team India gave Australia a target of 534 runs at the Optus Stadium in Perth. In reply, the Kangaroo team collapsed for 238 runs in the second innings. After winning the toss and batting first, India scored 150 runs in the first innings. In reply, Australia was out for 104 runs in the first innings. At the end of the first innings, India had a lead of 46 runs. India declared the second innings at 487 runs for six wickets and took a lead of 533 runs.
Kohli played a brilliant innings!
Kohli scored a century on the third day of the first test match against Australia. Kohli has been going through poor form for some time now, but he contributed to India’s victory by playing a strong innings in Perth. Kohli played an unbeaten inning of 100 runs in 143 balls. He hit 8 fours and two sixes in his innings. This was Kohli’s seventh Test century in Australia and overtook Sachin Tendulkar for most Test centuries in Australia. This was Kohli’s first century in Test format after 6 years in Australia. Before this, he had scored his last century in this format on Australian soil in 2018.
Bumrah said a big thing about Kohli
In the press conference after the match, Bumrah said, I would say for Kohli that he does not need us, rather we need him. I have said earlier also that Kohli is looking in good form. Although, he was out on a good ball in the first innings, but he performed well in the second innings. Kohli is a very experienced player of the team and this is his fourth or fifth tour to Australia.
What did Bumrah say about the day-night test?
Bumrah was also asked about the second Test to be held in Adelaide from December 6. The second Test between India and Australia will be played with pink ball as it will be a day-night Test. Regarding this, Bumrah said, this time the Perth wicket was a little different compared to when we played here in 2018. There was a change in this wicket compared to the first innings. We learned from the experience of 2018 which helped us. Right now I am not thinking about the pink ball because now we have won. We will think about this when we camp in Canberra.