India Vs Australia : 1st test in Perth A Historic Win, India Dominates Australia in Perth: A Historic Win, The first Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy between India and Australia, played at the Optus Stadium in Perth, witnessed a stunning Indian victory. The match was a rollercoaster ride of emotions, filled with dramatic moments and unforgettable performances.
Day 1: A shaky start for India
India’s batting faltered on the first day, with the top order failing to deliver. The Indian team was bundled out for a paltry total of 150 runs, with the Australian bowlers exploiting the conditions to their advantage. Pat Cummins and Scott Boland were the standout performers for Australia, picking up crucial wickets.
Day 2: India fights back
The second day saw a complete turnaround in the match. India’s bowlers, led by Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj, dismantled the Australian batting lineup, bowling them out for a meager 104 runs. Bumrah, in particular, was unplayable, picking up a five-wicket haul.
Day 3: India’s dominance continues
India’s batsmen capitalized on the momentum and piled on the runs in their second innings. Yashasvi Jaiswal, in his debut Test match, scored a brilliant century, while Virat Kohli also contributed with a valuable knock. India declared their innings at 487/6, setting a challenging target of 534 runs for Australia.
Day 4: India seals the deal
The fourth day witnessed the final nail in the coffin for Australia. The Australian batsmen struggled to cope with the Indian bowling attack, with Bumrah and Siraj continuing their impressive performances. Australia were eventually bowled out for 238 runs, handing India a resounding victory by 295 runs.
Key takeaways from the match India Vs Australia : 1st test in Perth A Historic Win
- India’s bowling attack: The Indian bowling attack, led by Bumrah and Siraj, was the standout performer throughout the match. They consistently troubled the Australian batsmen with their pace and accuracy.
- Yashasvi Jaiswal’s debut: The young opener made a dream debut, scoring a magnificent century. His performance was a testament to his talent and potential.
- Virat Kohli’s return to form: Kohli played a crucial role in India’s victory, scoring a valuable century. His performance will boost his confidence and give India a much-needed boost.
- Australia’s batting woes: The Australian batting lineup struggled throughout the match. They failed to adapt to the conditions and were unable to put up a competitive total.
Impact on the Border-Gavaskar Trophy of India vs Australia Ist test
India’s victory in the first Test has put them in a strong position to win the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. They now lead the series 1-0 and will be confident of extending their lead in the upcoming Tests. However, Australia will be eager to bounce back and level the series.
The Road Ahead
The second Test of the series will be played at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium in Nagpur. It will be interesting to see how the two teams approach the match, especially after the first Test. India will be looking to capitalize on their momentum, while Australia will be desperate to avoid a 0-2 deficit.
Score card of India Vs Australia 1st test
| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Yashasvi Jaiswal
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c McSweeney b Starc | 0 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
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KL Rahul
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c †Carey b Starc | 26 | 74 | 109 | 3 | 0 | 35.13 | ||
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Devdutt Padikkal
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c †Carey b Hazlewood | 0 | 23 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
| c Khawaja b Hazlewood | 5 | 12 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 41.66 | |||
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Rishabh Pant †
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c Smith b Cummins | 37 | 78 | 145 | 3 | 1 | 47.43 | ||
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Dhruv Jurel
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c Labuschagne b Marsh | 11 | 20 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 55.00 | ||
|
Washington Sundar
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c †Carey b Marsh | 4 | 15 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 26.66 | ||
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Nitish Kumar Reddy
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c Khawaja b Cummins | 41 | 59 | 87 | 6 | 1 | 69.49 | ||
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Harshit Rana
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c Labuschagne b Hazlewood | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 140.00 | ||
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Jasprit Bumrah (c)
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c †Carey b Hazlewood | 8 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 100.00 | ||
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Mohammed Siraj
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not out | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | ||
| Extras | (b 4, lb 1, nb 4, w 2) | 11 | |||||||
| Total |
49.4 Ov (RR: 3.02)
|
150 | |||||||
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Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Yashasvi Jaiswal, 2.1 ov), 2-14 (Devdutt Padikkal, 10.6 ov), 3-32 (Virat Kohli, 16.2 ov), 4-47 (KL Rahul, 22.2 ov), 5-59 (Dhruv Jurel, 27.5 ov), 6-73 (Washington Sundar, 31.4 ov), 7-121 (Rishabh Pant, 45.5 ov), 8-128 (Harshit Rana, 46.4 ov), 9-144 (Jasprit Bumrah, 48.6 ov), 10-150 (Nitish Kumar Reddy, 49.4 ov) • DRS
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| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Mitchell Starc
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11 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 1.27 | 1 | 1 |
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Josh Hazlewood
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13 | 5 | 29 | 4 | 2.23 | 0 | 0 |
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Pat Cummins
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15.4 | 2 | 67 | 2 | 4.27 | 1 | 0 |
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Nathan Lyon
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5 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 4.60 | 0 | 0 |
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Mitchell Marsh
|
5 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 2.40 | 0 | 3 |
| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Usman Khawaja
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c Kohli b Bumrah | 8 | 19 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 42.10 | ||
|
Nathan McSweeney
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lbw b Bumrah | 10 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 76.92 | ||
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Marnus Labuschagne
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lbw b Mohammed Siraj | 2 | 52 | 95 | 0 | 0 | 3.84 | ||
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Steven Smith
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lbw b Bumrah | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
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Travis Head
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b Harshit Rana | 11 | 13 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 84.61 | ||
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Mitchell Marsh
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c Rahul b Mohammed Siraj | 6 | 19 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 31.57 | ||
|
Alex Carey †
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c †Pant b Bumrah | 21 | 31 | 57 | 3 | 0 | 67.74 | ||
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Pat Cummins (c)
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c †Pant b Bumrah | 3 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 60.00 | ||
|
Mitchell Starc
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c †Pant b Harshit Rana | 26 | 112 | 127 | 2 | 0 | 23.21 | ||
|
Nathan Lyon
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c Rahul b Harshit Rana | 5 | 16 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 31.25 | ||
|
Josh Hazlewood
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not out | 7 | 31 | 83 | 1 | 0 | 22.58 | ||
| Extras | (lb 1, nb 4) | 5 | |||||||
| Total |
51.2 Ov (RR: 2.02)
|
104 | |||||||
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Fall of wickets: 1-14 (Nathan McSweeney, 2.3 ov), 2-19 (Usman Khawaja, 6.4 ov), 3-19 (Steven Smith, 6.5 ov), 4-31 (Travis Head, 11.1 ov), 5-38 (Mitchell Marsh, 16.5 ov), 6-47 (Marnus Labuschagne, 20.6 ov), 7-59 (Pat Cummins, 24.2 ov), 8-70 (Alex Carey, 28.1 ov), 9-79 (Nathan Lyon, 33.2 ov), 10-104 (Mitchell Starc, 51.2 ov) • DRS
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| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | 6 | 30 | 5 | 1.66 | 0 | 2 | |
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Mohammed Siraj
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13 | 7 | 20 | 2 | 1.53 | 0 | 0 |
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Harshit Rana
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15.2 | 3 | 48 | 3 | 3.13 | 0 | 2 |
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Nitish Kumar Reddy
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3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1.33 | 0 | 0 |
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Washington Sundar
|
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.50 | 0 | 0 |
| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Yashasvi Jaiswal
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c Smith b Marsh | 161 | 297 | 432 | 15 | 3 | 54.20 | ||
|
KL Rahul
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c †Carey b Starc | 77 | 176 | 295 | 5 | 0 | 43.75 | ||
|
Devdutt Padikkal
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c Smith b Hazlewood | 25 | 71 | 87 | 2 | 0 | 35.21 | ||
| not out | 100 | 143 | 221 | 8 | 2 | 69.93 | |||
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Rishabh Pant †
|
st †Carey b Lyon | 1 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | ||
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Dhruv Jurel
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lbw b Cummins | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16.66 | ||
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Washington Sundar
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b Lyon | 29 | 94 | 116 | 0 | 1 | 30.85 | ||
|
Nitish Kumar Reddy
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not out | 38 | 27 | 40 | 3 | 2 | 140.74 | ||
| Extras | (b 22, lb 15, nb 11, w 7) | 55 | |||||||
| Total |
134.3 Ov (RR: 3.62)
|
487/6d | |||||||
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Did not bat:
Harshit Rana, Jasprit Bumrah (c), Mohammed Siraj
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Fall of wickets: 1-201 (KL Rahul, 62.6 ov), 2-275 (Devdutt Padikkal, 84.1 ov), 3-313 (Yashasvi Jaiswal, 93.5 ov), 4-320 (Rishabh Pant, 95.1 ov), 5-321 (Dhruv Jurel, 96.3 ov), 6-410 (Washington Sundar, 125.5 ov) • DRS
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| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Mitchell Starc
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26 | 2 | 111 | 1 | 4.26 | 0 | 0 |
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Josh Hazlewood
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21 | 9 | 28 | 1 | 1.33 | 0 | 1 |
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Pat Cummins
|
25 | 5 | 86 | 1 | 3.44 | 1 | 3 |
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Mitchell Marsh
|
12 | 0 | 65 | 1 | 5.41 | 0 | 6 |
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Nathan Lyon
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39 | 5 | 96 | 2 | 2.46 | 0 | 0 |
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Marnus Labuschagne
|
6.3 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 5.84 | 2 | 1 |
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Travis Head
|
5 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 5.20 | 0 | 0 |
| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Nathan McSweeney
|
lbw b Bumrah | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
|
Usman Khawaja
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c †Pant b Mohammed Siraj | 4 | 13 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 30.76 | ||
|
Pat Cummins (c)
|
c Kohli b Mohammed Siraj | 2 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | ||
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Marnus Labuschagne
|
lbw b Bumrah | 3 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 60.00 | ||
|
Steven Smith
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c †Pant b Mohammed Siraj | 17 | 60 | 92 | 0 | 0 | 28.33 | ||
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Travis Head
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c †Pant b Bumrah | 89 | 101 | 153 | 8 | 0 | 88.11 | ||
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Mitchell Marsh
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b Nitish Kumar Reddy | 47 | 67 | 93 | 3 | 2 | 70.14 | ||
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Alex Carey †
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b Harshit Rana | 36 | 58 | 103 | 2 | 0 | 62.06 | ||
|
Mitchell Starc
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c Jurel b Washington Sundar | 12 | 35 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 34.28 | ||
|
Nathan Lyon
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b Washington Sundar | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
|
Josh Hazlewood
|
not out | 4 | 10 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 40.00 | ||
| Extras | (b 5, lb 2, nb 11, w 6) | 24 | |||||||
| Total |
58.4 Ov (RR: 4.05)
|
238 | |||||||
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Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Nathan McSweeney, 0.4 ov), 2-9 (Pat Cummins, 3.1 ov), 3-12 (Marnus Labuschagne, 4.2 ov), 4-17 (Usman Khawaja, 5.3 ov), 5-79 (Steven Smith, 24.4 ov), 6-161 (Travis Head, 38.5 ov), 7-182 (Mitchell Marsh, 43.4 ov), 8-227 (Mitchell Starc, 53.4 ov), 9-227 (Nathan Lyon, 53.6 ov), 10-238 (Alex Carey, 58.4 ov) • DRS
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| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | 1 | 42 | 3 | 3.50 | 1 | 5 | |
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Mohammed Siraj
|
14 | 2 | 51 | 3 | 3.64 | 1 | 1 |
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Harshit Rana
|
13.4 | 1 | 69 | 1 | 5.04 | 0 | 2 |
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Washington Sundar
|
15 | 0 | 48 | 2 | 3.20 | 0 | 0 |
|
Nitish Kumar Reddy
|
4 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 5.25 | 0 | 3 |
Conclusion
The first Test between India and Australia was a thrilling contest that showcased the best of Test cricket. India’s dominant performance has set the tone for the series, and it will be exciting to see how the remaining Tests unfold.
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