IND vs AUS: Historic record broken in Perth, first time since 1948 by Team India

The Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 is off to a bang in Perth. 17 wickets fell on the first day of the first Test being played at the Optus Stadium in Perth. Batting first, Team India was bundled out for just 150 runs in the first innings. After this, the Indian fast bowlers, led by captain Jasprit Bumrah, produced a brilliant performance and bowled out Australia for 104 runs in the first session on the very next day. In this way, Team India has created a new record of bowling Australia out for the lowest score in the first innings of a Test match at their own home. Let us tell you that in the year 1947, Team India did a great feat by defeating the host Australia by 107 runs in the first innings of the Test match played in Sydney. Now Team India has broken its own big record.

The Indian opening pair did wonders

After bowling Australia out for 104 runs in the first innings and taking a lead of 46 runs, Team India started the second innings in a brilliant fashion. Openers Yashshwi Jaiswal and KL Rahul started cautiously and put 84 runs on the scoreboard without losing a wicket till tea on the second day. Even after tea, Jaiswal and KL’s brilliant batting continued and the duo soon completed the 100-run partnership. Shortly after this, Yashaswi Jaiswal completed his half-century and thus set a record for scoring 50+ nine times in Tests this year. Jaiswal left Root behind.

The Australian bowlers kept looking for the first wicket but to no avail. Meanwhile, Jaiswal and KL Rahul together took the score of Team India to 126 runs in 47 overs in the second innings. With this, the opening pair of Team India has broken the 76-year-old record on Australian soil. In fact, Yashaswi Jaiswal and KL Rahul’s 126-run partnership is the fourth highest by any Indian opening pair in Australia. Earlier this record was made by the duo of Vinu Mankad and Chandu Sarwate in the year 1948. Then both of them shared a partnership of 124 runs for the first wicket.

Largest partnership by an Indian opening pair in Australia

191 runs – Sunil Gavaskar and Chris Srikkanth (1986)

165 runs – Sunil Gavaskar and Chetan Chauhan (1981)

141 runs – Akash Chopra and Virender Sehwag (2003)

131 runs – Yashwi Jaiswal and KL Rahul (2024)

124 runs – Vinu Mankad and Chandu Sarawate (1948)*

123 runs – Akash Chopra and Virender Sehwag (2004)

Shortly after this, the duo completed a 145-run partnership and subsequently set a record for India’s highest opening partnership since 2010 in the Commonwealth Games.