In the first Test match of the Border Gavaskar Trophy, none of the batsmen could play sustainably except Nitish Reddy and Rishabh Pant who made their Test debut on the first day. Thus, on the first day in Perth, hosts Australia bowled out India for just 150 runs in the first innings till the tea break. The Indian team could not even play 50 overs. Captain Jasprit Bumrah won the toss and elected to bat first on a bouncy green pitch. Pant (37 off 78 balls) and Reddy put on a 48-run partnership for the seventh wicket, which helped Team India reach the 150-run score. The most successful bowler from Australia was Josh Hazlewood who dismissed 4 Indian batsmen. At the same time, Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins and Mitchell Marsh took 2 wickets each.
Bumrah wreaked havoc with the ball
In response to India’s 150 runs, Australia’s innings started very badly. Nathan McSweeney, who was playing his first Test match, fell victim to Bumrah in the third over. Bumrah then bowled his fourth over in the 7th over which changed the game. Bumrah bowled brilliantly in this over and made Usman Khawaja his first victim on the fourth ball. Bowling from round the wicket, Bumrah bowled a good length ball in the line of off stump, which after falling came out rather than coming in at an angle. Usman Khawaja didn’t get the ball and the ball kissed the outside edge of the bat and went into Kohli’s hands at second slip.
Smith falls prey to the golden duck
The Australian team had not yet recovered from the shock of Khawaja’s wicket when Bumrah created a stir by dismissing veteran Steve Smith at the crease as the new batsman on his very first ball. In this way, the great Australian batsman was dismissed for a golden duck and returned to the pavilion. With this, Jasprit Bumrah has created a new record. Jasprit Bumrah has become only the second bowler in the world to achieve the feat of dismissing Steve Smith for a golden duck in a Test. Earlier this feat was only recorded in the name of former South African fast bowler Dale Steyn. Stan achieved this great achievement in the year 2014. Now Bumrah’s name has also been included in this special club of Stan.
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