Team India has completely dominated the first match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy between India and Australia at the Optus Stadium in Perth so far, putting Australia on the backfoot at home. In this Test match, though the Indian team was restricted to a score of 150 in their first innings, but then they bowled out the Australian team for 104 runs in the first innings, while in the second match, they had a brilliant batting performance. Innings and declared a score of 487 runs. Along with this, Team India also achieved a historic feat which till date the Indian team has never been able to do against Australia in the history of Test cricket.
Took the lead of 500 plus runs for the first time in Australia
The second innings of the Perth Test saw a brilliant batting performance from the Indian team which saw a historic partnership of 201 runs for the first wicket. While KL Rahul played an innings of 77 runs, after this Yashwi Jaiswal managed to score the fourth century of his Test career and his brilliant innings of 161 runs with the bat. After this, Virat Kohli also managed to score a century in Test cricket after a long time. Kohli played an innings of 100 runs in 143 balls. Based on which team India managed to give Australia a target of 534 runs, but it has happened for the first time in the history of Test cricket that the Indian team also managed to get a lead of 500 plus runs against Australia. their house
A team taking a 500 plus run lead in a Test against Australia
England – 741 runs (Brisbane Test, 1928)
South Africa – 631 runs (WACA Stadium, 2012)
West Indies – 573 runs (Adelaide Stadium, 1980)
South Africa – 538 runs (WACA Stadium, 2016)
India – 533 runs (Perth Optus Stadium, 2024)
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