India are dominating Australia within the first Test. Captain Jasprit Bumrah picked a blinding 5-30 as India secured a helpful 46-run lead at lunch on day two of first Test after bowling out Australia for 104 in 51.2 overs at Perth Stadium on Saturday. It can also be the third lowest-score for Australia in Tests at dwelling since 2000. In the morning, resuming kind 67/7, India regarded sure to finish the innings early, however Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood pissed off them with a dogged last-wicket stand of 25 off 110 balls, as they had been in a position to maintain the deficit beneath 50 runs. Apart from Bumrah, debutant all-rounder Harshit Rana completed with 3-48.
After the last-wicket stand was damaged India had been relieved. In the stands, actor and Virat Kohli‘s spouse Anushka Sharma together with Sanjana Ganesan, sports activities anchor and Jasprit Bumrah’s spouse, heaved a sigh of aid. Their response has gone viral.
Literally all of us after that Starc wicket
— Pallavi Anand (@PallaviSAnand) November 23, 2024
Anushka Sharma Reaction, After Australia’s final wicket fell. Ahh!!! Finally..#INDvAUS #ViratKohli #BGT2025#RishabhPant pic.twitter.com/k1O3NAxdQh
— Sports In Veins (@sportsinveins) November 23, 2024
India had a improbable begin to day two’s play, because of Bumrah hanging on his first ball of the day to finish his eleventh five-wicket haul in Tests, as he acquired Alex Carey to nick behind. Harshit Rana acquired the reward for his banging into the pitch deliveries as Nathan Lyon was cramped for room and his well-directed brief ball took the glove edge to slide cordon.
Bumrah may have gotten his sixth wicket in Hazlewood if the wrong-footed Rishabh Pant had made a dive in time to take a catch. From there, Starc was stable in his defence and resorted to strike-rotation to fetch essential runs for Australia, regardless of being hit as soon as on the helmet by Rana.
It additionally helped the last-wicket pair of Starc and Hazlewood that the seam motion of the ball went down after 40 overs, thus aiding them extra in getting essential runs. The duo held their floor properly to sew a stand of 25 runs off 110 balls, the best partnership on this innings for Australia.
But simply earlier than lunch break, Rana had Starc miscuing a slog to Pant to dismiss him for 26 off 112 balls and safe a helpful lead for India, who would now purpose to take the higher hand on this frenetic Test match by placing in a greater batting efficiency of their second innings.
Brief Scores: India 150 in 49.4 overs lead Australia 104 in 51.2 overs (Mitchell Starc 26, Alex Carey 21; Jasprit Bumrah 5-30, Harshit Rana 3-48) by 46 runs
With IANS inputs
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