After losing against Australia at home, team India visited Australia under pressure. Team India stepped into Australia without the regular captain Rohit Sharma. As Rohit Sharma is not available for the first test in the Australia versus India tournament due to family reasons. However, the players of team India responded and played really well under pressure even after collapsing in the first innings. The bowling unit responded really well and the bathing unit of team India performed really well in the second innings helping team India to register a massive victory over Australia.
Everything about the first test match between Australia versus India
Team India won the toss and elected to bat first, and it was a disappointing performance by the players as Yashasvi Jaiswal went back to the pavilion without opening the account while his partner added 26 to the total. Devdutt Padikkal was not able to open the account while Virat Kohli went back to the pavilion after scoring just 5.
Rishabh Pant contributed 37 while Dhruv Jurel and Washington Sundar contributed 11 and 4 respectively. Nitish Kumar Reddy performed really well as he added 41 to the total while Harshit Rana added 7 and the captain of the side Jasprit Bumrah added 8. Team India ended the innings at 150. However, the bowling unit of team India performed really well and the captain Jasprit Bumrah removed 5 wickets.
In the reply, Australia lost Usman Khawaja for just 8 while his partner Nathan McSweeney contributed 10 and Marnus Labuschagne contributed 2. Steven Smith went back to the pavilion without opening his account while Travis Head added 11 and Mitchell Marsh contributed 6.
Alex Carey contributed 21 while Pat Cummins added 3 and Mitchell Starc added 26. Nathan Lyon contributed 5 and Josh Hazlewood added 7 to the total. Team India restricted Australia at 104.
Team India played well in the second innings as Yashasvi Jaiswal smashed 161 while KL Rahul contributed 77 and Devdutt Padikkal added 25. Virat Kohli remained unbeaten after scoring 100. Rishabh Pant and Dhruv Jurel went to back to the pavilion after scoring just one to their accounts.
Washington Sundar added 29 and Nitish Kumar Reddy was not out after scoring 38. Team India declared the innings after scoring 487/6.
Australia lost Nathan McSweeney for 0 while Usman Khawaja went back to the pavilion after scoring just 4. Pat Cummins and Marnus Labuschagne were dismissed for 2 and 3 respectively. Steven Smith contributed 17 while Travis Head played really well and he was dismissed after scoring 89 and Mitchell Marsh contributed 47.
Alex Carey contributed 36 while Mitchell Starc added 12 and Nathan Lyon was dismissed for 0 and Josh Hazlewood contributed 4. Australia all out for just 238 and team India won the game by 295 runs. Jasprit Bumrah took three wickets in the second innings. In total, Jasprit Bumrah got 8 wickets in the match and he was named player of the match.
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