Australia vs India, 1st Test - Perth

Legends Allan Border and Sunil Gavaskar bring the Border-Gavaskar trophy to the middle as the teams get ready for the anthems. India's Jana Gana Mana is followed by Advance Australia Fair.

India have won the toss and have opted to bat

Teams:

Australia (Playing XI):

Khawaja, Nathan McSweeney, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh, Alex Carey(w), Pat Cummins(c), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood

India (Playing XI):

KL Rahul, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Devdutt Padikkal, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant(w), Dhruv Jurel, Nitish Reddy, Washington Sundar, Harshit Rana, Jasprit Bumrah(c), Mohammed Siraj

2.1
Mitchell Starc to Jaiswal, out Caught by McSweeney!! Edgeddd and straight to gully. Full and asking for the drive, very gentle away swing but it had decent bounce, took a thick edge as Jaiswal went really hard on the drive and the debutant swallowed the catch easily. Jaiswal c McSweeney b Mitchell Starc 0(


ND 5/1 (2.1) CRR: 2.31

India wont make 250 runs in their first innings

Hazlewood to Kohli, out Caught by Khawaja!! Oh the bounce has done him! Kohli c Khawaja b Hazlewood 5(12)

IND 32/3 (16.2) CRR: 1.96

Day 1: 1st Session


Rishabh Pant, left handed bat, comes to the crease

Wow Virat???

Kohli average 47.6 and dropping fast

Disciplined accurate fast bowling.

In reply to RedDuppy

And on a wicket that has some pace & bounce… there should be more wickets like this around the world

In reply to robbo

This is real Big Man cricket. Terrific bowling on a helpful pitch.
It is good to see batsmen being tested to the full.
This is Test cricket..bowlers must also have their due.

I picked India to win this series too as Australia's batting has some
weaknesses that the India attack is capable of exposing with both top line
pacers and spin variety.
I am enjoying this match so far.My two favourite sides in a real battle.

I guess Hazelwood was bowling too slow for weerat.

Oz 67/7 playing at home. Is this some kind of a record?

Gwaan Captain Bumrah. Gwaan!

IND 150

AUS 67/7 (27)

Day 1: Stumps - Australia trail by 83 runs

In reply to Drapsey

India & Australia combined (181 runs for 17 wickets) -


Australia & South Africa in 2022 (18 wickets for 165 runs)