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India beat Australia by 295 runs: Bumrah became Player of the Match by taking 8 wickets
Published - 25-NOV-2024 11:25 IST | Updated - 25-NOV-2024 11:25 IST
India has defeated Australia by 295 runs in the first Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. The team has taken a 1-0 lead in the 5-match Test series. The second match will be played in Adelaide from December 6.
On Monday, on the fourth day of the match at the Optus Stadium in Perth, the Kangaroo team chasing 534 runs was all out for 238 runs in the second innings. Earlier, India declared the second innings at 487 for 6 wickets. Team India scored 150 runs in the first innings. In response, Australia's first innings was reduced to 104 runs.
This is Australia's first defeat at the Optus Stadium in Perth. The team had played 4 matches before this and won all. This is India's biggest Test win in Australia so far. Earlier, the biggest win was of 222 runs, when the team defeated in Melbourne in 1977.
Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj took 3-3 wickets in Australia's second innings. Travis Head (89) scored a half-century. Bumrah was adjudged the Player of the Match. He had taken 5 wickets in the first innings.
India-Australia
India again tops WTC points table After winning the Perth match, India has again reached the top of the points table of the World Test Championship 2023-25 season. The team now has 61.11% points. At the same time, Australia's team (57.69%) has slipped to second place.
Playing-11 of both teams
India: Jasprit Bumrah (captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Devdutt Padikkal, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant, Dhruv Jurel, Washington Sundar, Nitish Reddy, Harshit Rana and Mohammed Siraj.
Australia: Pat Cummins (captain), Nathan McSweeney, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh, Alex Carey (wicketkeeper), Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood and Nathan Lyon.
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