India vs Australia 1st Test

India tour of Australia 2024-25

India takes on Australia in a thrilling Test match at Perth Stadium, Perth stadium, with both teams looking to claim victory. Series is part of the ICC cricket tournament / Series.

India vs Australia 1st Test

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Playing XI

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

Australia Squad: Usman Khawaja, Nathan McSweeney, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh, Alex Carey (wk), Pat Cummins (c), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood

Match Result

IND beats AUS by 295 runs to take 1-0 series lead. India wins by 295 runs. All five Indian bowlers took at least one wicket and it was certainly a tremendous team effort that secured India a 1-0 lead in the five-match Border-Gavskar Trophy series.

India 150 (Hazlewood 4-29) and 487 for 6 dec (Jaiswal 161, Kohli 100*, Rahul 77) beat Australia 104 (Bumrah 5-30) and 238 (Head 89, Bumrah 3-42, Siraj 3-51) by 295 runs

Key highlights

Match exciting moment and key highlights from the today’s match India vs Australia 1st Test Live from Perth Stadium, Perth.

Record alert – India’s second biggest Test win vs Australia Down Under. India registered its second biggest Test win against Australia in Australia during the first Border-Gavaskar Trophy Test at the Optus Stadium in Perth on Monday.

POTM

Player Of The Match: Jasprit Bumrah (IND)

Best: 5/30 & 3/42

Who Said What

Jasprit Bumrah, India captain and POTM: Very happy. We were put under pressure in the first innings, but the way we responded, I’m really proud of the team. I played here in 2018 – I remember the wicket started soft and becomes quicker. This one was less spicy; we were really well prepared. I told everyone to keep faith in their process and ability. Experience does matter but faith helps do something special. Jaiswal’s best Test innings so far, he left the ball well being an attacking batter, I didn’t see Virat out of form – difficult to judge that on difficult pitches. But he was good in the nets. We always enjoy the support from the crowd, when the backing is there we feel good.

Pat Cummins, Australia captain (is chatting to Bumrah and can’t hear Adam Gilchrist call him at first. He jogs in a bit late): Fairly disappointing. Prep was good, all firing, it was one of those games where not much went right. Fair bit to look at. Long gap between this Test and the next is what it is. You want to get on the horse quickly after a game like this but we will take a couple of days’ rest and get training in Adelaide. We didn’t give ourselves a chance in a few different facets – like the finish on day 1 with bat, we conceded a couple of big partnerships in the third innings too, few different areas to look at. There’s a lot of experience in the side, this summer there’s a sample size of one [Test so far], players are going about it well but lots of work to do, there will be lots of conversations on what we can do better against a similar attack in same conditions.

Match Review

Completing a remarkable turnaround, India wrapped up a famous Test victory at Optus Stadium with a 295-run victory over Australia in a one-sided result set to cause aftershocks in the latest tussle for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.