AUS Vs IND Cricket 1st Test 2024 Perth Highlights: Bumrah and Team Hoisted the Tricolour in Perth Test
What an amazing victory the Indian team has registered in the first Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 (BGT) 'Amazing' in the sense that the way the team was bundled out for 150 runs.
AUS Vs IND Cricket: The Indian cricket team, led by Jasprit Bumrah, has registered the biggest win on Australian soil in the Perth Test. This victory in terms of runs shattered the record of 1977, while this was Australia’s first defeat at the Optus Stadium. What an amazing victory the Indian team has registered in the first Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 (BGT) ‘Amazing’ in the sense that the way the team was bundled out for 150 runs.
After that, the comeback made by Team India under the leadership of ‘Captain Jasprit Bumrah’ will be memorable. India has registered a victory of 295 runs on Australian soil. Which is India’s biggest victory in terms of runs. Now this victory has been recorded in the pages of history. The Indian team is now ahead 1-0 in BGT. The ‘Player of the Match’ was captain Bumrah, who took a total of 8 wickets in this match.
AUS Vs IND Cricket match, Captain Bumrah won the toss and chose to bat first. Team India scored 150 runs in the first innings, it seemed that they were lagging in the match. But after this, the Indian team restricted the Kangaroo team to 104 runs. Bumrah broke the back of the Kangaroo team by taking 5 wickets in the first innings, he was supported by debutant Harshit Rana and Mohammad Siraj.
In the second innings, Indian batsmen Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul and Virat Kohli did such a counterattack that India’s victory was assured. The Indian team declared the second innings at a score of 487/6. In this way, Australia had a target of 534 runs, but they fell 295 runs behind the target.
This is India’s biggest victory in terms of runs on Australian soil. Australia’s team was all out at 238 runs in the second innings. The special thing is that this is Australia’s first defeat in 5 Test matches at Perth’s Optus Stadium. At the same time, the tradition of that record was also maintained in this ground, according to which it is said that whoever wins the toss and bats first in Optus, wins the match as well.
Earlier, India had defeated Australia by 222 runs on their home ground. In the 1977 Melbourne Test, Australia were all out for 164 runs against a target of 387 runs. India’s spin legends Bhagwat Chandrasekhar (6 wickets) and Bishan Singh Bedi (4 wickets) had bundled out the Australian team. India announced their second innings at 487 runs for 6 wickets.
India’s biggest Test wins in Australia.
1. By 295 runs, Perth Optus Stadium, 2024
2: By 222 runs, Melbourne, 1977
3: By 137 runs, Melbourne, 2018
4. By 72 runs, WACA, 2008
5: By 59 runs, Melbourne, 1981
Australia surrendered in the second innings:
Earlier, Australia’s team was all out for 104 runs in their first innings and India was all out for 150 runs. India has defeated Australia in their home ground in the last 2 tours. There is an opportunity for a hat-trick this time, as a total of five matches will be contested in this ‘Mahaseries’. The next test match of the series will now be played in Adelaide from 6th December.
Chasing the target of 534 runs, Australia had a very bad start in the second innings. Debutant Nathan McSweeney could not even open his account and was dismissed by Bumrah in the very first over of the innings. Then nightwatchman Pat Cummins (2) was dismissed by Mohammad Siraj. The last wicket of the third day fell in the form of Marnus Labuschagne (3), who was dismissed by Bumrah.
Indian team’s playing 11 in Perth Test: Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Dhruv Jurel, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Harshit Rana, KL Rahul, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Devdutt Padikkal, Jasprit Bumrah (captain), Mohammed Siraj
Australia’s playing 11 in Perth Test: Usman Khawaja, Nathan McSweeney, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh, Alex Carey (wicketkeeper), Pat Cummins (captain), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood
Tour of Australia by the Indian team (November 2024 – January 2025)
| Date | Location |
| 22-26 November | First Test, Perth |
| 6-10 December | Second Test, Adelaide |
| 14-18 December | Third Test, Brisbane |
| 26-30 December | Fourth Test, Melbourne |
| 03-07 January | Fifth Test, Sydney |
