Can India Sustain Their Dominance in the Test Series Against Australia?

Team India produced an all-round performance in the series opener of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy at the Optus Stadium in Perth and defeated Australia by 295 runs. Chasing a mammoth 534, Australia could only manage 238 in response. The outcome helped India take a 1-0 lead in the five-match series, with the second Test scheduled to start from December 6 in Adelaide, which is a day-night affair.

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Bumrah, India's stand-in skipper in the absence of Rohit Sharma, led the side from front and accounted for eight wickets in both the innings combined. He was brilliantly assisted by Harshit Rana, who was playing his maiden Test. The youngster scalped a total of four wickets (three in 1st and one in 2nd innings), while senior pro Mohammed Siraj picked five wickets (two in 1st and three in 2nd innings). All-rounder Nitesh Reddy, who also made his Test debut, made his presence felt in both departments of the game. He amassed a total of 79 runs (41 in 1st innings and 38* in the second). With the ball, Reddy removed Mitchell Marsh on 47 in the second innings, his first scalp in Test cricket.

Shifting focus to the batters, India were dismissed for 150 in the first innings, but outplayed Australia in the second. Yashasvi Jaiswal, who was dismissed for a 8-ball duck in the first innings, scored a superb 161 in the second. Together with KL Rahul the pair added 201 for the opening wicket in the second innings before Rahul got dismissed for 77.

Virat Kohli also ended his century drought and scored 100 off 143 balls, taking India's second innings total to 487/6 before India declared the innings.