India vs Australia: Team India had a weak start on the first day of the fifth and final Test match at Sydney Cricket Ground in Australia. Team India was all out on 185 runs. There was a heated exchange between Jaspreet Bumrah and Australian opener Sam Konstas in the match.
Today, Team India was dismissed cheaply on the first day of the fifth match of the Border Gavaskar Trophy Australia vs India Test match. Team India was all out on a modest score of 185 runs. In response, Jaspreet Bumrah took Australia’s first wicket in the form of Usman Khawaja. As it was being speculated that Rohit Sharma would not be available in the fifth Test match, the same happened, Shubman Gill was played in place of opener Rohit Sharma. Yashasvi Jaiswal and KL Rahul started the innings as the opening pair from India’s side. KL Rahul and Yashasvi Jaiswal were seen at the beginning of the innings. Team India’s first wicket fell in the form of KL Rahul who was caught by Australian opener Sam Konstas on a full length delivery by Mitchell Starc. Immediately after KL Rahul‘s dismissal, Yashasvi Jaiswal also got caught by all-rounder Beau Webster, who was making his debut in the Test match, on a good length delivery by Scott Boland.
This time too Virat Kohli did not work out and gave the edge of the bat to the offside delivery
After both the openers got out early, Shubman Gill also got caught at first slip in an attempt to pursue a good length delivery by Nathan Lyon. Virat Kohli also got caught at slip on a score of zero but the delivery was touching the ground from Steve Smith‘s hand due to which Virat Kohli got a lifeline in the beginning. Virat Kohli was seen struggling in this innings and after playing 69 balls, due to his weakness, he gave the edge of his bat to a good length delivery by Scott Boland kept in the offside and got out on consecutive offside deliveries.
Rishabh Pant and Ravindra Jadeja struggled
After Team India lost four wickets on good runs, Rishabh Pant and Ravindra Jadeja did not let the Australian bowlers take wickets. They shared a partnership of 48 runs. Meanwhile, Rishabh Pant went ahead and hit a six on the ball of Beau Webster, the all-rounder who was making his debut in the Test match. Scott Boland was constantly bowling to Rishabh Pant in the good length area. Rishabh Pant gave an easy catch while trying to play a pull shot on a short pitch ball. Rishabh Pant is constantly throwing away his wicket by playing bad shots in this Border Gavaskar Test match series. After Rishabh Pant was out, Nitish Reddy gave an easy catch to Steve Smith standing in the slip on the first ball of Scott Boland. Nitish Reddy could have easily left Scott Boland‘s ball but in the process of playing the ball, he gave an easy catch. After Nitish Reddy was out, Ravindra Jadeja also could not flip a straight ball of Mitchell Starc properly and the ball hit Ravindra Jadeja‘s pad and Ravindra Jadeja was out LBW. Ravindra Jadeja also took the help of DRS but in DRS Ravindra Jadeja was found in front of the system and was declared out. After the top order and middle order collapsed, in the lower order, Washington Sundar took the score forward by hitting three consecutive fours and wicketkeeper Alex Carey got caught short on Pat Cummins‘ ball. After this, in the lower order, Jaspreet Bumrah showed his batting prowess and hit three fours and a six. Jaspreet Bumrah hit consecutive fours after bowling Scott Boland and showed how to bat.
Australia also had a bad start
On the first day of the test match, every session was in Australia’s favor. Sam Konstas and Usman Khawaja were the opening pair for Australia. In the third over of the innings, there was a heated argument between Jaspreet Bumrah and opener Sam Konstas and on the last ball of the third over, Jaspreet Bumrah got Usman Khawaja caught by KL Rahul standing in the slip.