Indian players celebrate their Perth Test victory.
India beat Australia by 295 runs in the first Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. The team took a 1-0 lead in the 5-match Test series. The second match will be played in Adelaide from December 6.
Team Kangaroo, who were chasing 534 runs on the fourth day of play on Monday at Optus Stadium in Perth, were all out for 238 runs in the second innings. Earlier, India declared the second innings at 487 runs for 6 wickets. The Indian team had 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 Optus Stadium in Perth. The team had played 4 matches before and won them all. This is India’s biggest victory so far in Australia. The previous biggest win was 222 points, when the team won in Melbourne in 1977.
Bumrah and Mohammad Siraj took 3-3 wickets in Australia’s second innings. Travis Head (89) scored a half-century. Bumrah was voted player of the match. He took 5 wickets in the first innings.
Scorecard of the first India-Australia Test
India once again reaches the top of the WTC points table. After winning the Perth match, India once again reached the top of the points table in the 2023-25 World Test Championship season. The team now has 61.11% points. At the same time, the Australian team (57.69%) slipped to second place.
Playing the 11 of both Indian teams: 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.
Updates
10:03 a.m.November 25, 2024
India’s second biggest victory outside Asia
India’s 295-run victory became the second-biggest victory outside Asia. The 318-run win over West Indies in 2019 is at number one.
09:59November 25, 2024
India tied Pakistan
India tied Pakistan in terms of the most wins by an Asian team among SENA countries. The team has recorded 29 wins in 172 matches. While Pakistan have won 29 matches in 146 matches.
08:58November 25, 2024
Jasprit Bumrah, Indian captain
I am very happy with this victory. We were put under pressure from the first sets, but the way we reacted was fantastic. I told everyone to have confidence in their abilities. Jaiswal’s best Test innings so far, he bowled the ball well. Virat’s innings was also excellent. We received support from the fans, we feel good when there is support.
08:48November 25, 2024
Pat Cummins, captain of Australia
This defeat is quite disappointing. The preparation was good, everyone played well, we were left behind in many places. This is the gap. We will take a few days off and then practice in Adelaide. There is a lot of experience in the team, they are performing well, there will be a lot of discussion about what we can do better in similar circumstances.
08:19November 25, 2024
Bumrah became player of the match
08:03November 25, 2024
India won the Perth Test by 295 runs
07:53November 25, 2024
Australia all out, Harshit takes the last wicket
The Australian team totaled 238 runs in the second innings. Harshit Rana, who was making his debut in this match, took the last wicket for Team Kangaroo and led India to victory. He eliminated Alex Carey. He faced 58 balls and scored 36 runs.
07:45November 25, 2024
Harshit’s ball hits Hazlewood’s helmet
The last ball of the 57th over hit Josh Hazlewood’s helmet. For this reason, the game had to be stopped for a while. Harshit Rana bowled a bouncer, which went straight to Hazlewood. After this, Rana went to Hazlewood and inquired about his condition.
07:33November 25, 2024
Washington Sundar gives India its 9th success
Australia’s ninth wicket fell for 227. Washington Sundar bowled Nathan Lyon cleanly. They couldn’t even open an account.
07:16November 25, 2024
Australia’s score until the tea break is 227/8.
07:15November 25, 2024
Starc was fired by Sundar
Washington Sundar gave India the 8th wicket in the 54th over. He had Mitchell Starc caught by Dhruv Jurel at short leg. Starc scored 12 runs off 35 balls. The tea break was announced with this wicket.
06:16November 25, 2024
Australia’s 7th wicket fell, Reddy bowled to Marsh.
Australia lost the 7th wicket in the 44th over. Here, Mitchell Marsh was out after scoring 47 points. He was played by Nitish Reddy.
05:48November 25, 2024
Get out after scoring 89 runs, Australia’s sixth wicket falls
Australia also lost the sixth wicket. In the 39th over, Jasprit Bumrah sent Travis Head to the pavilion. His catch was caught by wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant. Head scored 89 points.
05:35November 25, 2024
Australia’s score passes 150 with Head’s score
The Australian team crossed the 150-run mark in the second innings. In the 37th over, Head took the team past 150 by hitting a four off Nitish Rana’s first ball.
04:27November 25, 2024
Lunch break: Indian pacers continue to dominate
Indian bowlers dominated the first session of the fourth day. In this session, Australia lost two big wickets while scoring 92 runs in 25.4 overs. Usman Khawaja was out after scoring 4 runs and Steve Smith was out after scoring 17 runs. Siraj sent them both to the pavilion.
04:20November 25, 2024
The Australian team’s score exceeded 100
The Australian team has crossed the 100-run mark. Travis Head took the team past 100 by hitting a four off the last ball of Mohammad Siraj’s 29th over.
04:07November 25, 2024
Travis Head is fifty with a four
Travis Head celebrated his fiftieth birthday. He completed his fifty by hitting a four off the first ball of Mohammed Siraj, who was bowling in the 27th over. Head made the 17th fifty of his Test career.
Head entered into a 62-run partnership with Steve Smith.
04:02November 25, 2024
Australia’s 5th wicket falls, Smith out
The Australian team lost the 5th wicket in the 25th over. Here, Steve Smith was out after scoring 17 points. He was caught by Mohammad Siraj at the hands of wicketkeeper Pant. He also dismissed Usman Khawaja (4 points) and Pat Cummins (2 points).
Indian batsmen Kohli, Rahul and Jaiswal celebrate the wicket of Steve Smith.
03:45November 25, 2024
The 50th anniversary of Smith and Head’s partnership
Steve Smith and Travis Head completed a fifty partnership for the 5th wicket. Head scored the 50th run of the partnership by making two runs off the fourth ball of Harshit Rana, who was bowling in the 21st over. The Australian team had lost the fourth wicket in 17 runs.
03:28November 25, 2024
Australia has crossed the 50 point mark
The Australian team reached the figure of 50 points in their second innings. The team reached 50 with a run coming from a leg-bye off the second ball of the 18th over.
02:58November 25, 2024
Travis Head left during the referee’s call
Travis Head found life in the 12th. He avoided being taken out due to the referee’s call. Siraj hits the ball from a good length on the pad of the head. There was a strong appeal, but the on-field umpires rejected it. In such a situation, Indian captain Bumrah requested DRS. Replays showed the ball hitting leg stump, but the onfield umpire’s decision was in favor of the batsman.
02:35November 25, 2024
Siraj sent Khawaja to the pavilion, top 4 Kangaroo batsmen out
Mohammad Siraj dealt the Kangaroos the fourth blow. He had Usman Khawaja caught by wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant in his first over of the day. Khawaja was out after scoring 4 runs.
Usman Khawaja’s reaction after his release. He was only able to score 4 points.
02:22November 25, 2024
Centuries by Yashasvi and Virat on the third day, India set a target of 534 runs.
On Sunday, the third day of the Perth Test, India declared their second innings at 487/6 with the help of centuries from Yashasvi Jaiswal (161 runs) and Virat Kohli (100* runs). The team gave the Kangaroos a target of 534 runs.
02:20November 25, 2024
India leads by 218 runs on second day of Perth Test, Yashasvi-Rahul unbeaten
Yashasvi Jaiswal and KL Rahul had an opening partnership of over 150 runs.
India had taken a 218-run lead over Australia in the first match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Team India scored an unbeaten 172 runs in the second innings till the end of the second day’s play on Saturday. Yashasvi Jaiswal returned unbeaten on 90 and KL Rahul returned unbeaten on 62 runs.
02:19November 25, 2024
India advance by 83 runs on day one
Team India took an 83-run lead over Australia on the first day of the Perth Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Fast bowlers have made a strong comeback for the Indian team. Australia’s score at stumps was 67/7. India won the toss and elected to bat at Optus Stadium. No batsman could score fifty and the team was all out for 150 runs.