India thrashed Australia in 1st Test of Border Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25.

Australia had played India in 1st BGT test on November 22 to 25 at Perth. India was without their full time captain Rohit Sharma. Jasprit Bumrah was the stand-in captain for the first test against Australia. Shubman Gill was also injured and was not available so India had played the test without their regular two out of top 3 and they still had been able to won the test match.

This tells you how great the Indian team has played and how well they have developed their backups from last 4-5 years. New-Zealand has recently beaten India 3-0 in India and unarguably had “conquered” India. Despite that series loss and rightful criticism against India, India made a strong comeback. They won the next test they played which was against the mighty Australia in their own backyard Perth where no visiting team has ever won the test match.

Performers and Performance :

This defines the greatness of the Indian test team. India won the test match by 295 runs. They had beaten Australia by this huge margin even when they were gone for 150 all out in first innings. Yashasvi Jaiswal , the young sensation of the world made 150 , KL Rahul contributed well with his 60. Virat Kohli was also among the stars of the heroic Perth win with his magnificent hundred and he also has now 81 hundreds in international cricket. And then after all these historic performances, there comes the man of match, greatest bowler of this generation , Jasprit Bumrah. Jasprit Bumrah as captain and bowler has performed incredibly well. He picked up 8 wickets in the match , five in the first innings and three in the second innings.

But it was not wickets rather it was how and when he took wickets. Bumrah’s impact could be seen in Australian batter’s eyes and attitude. He broke their back in first innings where India took the lead of 46 runs even after scoring just 150.

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