17 wickets fell on the first day of the first Test of the series in Perth. India could not take advantage of Australia's bowling cannon in the first innings. All out for 150 runs. The hosts are now in more danger in response. He lost 7 wickets in the first innings to make 67 runs. Trailing by another 83 runs at the end of the day.
After winning the toss and electing to bat, India lost 6 wickets in the middle session. Among them were the wickets of Rishabh Pant (37) trying to hold on and debutant Nitish Kumar Reddy (41). Both of these basically managed to build up some resistance. The rest were complete failures. Experienced Virat Kohli returns for just 5 runs. India lost 4 wickets before lunch.
The main killer with the ball was pacer Josh Hazlewood. He took 4 wickets for 29 runs. Mitchell Starc, Mitchell Marsh and Pat Cummins took two wickets each.
However, at the time of the toss, the visiting team gave birth to a surprise. They entered the field without the experienced Ravichandran Ashwin, all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja and middle-order batsman Sarfraz Khan.
In response, Australia's batting line-up collapsed due to Bumrah's injury. Two openers Usman Khawaja and Nathan McSweeney returned within 19 runs. In the seventh over, Khawaja also took the wicket of new batsman Steven Smith. When the top order collapsed, Australia could not stand up. After him with the ball in hand, Nitish Rana and Mohammad Siraj joined the attack and the procession began. The batting of the host team has become a wreck after losing 7 wickets for 67 runs in 27 overs. Alex Carey was at the crease for 19 runs before the end of the day. With Mitchell Starc (6).
Acting captain Bumrah took 4 wickets for 17 runs. Siraj took two for 17 runs. Rana took one for 33 runs.
