DOHA: What a day of cricket. What a Test match we have in store. The scoreboard reads: Australia trail India by 83 runs, at 67/7.
Australia took the first two sessions. But the last session by India was perhaps more devastating than both of the previous ones
Yet count out Australia at your peril. The in-form Alex Carey is still at the crease, and Mitch Starc can certainly hold a bat.
His highest Test score of 99 is against India.
At the start of the day, Nitish Reddy played a valiant 41 off 59 balls to take India to 150. On Test debut, no less.
Team India’s bold selection calls have paid off so far in the first Test here at Perth. Travis Head. Clean bowled. Harshit Rana was phenomenal in his first spell on Test debut. Understood the assignment to perfection.
No word of praise is enough for Jasprit Bumrah. A wicket at the start to get debutant McSweeney. Then two in two balls to send Khawaja and Smith packing. Bowled 6 in a row, came back and got his counterpart Cummins at the end. Scintillating. Hard to deny he’s the best in the world.
When India walked off all out on 150, nobody would’ve imagined the day would end like this. Jasprit Bumrah led from the front with 4 wickets. Harshit Rana got Travis Head with a cracker. Siraj followed up with 2. Australia tottering, and on the brink of their lowest-ever Test total against India.
Indian quicks, led by their captain Jasprit Bumrah and fellow pacers Harshit Rana and Mohammed Siraj ran through the Australian top and middle order.
