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India has reached a strong position on the first day of the Perth Test. Indian team, which won the toss and came to bat first, was all out for 150 runs. Opener KL Rahul was out due to the controversial decision of the umpire. In reply, Australia lost 7 wickets for 67 runs till stumps. Jasprit Bumrah took 4 wickets.
Many moments were seen in the match on Friday. Pant fell and hit a scoop shot, which was caught by Pat Cummins. Kohli dropped the catch of Labuschagne. Harshit bowled Travis Head on debut. Read the top-12 moments of the first day…
1. Controversy over giving out to KL Rahul
KL Rahul played an inning of 26 runs.
Opener KL Rahul was dismissed by Mitchell Starc in the 23rd over. The second ball of the over passed through Rahul’s bat and the Australian team appealed for caught behind. The field umpire gave not out and Australia took a review. Replays showed that Rahul’s bat touched his pads, the sound of which was visible in the ultra-edge.
The third umpire demanded to see another angle, but the broadcasting team did not have another angle. In such a situation, the TV umpire did not have conclusive evidence to overturn the field umpire’s decision. Despite this, the umpire reversed the decision and Rahul had to return to the pavilion.
After Rahul’s decision, many veterans criticized this decision. Australia’s Matthew Hayden and England’s Mark Nicholls said there was not enough camera angle to overturn the decision. India’s Sunil Gavaskar and Sanjay Manjrekar also termed the decision as wrong.
2. Pant hits Cummins for a six on a scoop shot.
Rishabh Pant played an inning of 37 runs.
In the 42nd over, Rishabh Pant fell on the pitch in a strange manner at fine leg and hit a six. Here Pat Cummins bowled the last ball on the off stump. Rishabh played a scoop shot. The ball goes over fine leg for a six. He scored 37 runs.
3. Nitish was saved from getting out, Cummins did not take DRS.
When Nitish got the lease of life, he was on 10 runs.
Nitish got a lease of life in the 37th over of the innings. Here, on the fifth ball of the over, Mitchell Starc bowled a bouncer on the leg side. Nitish pulled and the ball hit his gloves. Keeper Alex Carey appealed but the umpire gave him not out. Captain Cummins did not take DRS and Nitish got life. Here Nitish was on the score of 10 runs.
4. Cummins dropped Pant’s catch
At the time of his sacrifice, Rishabh Pant was on the score of 26 runs.
In the 39th over, Rishabh Pant got a lease of life on the score of 26 runs. Pant played an aerial shot on the fourth ball of the over. Australian captain Pat Cummins, standing at mid-on, ran backwards, but could not take the catch.
5. Virat dropped the catch of Labuschagne
Virat dropped the catch of Labuschagne on the score of zero.
Virat Kohli gave life to Marnus Labuschagne. He dropped the catch of Labuschagne on the ball of Jasprit Bumrah. Virat almost caught this catch and his teammates also started celebrating. Then Virat told that the ball had slipped from his hand at the last moment. Labuschagne’s account was not even open when the catch was dropped. However, he was out after scoring 2 runs.
6. Harshit bowled Travis Head on debut
Travis Head was bowled on 11 runs.
Harshit Rana bowled Travis Head in the 12th over of the Australian innings. Here Harshit bowled the first ball of the over on full length, which Head could not understand and the ball hit the off stump. This was Harshit’s first and only wicket in the innings. Head could score only 11 runs.
7. Argument between Siraj and Labuschagne
Siraj was not happy with Labuschagne removing the ball from the bat.
There was an argument between Siraj and Labuschagne in the 12th over of the Australian innings. Here Labuschagne tried to score runs by defending Siraj’s full length ball. Siraj came running towards the ball, which Labuschagne pushed aside with his bat. After this, an argument was seen between Virat, Siraj and Labuschagne.
8. Kohli sets the fielding
Virat Kohli supported Jasprit Bumrah in captaincy.
Right from the beginning of the Australian innings, Virat Kohli was seen setting the field for Team India. Jasprit Bumrah is captaining the team in the absence of Rohit Sharma. Virat fully supported Jaspreet in the match.
9. Nitish’s six on upper cut
Nitish Reddy hits a six on the upper cut.
In the 48th over of the Indian innings, Nitish Reddy hit a six on the upper cut. Here Pat Cummins bowled a bouncer over the off stump. Which Nitish upper cut over third man. This is also the debut match of Nitish, he played an inning of 41 runs.
10. Harshit’s juggling catch was caught by McSweeney and Labuschagne.
McSweeney and Labuschagne together caught the catch of Harshit Rana.
Harshit Rana was out on the fourth ball of the 47th over. Here Harshit Rana played Hazlewood’s ball towards third man. The ball went to McSweeney standing at the gully position, who could not catch it in one go. The ball went in the air towards third slip, where Labuschagne took the catch in the second attempt. Harshit Rana scored 7 runs in the debut inning.
11. Border and Gavaskar presented the trophy
Sunil Gavaskar and Allan Border going inside the field with the trophy.
Allan Border and Sunil Gavaskar posed for photographs with the captains of both the teams.
Before the toss, Sunil Gavaskar and Allan Border came on the field with the trophy. The Border-Gavaskar Trophy is played in the name of these two greats. Both also met Indian captain Jasprit Bumrah and Australian captain Pat Cummins at the time of the toss.
12. Harshit-Nitish made debut
Harshit Rana was given the debut cap by spinner Ravi Ashwin.
Virat Kohli gave debut cap to Nitish Reddy.
Two Indians Harshit Rana and Nitish Reddy made their debut in the Perth Test. Harshit was given the cap by Ravichandran Ashwin and Nitish Reddy was given the cap by Virat Kohli. Nitish was the top scorer of the Indian team in the first innings. He played an inning of 41 runs. Nathan McSweeney also debuted for Australia in the same match. He became the 467th player to play Test for Australia.