Australia vs India 1st Test Perth: Team India succumbed in the first innings to the Australian fast bowlers on the fast wicket of Perth. After winning the toss and opting to bat, the Indian team could score only 150 runs in its first innings. Josh Hazlewood took the maximum four wickets for Australia. Apart from this, Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins also took two wickets each. Mitchell Marsh also got two wickets. For India, debutant Nitish Kumar Reddy scored the highest score of 41 runs.
Yashasvi Jaiswal could not open the account for Team India, who came to bat first. He was dismissed by Mitchell Starc. After this, Devdutt Padikkal, who came at number three, also returned to the pavilion on zero. Virat Kohli, who came to bat at number four, also could not stay at the crease for long. He returned to the pavilion after scoring five runs. Josh Hazlewood got Virat caught out by Usman Khawaja.
KL Rahul, who came to open the innings in the absence of captain Rohit Sharma, was out after scoring 26 runs in 74 balls with the help of 3 fours. Then Dhruv Jurel was out after scoring 11 runs and Washington Sundar after scoring four runs. After the fall of 6 wickets for 73 runs, Rishabh Pant and Nitish Kumar Reddy took over the innings. Both of them made a partnership of 48 runs for the seventh wicket. Pant was out after scoring 37 runs in 78 balls with the help of 3 fours and a six.
Young Nitish Kumar Reddy stood firm on one end, but no one supported him. In the first innings of the debut test, Nitish scored 41 runs in 59 balls. During this, Nitish hit 6 fours and one six. At the other end, Harshit Rana was out after scoring 07 runs and Jasprit Bumrah after scoring 08 runs.
Nitish Kumar Reddy, playing his first Test, hit a six on a brilliant shot. When no player supported him, he got out while trying to score fast runs. India lost its last wicket in the form of Nitish. All fast bowlers took 10 wickets for Australia.
