The first Test being played between India and Australia in Perth may end on the fourth day itself. Team India needs only 7 wickets to win the match. Australia will have to score 522 more runs to win. However, Australia still has two full days left to achieve the target.
Team India’s dominance has been visible so far in Perth. The Indian team has appeared on top in both batting and bowling departments. By the end of the third day, Team India first did wonders in batting and scored a huge score and then while bowling, it took important early wickets of Australia.
In the match that started from 22nd November, Team India appeared weak in the beginning. India won the toss and decided to bat and the team was all out for 150 runs. Then the Indian bowlers restricted Australia to just 104 runs in the first innings. Team India’s dominance was visible in the match from here.
Gave a big target to Australia by doing wonders in the second innings
Then in the second innings, Team India came out to bat and declared the innings by putting 487/6 runs on the board. With this, India set a target of 534 runs for Australia. Yashasvi Jaiswal, who opened for India in the second innings, played the biggest innings and scored 161 runs with the help of 15 fours and 3 sixes. Jaiswal faced 297 balls during this period. Apart from this, Virat Kohli scored 100* runs with the help of 8 fours and 2 sixes.
Then Australia, while chasing the target, lost three wickets by the end of the day. At the end of the day, Australia’s score was 12/3 runs in 4.2 overs. Now Kangaroo team needs to score 522 runs with 7 wickets in two days to win.
