Top-5 factors of India’s victory in Perth: Bumrah’s captaincy and Yashasvi-Rahul’s opening became game changers; Took advantage of the condition

India has started with a win in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. The team defeated Australia by 295 runs in the first test held at Optus Stadium in Perth. The Australian team has lost for the first time in this stadium.

Before this match, many Indian players were struggling with poor form. The team had to face a 0-3 defeat at home at the hands of New Zealand. Still, the Indian team did not allow Australia to survive the entire match. Read the top-5 factors of this historic victory in Perth…

1. Captain Bumrah’s bold decision, chose to bat first Perth’s pitch is known for speed and bounce. This ground has 13 cm more bounce than Indian pitches. Before the match, pitch curator Isaac McDonald had said – ‘The pitch will have bounce-pace.’ 9 mm of grass was left on the pitch.

In such a situation, it was believed that the team winning the toss would decide to bowl first. Indian captain Jasprit Bumrah won the toss and took a bold decision to bat. Ultimately this decision proved to be correct.

2. The bowlers bounced back The Indian team was limited to a score of 150 runs in the first innings. After this, under the leadership of captain Bumrah, the Indian bowlers all out Australia for 104 runs in 51.2 overs. Here India got a lead of 46 runs despite a small score. This gave the Indian team a psychological advantage and the Australian team could not recover in the match.

3. The mood of the pitch changed, the conditions took advantage The mood of the pitch, which looked dangerous on the first day, completely changed on the second day. The pitch started slowing down and the bounce also reduced. The Indian openers took full advantage of the changed circumstances.

Only 3 wickets fell on this wicket on the second day, which came in the first session. The Indian openers batted the whole day.

4. Opening partnership of Yashasvi-Rahul, Kohli scored a century. Yashasvi Jaiswal took full advantage of the changing conditions of the pitch. Both made a record opening partnership of 201 runs. Yashasvi scored 161 runs, while Rahul contributed 67 runs. Then Virat Kohli (100*) also scored a century. Nitish Reddy contributed 38 runs in the lower order. He had also scored 41 runs in the first innings.

In this match, 4 batsmen scored more than 100 runs, 3 of them were Indians. In the match, Jaiswal scored 161 runs, Kohli scored 105 runs and Rahul scored 103 runs. Whereas, Travis Head from Australia contributed 100 runs.

5. Rahul, Pant and Reddy scored runs on important occasions Openers KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant and Nitish Reddy scored runs at important moments. Rahul added 26 runs in the challenging conditions of the first day. Then Pant contributed 37 runs and Reddy contributed 48 runs. Both of them had made an important partnership of 48 runs. This partnership took India to 150 runs in the first innings. Then in the second innings, Rahul along with Yashasvi gave a strong start to the team. Kohli scored 100 runs and Nitish Reddy scored 38 runs, taking the team to 487.

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India beat Australia by 295 runs

India has defeated Australia by 295 runs in the first test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. The Kangaroo team, which was chasing 534 runs on the fourth day of the match in Perth on Monday, was all out for 238 runs in the second innings. Earlier, India had declared the second innings at 487 runs for 6 wickets. Team India had scored 150 runs in the first innings. In reply, Australia’s first innings was reduced to 104 runs.