For the first time since 1952, 17 wickets have been taken on the first day of a Test match held on Australian soil. Not only that, but the fact that all these 17 wickets were taken by fast bowlers has surprised the fans. india and australia are playing the first Test match of the Border Gavaskar Trophy Test series. indian team captain jasprit bumrah won the toss and elected to bat in the match that started at the Perth Stadium. Later, the indian team, which fielded, scored 150 runs with the responsible play of nitish kumar Reddy and rishabh Pant. Australia's Hazlewood took 4 wickets, while Starc, Cummins, and Mitchell Marsh took 2 wickets each. After this, the Australian team lost wickets in succession without anyone expecting it. McSweeney, Khawaja, and steve smith were dismissed in Bumrah's first spell.
Harshit Rana then took the wickets of Travis Head, while Mohammad Siraj took the wickets of Mitchell Marsh and Labuschagne. bumrah also took the wicket of Cummins in the last spell. australia has scored only 67 runs for the loss of 7 wickets at the end of the first day's play. alex Carey is on the field with 19 runs and Mitchell Starc is on the field with 6 runs. With australia trailing by 83 runs, india is expected to try to get all out quickly in tomorrow's match. In today's match alone, a total of 217 runs have been scored and 17 wickets have been taken. All these 17 wickets have been taken by the fast bowlers of both teams. Similarly, this is the first time since 1952 that 16 wickets have been taken on the first day of a Test match held in Australia. With this, both india and australia have broken a 72-year-old record. This is the second time that Adebayor has scored 40 runs and lost 5 wickets on his own soil. Before this, he had lost 5 wickets for 17 runs in the Test match against South Africa. It is noteworthy that he has been stumbling against the indian team since then.
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