Bumrah pegs Australia back after India fold for 150

Jasprit Bumrah bowled a fiery first spell and returned to pick one more towards the end of the day as India responded well after being bundled out for 150 on the opening day of the Perth Test. The Indian top-order crashed and burned against generous seam movement that Aussie quicks managed off the surface.

Josh Hazlewood's four-wicket haul was quickly eclipsed by the Indian captain, who unleashed hell with the new ball at the start of the final session. Bumrah trapped debutant Nathan McSweeney leg before in the third over, getting a fuller ball to seam back in. He then caught Marnus Labuschagne for a duck, only for Virat Kohli to drop a sitter at second slip.

Bumrah continued to bowl unplayable deliveries at Labuschagne, who kept getting squared up and beaten. He then got an angled-in short of length ball to nip away and take an outside edge on the way to Kohli's hands. Steve Smith was also caught plumb in front of the stumps for a first-ball duck.

Australia's feathers were truly ruffled when Travis Head was bowled round the stumps by debutant Harshit Rana. Rana then got one to angle in and straighten a touch to beat the outside edge of Head's bat and knock back the stumps to pick his maiden Test wicket.

Mohammed Siraj then got into the act with the wickets of Mitchell Marsh and Labuschagne to leave Australia six down. Marsh got a back of length ball that straightened and surprised the all-rounder, flying off the outside edge to third slip where KL Rahul took an excellent, low catch.

As the session neared the end, Bumrah returned for another spell and struck for the fourth time to dismiss his opposite number Pat Cummins caught behind. Alex Carey and Mitchell Starc then played out 2.4 overs without more damage.

Brief Scores: India 150 (Nitish Reddy 41, Rishabh Pant 38; Josh Hazlewood 4-29, Mitchell Marsh 2-12, Harshit Rana 2-14, Pat Cummins 2-67) lead Australia 67/7 (Jasprit Bumrah 4-17, Mohammed Siraj 2-17) by 83 runs