Bumrah picks five as India dismantle Australia for 104

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Bumrah picks five as India dismantle Australia for 104

Jasprit Bumrah became just the fifth Indian captain to take a five-wicket haul in Tests as India bundled out Australia for 104 to take a first-innings lead of 46 runs. That number could've been more if not for a stubborn final-wicket stand between Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood worth 25 runs.

Alex Carey was expected to be the saviour after the top-order was dismantled, but Bumrah got the wicketkeeper-batter to nick one behind to Rishabh Pant on the second morning.

Harshit Rana continued to make the lower-order batters uncomfortable with his probing hard lengths. Nathan Lyon was eventually gloved by Rana while trying to evade a short ball, straight to KL Rahul at third slip.

Hazlewood and Starc survived several near-misses to frustrate India, but Bumrah soon brought himself and Rana back and found a way through. The debutant got Starc to top-edge a pull shot, that Rishabh Pant ran forward to pouch.

Brief Scores:

  • India: 150 (Nitish Reddy 41, Rishabh Pant 38; Josh Hazlewood 4-29, Mitchell Marsh 2-12, Pat Cummins 2-67)
  • Australia: 104 (Mitchell Starc 26; Jasprit Bumrah 5-30, Harshit Rana 3-48)
  • India lead Australia by 46 runs


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