LIVE: Day 1 - Bumrah leads the way as India run through Australia top-order
All 10 wickets fell to Australia pacers as India were bowled out within two sessions of electing to bat first in the first Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
Australia v India, 1st Test, Scorecard
Jasprit Bumrah got the ball to talk early in Australia's first innings, getting debutant Nathan McSweeney while also causing troubles for Marnus Labuschagne, who was dropped when he was on zero by Virat Kohli in the slips.
Bumrah continued to beat the edge and eventually found a thick outside nick off Usman Khawaja, and the ball flew towards Kohli yet again, where the veteran held on to a straightforward chance in the sixth over. Off the very next ball, Bumrah had Smith trapped for a lbw and India were right back in the contest.
Earlier, India were bowled out for 150 in the first innings.
Josh Hazlewood led the bowling charts for Australia with a four-wicket haul, with Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins and Mitchell Marsh bagging two wickets each.
Read on to see how the game panned out in the first two sessions
Marsh, Cummins join the fun as India are bowled out in the second session
All-rounder Mitchell Marsh continued Australia's domination in the second session with the wickets of Dhruv Jurel and Washington Sundar in his spell. Marsh had both the batters caught behind the stumps, with Jurel (11) gave a catch to Labuschagne at the second slip while defending whereas Sundar (4) nicked one off to the keeper.
As only Rishabh Pant can do! 6️⃣#AUSvIND | #PlayOfTheDay | @nrmainsurance pic.twitter.com/vupPuWA8GG
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) November 22, 2024
For India, Rishabh Pant remained at the crease, mixing caution with intent to help the side close in on the total of 100. He found some support in debutant Nitish Reddy, who hit a flurry of boundaries against Nathan Lyon. As the partnership grew, the duo became settled and picked up in scoring pace. Australia were however back in the contest when skipper Cummins struck back with the big scalp of Pant (37) in the 46th over.
Australia soon had the eighth wicket through a spectacular effort from a diving Nathan McSweeney, who parried an edge from Harshit Rana towards Marnus Labuschagne, who dove to hold on to a brilliant catch.
Nitish Reddy hit some meaty blows to get India to 150, but the Men in Blue were bowled out at that total as the Aussie pacers were relentless.
Too good, Pat Cummins!
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) November 22, 2024
Mike Hussey explains the Aussie captain's set-up of Rishabh Pant #AUSvIND pic.twitter.com/bIfdGUqfwR
Australia pacers star in the first session
In the opening session, Australia made early inroads after being asked to bowl on the first day of the Border-Gavaskar trophy. The hosts picked four morning wickets in the first session in Perth.
After the fall of Yashasvi Jaiswal and Devdutt Padikkal (both for ducks), Virat Kohli joined KL Rahul in a rebuild mission, only to fall to Josh Hazlewood for five.
Rahul was the next wicket to fall (26) for Starc's second, with Australia succesfully reviewing the not out decision on the field.
It was an unrelenting start from Australia's attack.
Mitchell Starc removed Jaiswal in just his second over with an outside edge taken by Australian debutant Nathan McSweeney, while Hazlewood also found the outside edges of Padikkal and Kohli, with simple catches taken by Alex Carey and Usman Khawaja respectively.
Not to be outdone, Starc matched Hazlewood with the wicket of Rahul, as India walked at lunch at just 51/4.
"His pad and bat are not together at that point in time as the ball passes.
— 7Cricket (@7Cricket) November 22, 2024
"It's (bat hitting pad) after, in fact, the ball passes the edge. Does Snicko pick up the sound of the bat hitting the pad?
"We're assuming (Snicko) may be the outside edge of the bat but that may not… pic.twitter.com/hvG0AF9rdo
Earlier, stand-in captain Jasprit Bumrah won the toss and elected to bat first in the opening Test against Australia in Perth on Friday.
Bumrah called correctly at the toss and had no hesitation in choosing to bat despite the fact regular skipper Rohit Sharma and top-order batter Shubman Gill are missing from the side.
India confirmed Gill picked up an injury during match practice prior to the first Test and will be monitored in the lead-up to the second Test in Adelaide.
"Shubman Gill sustained a left thumb injury during Day 2 of match simulation at The WACA," a statement from the BCCI said.
"He was not considered for selection for the first Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
"The BCCI Medical Team is monitoring his progress on a daily basis."
UPDATE: Shubman Gill sustained a left thumb injury during Day 2 of match simulation at The WACA. He was not considered for selection for the first Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
— BCCI (@BCCI) November 22, 2024
The BCCI Medical Team is monitoring his progress on a daily basis.#TeamIndia | #AUSvIND
Veteran batter KL Rahul deputises for Rohit and opened alongside youngster Jaiswal, while inexperienced left-hander Padikkal won a place in the XI in a new-look batting order for the tourists.
Washington Sundar beat out fellow tweakers Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin as the sole spinner in the XI, with uncapped duo Harshit Rana and Nitish Reddy to support Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj in the seam bowling department.
Australia went into the match as expected, with McSweeney winning a debut at the top of the order as opener alongside Usman Khawaja and Steve Smith returning to his regular batting position at No.4.
Australia XI: Nathan McSweeney, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Mitch Marsh, Alex Carey (wk), Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins (c), Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood
India XI: Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Devdutt Padikkal, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (wk), Dhruv Jurel, Washington Sundar, Nitish Reddy, Harshit Rana, Jasprit Bumrah (c), Mohammed Siraj