Delhi: The Indian team has made a stellar start in Australia, pushing the host team on the backfoot in their own home in the first Test. It was expected that Australia would perform strongly on its home ground and put pressure on the Indian team, but exactly the opposite happened. Even though the performance of the Indian batsmen was not special, the bowlers changed the course of the match with their sharp bowling. This day proved to be quite embarrassing for Australia, because they had not seen such a performance at home in the last eight years.

Bumrah's decision to bat first proved correct

Indian captain Jasprit Bumrah won the toss and decided to bat first. However, when Team India was reduced to just 150 runs, it seemed that this decision might be wrong, but the excellent performance of the bowlers justified Bumrah's decision. The bowlers took the first 5 wickets of Australia in just 40 runs. Even after this, Australia continued losing wickets.

According to statistics, this is the second time after 1980, when the Australian team, while playing a Test match at home, has lost the first 5 wickets before 40 runs. Earlier, in 2018, South Africa had done this in the Hobart Test, where Australia lost 5 wickets for 17 runs. This time against India, Australia lost 5 wickets for 38 runs and by the time the score reached 50, the sixth wicket also fell.

Bumrah made a lethal start

Jasprit Bumrah started the Indian bowling and broke the back of Australian batting in the very first over. He pushed Australia on the back foot by taking three consecutive wickets, which also included dismissing Steve Smith for a golden duck. Mohammad Siraj was a little unsuccessful from the other end, after which captain Bumrah handed the ball to Harshit Rana. He gave a big blow by dismissing Travis Head. Siraj returned in his second spell and took two wickets and made Australia's condition worse.

This explosive performance by the Indian bowlers showed that this team can turn the match under any circumstances.