After Josh Hazlewood\u2019s 4-29 bowled out India for 150, Bumrah made merry on a spicy Perth pitch by bowling at the absolute peak of his prowess \u2013 mixing accuracy and pace with deadly precision - to leave 31,302 spectators in the stadium spellbound through his spell of 4-17.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
He was well supported by Mohammed Siraj taking 2-17 while Harshit Rana got a wicket on debut as India did well in bowling on stump to stump lines and good lengths. India\u2019s counter-attack with the ball meant it marked a day of Test cricket where 17 wickets fell, all to fast bowlers. The last such instance of these number of wickets falling on day one of a Test match in Australia happened in January 1952.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
India\u2019s stellar show with the ball began when Bumrah trapped debutant Nathan McSweeney lbw with a fuller ball coming in with the angle. He could have got a wicket in the same over if Virat Kohli hadn\u2019t dropped the catch of Marnus Labuschagne in slips.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Bumrah\u2019s double strike came in the seventh over when he came from around the wicket and angled in a short delivery towards Usman Khawaja, who hopped to defend, but gave an outside edge to Kohli in slips. On the very next ball, Bumrah trapped a shuffling Steve Smith lbw on pads with a pacy in-swinger.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Travis Head tried stabilising things by hitting Rana for two fours, but the pacer had the last laugh by getting a length ball to just nip away from around the wicket and rattle the top of off-stump.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Though a struggling Marnus Labuschagne got off the mark on his 24th delivery, he was trapped lbw in front of leg-stump by Siraj, who also had Mitchell Marsh edging to a diving third slip.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Bumrah returned to have Pat Cummins nicking behind in a regulation dismissal to complete a four-fer, as Australia will look to Alex Carey (19 not out) and Mitchell Starc (six not out) to bail them out of trouble on day two after a gripping opening day of this year\u2019s Border-Gavaskar Trophy.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Though a struggling Marnus Labuschagne got off the mark on his 24th delivery, he was trapped lbw in front of leg-stump by Siraj, who also had Mitchell Marsh edging to a diving third slip.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
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