After facing a terrible loss in Adelaide Test, India in the absence of the regular Captain Virat Kohli, had done extremely well on Day 1 of the Prestigious Boxing Day Test at Melbourne.
Being led by Rahane, India lost the toss and forced to bowl first. Indian bowlers hit the right lengths from the start and Bumrah has been relentless with his excellency. Keeping Aussies on the backfoot Ashwin took the crucial Steve Smith’s wicket before scalping Wade. Bumrah and Siraj handled the rest.
Labuschagne was the top scorer with his 48 runs while Wade and Paine tickled the score board with their thirties. Bumrah got 4 wickets, Ashwin took 3, Debutant Siraj got 2 to his name and Jadeja took the final wicket of the Australia before they were bundled out for 195 runs.
The extremely cautious India had to face the tricky period and Mayank Agrawal was sent back by Starc early in the innings for a duck. Debutant Gill batted with extreme maturity for his 28 after getting a life from Labuschagne and was aided by senior veteran Pujara on the other end. India finished the day with 36-1 having their noses ahead before the start of Day 2 and their main aim will be to ball all day long tomorrow.