Jasprit Bumrah and Co. fold Australia for 104 in Perth, check Kangaroo's 5 lowest total vs India in Tests

Jasprit Bumrah and Co. fold Australia for 104 in Perth (BCCI Photo)

Jasprit Bumrah, the interim skipper for the first Border-Gavaskar Trophy Test in Perth, led his side from the front and completed his five-wicket haul. He was brilliantly assisted by his teammates Harshit Rana and Mohammed Siraj as India bundled out Australia for 104 in the first innings. The effort by the Indian pace battery helped the tourists secure a 46-run lead, which can prove to be handy considering the pace and bounce in the wicket.

Bumrah removed Alex Carey, the first wicket on Day 2, for 21 to complete his five-wicket haul. This was his first fifer as a captain, helping him join an exclusive list featuring Kapil Dev and Anil Kumble. In fact, Kumble was the last Indian captain to achieve the feat, which was at the Melbourne Cricket Ground back in 2007.

Indian captains with a five wicket haul in Tests

Vinoo Mankad (1)
Bishan Bedi (8)
Kapil Dev (4)
Anil Kumble (2)
Jasprit Bumrah (1)

Apart from Carey, Bumrah decimated the Australian top-order and in the process became the first bowler in a decade to dismiss Steve Smith for a golden duck in the longer format. Bumrah had trapped Smith LBW with a ball angling towads the batter, beating him with the pace and movement.

Meanwhile, Harshit Rana, playing his first Test, chipped in with three scalps, while Siraj accounted for two. This is Australia's fourth lowest innings total against India in Tests.

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Australia's 5 lowest Test innings total against India

AUS: 83, Australia vs India, 3rd Test at Melbourne, Feb 07 1981

AUS: 91, India vs Australia, 1st Test at Nagpur, Feb 09 2023

AUS: 93, India vs Australia, 4th Test at Mumbai, Nov 03 2004

AUS 104, Australia vs India, 1st Test at Perth, Nov 22 2024

AUS 105, India vs Australia, 2nd Test at Kanpur, Dec 19 1959

This is also the lowest first innings total for Australia against India in Tests. The previous lowest first innings total was 107 in Sydney in 1947. In addition if we look at other numbers, this is Australia's lowest totals at home since 2000.

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Lowest totals for Australia at home since 2000

85 vs SA Hobart 2016
98 vs Eng Melbourne 2010
104 vs Ind Perth 2024 *
127 vs Pak Sydney 2010
136 vs NZ Hobart 2011

India were earlier dismissed for 150 in the first innings and the efforts by their pace battery saw them script a new record. This is the third lowest innings total for which India achieved a lead.

Lowest 1st innings totals for which India achieved a lead

99 vs NZ Hamilton 2002 (five runs lead)
147 vs Eng Lord's 1936 (13)
150 vs Aus Perth 2024 (46) * 179 vs Eng Wankhede 1981 (13)