The Indian cricket team embarked on a tour of Australia following a 0-3 defeat at the hands of New Zealand in the home test series. Given the humiliation, many have been downplaying India in the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25, with many key players out of form, including Virat Kohli.
However, as expected, the Indian cricket team proved all the predictions wrong as they began the high-voltage Test series with a big win over the Australians at Perth’s Optus Stadium, where the tourists tipped the hosts an embarrassing 295 run defeat on the day. 4 on November 25.
Jasprit Bumrah leads Indian cricket team to dominant 295-run win over Australia in Perth Test
Under the brilliant captaincy of ace seamer Jasprit Bumrah, the Indian team roared loudly and showed the world why they dominated the Kangaroos in their backyard.
From Virat Kohli to Yashasvi Jaiswal and stand-in captain Bumrah himself, all made crucial contributions to the team’s historic 295-run victory in the first match of the five-match Test series in Perth.
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The contribution of KL Rahul, Nitish Kumar Reddy and Harshit Rana to India’s dominant start in their quest to register a historic hat-trick of Test series wins in Australia cannot be ignored at the Optus Stadium.
Jasprit Bumrah was named Player of the Match for his remarkable bowling show, taking 8 wickets in two innings in the Perth Test.
After India’s dominant victory over Australia in the first Test, the cricket fraternity went into jubilation on social media, criticizing the Australian cricket team for slowly becoming the bunny of the Indian cricket team as it was a special victory that the team achieved without Rohit Sharma. Mohammed Shami, Ravindra Jadeja and R Ashwin.
Many have praised Bumrah’s exceptional captaincy and bowling performance in the Perth Test. Notably, it was India’s second-highest away run win in Test cricket. India’s biggest margin of victory outside Asia was the 318-run victory over the West Indies at North Sound in 2019.
This is how fans react to India’s dominant victory over Australia in the Perth Test:
Come on, guys! 1️⃣⬆️🇮🇳#AUSWIN #whistlepodu 🥳🇮🇳
📸: BCCI pic.twitter.com/yFGJvVPX4q– Kings of Chennai (@ChennaiIPL) November 25, 2024
Australia has a long tradition of chasing the head of the snake, that is, the opponent’s captain. This time, the snake’s head came after them and they didn’t know where to hide. #AUSWIN pic.twitter.com/7VGJQLIqjP
—Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14) November 25, 2024
An incredible comeback in a historic match for all time🏆🔥 #INDvAUS #AUSWIN #AUSvINDIA pic.twitter.com/Qrdce8DgaW
-Sri Tej (@Aluarjuncult83) November 25, 2024
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Congratulations India for winning the first Test. It’s not easy to come back and then dominate, especially in Perth. Bumrah’s bowling and leadership stand out 👍🏼Australians need to clear up the fallacies and get to work. #AUSWIN… pic.twitter.com/qiFsFLKVCk
—Kamran Ali (@Kam007_tweet) November 25, 2024
Don’t think anyone expected such a one-sided victory for India 🇮🇳
But hell yeah, it feels great 😀💪
Kohli pulls back 2 scoring runs, KL looks confident, jaiswal 🔥⭐, harshit n siraj🔥
I don’t think we need to say anything about Bumrah, the man is a genius.
Chak from India 🇮🇳#INDvsAUS#INDvAUS #AUSWIN— Debajit Sen 🇮🇳 (@devbestie) November 25, 2024
Perth’s pride is broken.
India wins first Test against Australia and registers first victory by a foreign team in Perth
Great feat to start this series.
GGERAA🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥#AUSWIN #GautamGambhir pic.twitter.com/wuaWf49EuR– Daydreamer (@introvert_hubro) November 25, 2024
Excellent win for India and the credit definitely goes to Bumrah. His spell on Day 1 brought India back into the game. Had Australia batted on Day 2, things would have been different. Bumrah well shot and well directed 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 #AUSWIN
-Gaurav Jindal (@gj100596) November 25, 2024
Travis Head congratulated Virat Kohli after India registered their biggest Test win in Australia 🇮🇳🔥🔥#AUSWIN #lost #Don’t stop transmitting #CatchEveryMatch pic.twitter.com/JXxG3RvYRk
– Farid Khan (@_FaridKhan) November 25, 2024
From 150 to the limit to win by 295 races 🔥
Captain Jasprit Bumrah leads India to famous Test victory in Perth 🏆 #AUSWIN pic.twitter.com/0Qvf87go1n
-Anu Arora (@Annuu1405) November 25, 2024
We already have our future captain ready. This was just a trailer. Bow Bumrah #AUSWIN #fronteragavaskartrofeo2024 #BGT #bumrah #TestPerth pic.twitter.com/5dczAxE4MX
– Test cricket enthusiast (@Lazyphilos) November 25, 2024
To be continued…..