Virat, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Bumrah emerged as key architects of one of India's most important and best overseas wins given the circumstances, as they crushed Australia by 295 runs in the first Perth Test. India has gained a 1-0 lead in the five-match series.
Punjab Kings secured a move for South African hard-hitting all-rounder Marco Jansen, while Krunal Pandya found a new home with Royal Challengers Bengaluru. Notably, the familiar face of the cash-rich league, Shardul Thakur, didn't find a bidder for himself and went unsold in the Indian Premi
Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar Samrat Chaudhary took a potshot at Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader and LoP Bihar assembly Tejashwi Yadav, saying his (Tejashwi) father RJD chief Lalu Yadav has suffered so many defeats under the leadership of Bihar CM Nitish Kumar that now he not being unable
Reddy also praised Bumrah's captaincy, who is leading the side in place of regular captain Rohit Sharma, appreciating the strategic decisions made during the game.
"It was a good start. It's not a dream innings, but it was a good start," said Reddy, modestly assessing his performance.
The Indian pace trio of Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, and debutant Harshit Rana brought back India in the game with a stellar performance leaving Australia reeling at 67/7 on the first day of the 1st Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy at Perth's Optus Stadium.
Big names like KL Rahul (26), Virat Kohli (5) and Rishabh Pant (37) failed to get big scores. Youngsters Yashasvi Jaiswal (0), Dhruv Jurel (11), Washington Sundar (4) and Nitish Kumar Reddy (41) could not do much either.
As India has come to Australia to chase their fifth-successive Border-Gavaskar Trophy series win and a hat-trick of wins in Australia, fans would be hoping that history indeed repeats itself this time. With team's chances of advancing to their third-successive ICC World Test Championship han