<table style="text-align: left; float: left; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://static.gujaratsamachar.com/content_image/content_image_96db9430-8864-4b2f-8288-b12ac0e0dcf9.jpeg" data-filename="India Win BGT 1st Test.png" style="width: 100%;"></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="display: flex;justify-content: center;scale: 0.8;">1st Test, Border-Gavaskar Trophy</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><br></div><p style="text-align: left;">India, captained by Jasprit Bumrah, reminded everyone of their all-famous bounceback abilities and came back from behind in emphatic style to record a monumental 295-run win over Australia on day four at the Perth Stadium on Monday.</p><p style="text-align: left;">The manner and margin of India’s famous win in Perth Stadium has given them a 1-0 lead in the five-match series, which is now also their biggest Test win from the runs margin outside home. It’s also the second time India have won the opening match of a Border-Gavaskar Trophy series after doing so in Adelaide in 2018.</p><p style="text-align: left;">Bumrah, the chief architect of India’s famous triumph in Perth, picked eight wickets, including the match-changing spell of 5-30, which gave them a 46-run lead and single-handedly blew away Australia.</p><p style="text-align: left;">Contributions of second innings centurions Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, as well as of KL Rahul, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Rishabh Pant, and Mohammed Siraj will also be etched in memory for a long time as Perth 2024 is now added to the list of glorious overseas Test wins for India.</p><p style="text-align: left;">Starting day four from 13-2, chasing 534 was always going to be a tall order for Australia. Despite a counter-attacking 89 from Travis head and local lad Mitchell Marsh making 47, Australia were bowled out for 238 just after tea, with Bumrah and Siraj taking three wickets each.</p><p style="text-align: left;">Brief Scores: India 150 in 49.4 overs and 487/6 dec in 134.3 overs lead Australia 104 in 51.2 overs and 238 in 58.4 overs (Travis Head 89, Mitchell Marsh 47; Mohammed Siraj 3-51, Jasprit Bumrah 3-42) by 295 runs</p><p style="text-align: left;">(This story was taken from a syndicated feed and was only edited for style by <i>Gujarat Samachar Digital</i> team)</p>

India, captained by Jasprit Bumrah, reminded everyone of their all-famous bounceback abilities and came back from behind in emphatic style to record a monumental 295-run win over Australia on day four at the Perth Stadium on Monday.

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