New Delhi: Team India has tightened its grip on Australia in the first test match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. The first test match of the series between India and Australia is being played at the Perth Cricket Stadium. Team India won the toss and batted first and scored 150 runs. In response, host Australia was all out for just 104 runs, giving the visitor team a crucial lead of 46 runs.
After the lethal bowling in the first test match against Australia, Team India stunned the Kangaroo team with their excellent batting in the second innings. Opener Yashasvi Jaiswal, who failed in the first innings for Team India, stunned the mighty bowlers of Australia with his stormy batting.
Yashasvi Jaiswal hits a rocket launcher six to Nathan Lyon:
During his batting, Nathan Lyon played an unbeaten innings of 90 runs in 193 balls till the end of the day’s play. In this innings, Yashasvi hit 7 fours and 2 excellent sixes. One of Yashasvi’s sixes was against Nathan Lyon. Yashasvi went ahead and hit a 100-meter-long six against Nathan Lyon. Nathan Lyon started sweating after seeing this shot of Yashasvi.
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In the second innings of Team India, KL Rahul also made a lot of noise along with Yashasvi Jaiswal. Rahul, who was, unfortunately, out in the first innings, batted strongly with Yashasvi and played an unbeaten innings of 62 runs in 153 balls. KL Rahul also hit four excellent fours in this inning.
Team India’s lead increased to 218 runs:
Team India has established a stronghold in the first test match against Australia. The Indian team had gained a big lead of 46 runs on the basis of the first innings against Australia. In the second innings, Team India scored 172 runs without any loss on the second day of the game. In this way, Team India’s lead has increased to 218 runs.
