Australia vs India Live Score, Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024/25 1st Test Day 1: Pant, Rana out in successive overs; IND loses eight

Cummins against Nitish. Looked to go big but didn’t get much on it. Doesn’t take a single. Unable to connect and forced to take single. 

Hazlewood. Rana places it well between slips and gully to backward point fence. FOUR. Tries it again and that’s another one down. Brilliant reaction from both slips. Bounces off McSweeney hand and Labuschagne holds on to it well. Rana walks back for seven. 

Harshit Rana c Labuschagne b Hazlewood 7 (5b)

Skipper Bumrah is in. Defends the last two. 

Hazlewood continues. Bouncer and Nitish tries something creative but misses. Better line this time and just beats the outside edge. 

Cummins against Pant. Leaves the first few. Pant not trying to do anything risky here. Spoke too soon. Pant edges it straight to Smith at slip. Huge blow for India!

Rishabh Pant c Smith b Cummins 37 (78b)

Harshit Rana gets off the mark immediately. Would have been a four but the backward point fielder stops it just before the ropes. 

Four!! Hazlewood to Nitish, full outside off, just presses forward and punches it down the ground for a boundary. 

Pant dabs a full length ball from Cummins through gully and will pick up a single. Short ball on the body to Nitish, leaps up and defends it legside for a single. 

Hazlewood returns. A bit of a scuffle but they sneak in a quick single. Nitish on strike. Edges it to gully but falls just short. Safe. Finds another single. Three runs off the over.

Cummins replaces Lyon. Pant banking on his defence. A bouncer forcing Pant to duck. What was that?! SIX. Pant does what he does best. He hits it behind square and falls on the ground while the ball sails into the crowd. 

Starc against Pant. A little too high for Pant as he isn’t able to put it away. DROPPED! Pant didn’t time that well at all. Went high up and Cummins was tracking it but slips through his hands. 

Lyon. Pant drills it straight down but stops. Just one run. Nitish reverse sweeps the next but fielder does well to save two. Another reverse sweep and connects better this time. Four to end the over. 

Lyon continues. Four. Quick hands as he reverse slaps it through backward point. Falls back on his defence after that. Just the boundary off the over. 

Starc against Pant. Good bounce, forcing Pant to duck. Pushed to cover for a single. Did Nitish get something on it? There was a sound as it crossed him but unsure of what the ball touched first. Glove? Australia doesn’t use its last review. Two runs off the over. 

Starc returns. Straight line on the body, gets the inner half of the bat. Nitish guides it to the leg side for a single. On Pant’s pads but going down leg. To mid-off to end the over.

Lyon replaces Marsh. Nitish attacks on the second, lofts it over the bowler to the ropes. Four. A cracking cover drive this time for four more runs. Eight runs. 

Four!! Pant steps down the track and lofts Marsh down the ground for a boundary. A touch too full outside off, punched through the cover for three. 

Cummins to Pant, huge appeals for a catch but the umpire is unmoved. Australia opt for the review. Came off the thigh pad and the original decision stands. Pant guides a length ball to deep fine for a single. 

Marsh to Washington, Washington shoulders arms on a short-of-length delivery. Bounces over the stumps to the keeper. WICKET!! Washington looks to dab at one outside off, edges it behind. 

Washington Sundar c Carey b Marsh 4 (15b)

Nitish Kumar Reddy in at 8. 

Marsh to Pant, defended to short mid wicket for a single. Washington plays out the rest of the over. 

Cummins bangs one short to Pant, ducks down and lets it go. Pant dabs a short-of-length ball to the legside for a single. Cummins goes full, Washington punches down the track for three runs. 

Washington clips a short of a length ball to short midwicket for a single. Four!! Pant steps down and has a heave, the top edge flies past the cordon for a boundary. Dabs a short-length ball wide of gully for a single. 

Jurel plays a crisp cut straight at the backward point fielder. No ball called. WICKET!! Marsh removes Jurel. Length ball on off stump, takes Jurel’s edge as he looked to defend. 

Dhruv Jurel c Labuschagne b Mitchell Marsh 11(20)

Washington in at seven. Cummins fires one down leg, Washington tickles it fine for a single. 

Mitch Marsh into the attack. Full and wide outside off to Rishabh Pant, left alone. Short ball on the body, Pant defends off his toes. Maiden over. 

Jurel plays an excellent guide through the gap in the cordon for four off Cummins. Wide of offstump, left alone by the batter. Fuller outside off, punched through the cover for three more. 

A crucial 2nd session on the cards. Pant and Jurel will hope to build up a good partnership to take India closer to the three-figure mark. 

Lyon against Pant. Left alone. Backing on his defence as Pant looks to be playing on the safer side. Maiden over. Pant finds him in a similar situation yet again. 

Jurel faces Starc. Four! Driven andflies above third slip to the fence. Jurel off the mark.

And that’s lunch. 

Starc. Beaten on the first. Similar delivery on the next but caught behind. Review taken after umpire doesn’t give it. Looked like the spike was off his bat hitting his pad but third umpire seems to think otherwise. Given and set batter Rahul is out. Jurel in.

KL Rahul c †Carey b Starc 26 (74b)

Nathan Lyon gets the ball. Pant drives it straight down to Lyon. Slightly aggressive start. Pant’s antics begins as he paddle sweeps it behind to the fence. FOUR! Field changes brought in for Pant, leg slip in. Defends the last three. 

Starc returns. Right on Pant’s pads and there’s a loud shout for lbw. Looked like it was drifting down leg. Australia takes the review. Ball was high and missing leg. Review lost. Driven through covers but doesn’t getv enough power. Three runs. 

Cummins. Fuller on the length and beats the outside edge. Rahul falling back to his defence. A quiet over. 

Pant against Hazlewood. One-handed drive that beats the diving point. Three runs and Pant is off the mark. Close call. Rahul gets a top edge on it but falls just short of slip. Guides it behind to long leg for a single. 

Cummins to Rahul. Good length and beats the outside edge just outside off. Sails above Rahul who ducks. FOUR! Edged between slip and gully and races away to third-man ropes. Cummins ends with a ripper that just beats the edge. 

WICKET!! Hazlewood gets some extra bounce. Kohli is undone by it and hands a simple catch to slip. 

Kohli c Khawaja b Hazlewood 5(12)

Pant in at 5. Beaten on the outside edge first ball! Length ball on off, Pant defends off the front foot. 

Hazlewood with his sixth over. Back of a length on the pads, clipped to deep fine for a single. 

Cummins to Kohli, full on the stumps, Kohli inside edges to the legside for a single. Rahul punches one through mid off, the ball doesn’t have the legs to reach the boundary, the batters run three. Kohli with a solid punch down the ground, doesn’t have the legs again, three more. Four!! Crisp cover drive from Rahul, enough on it to reach the test this time. 

Kohli faces his first ball. Greeted with some extra bounce but defends to point. High on the pads but pushes it to cover on the next one. 

Extra bounce for Cummins and Rahul does well to evade it. Flies past his shoulder to the keeper. Rahul clips a full ball through wide mid on for a couple. Rahul edges one on the bounce to slips to round out the over. 

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AUS vs IND, 1st Test: Starc-Hazlewood register 400 wickets as new-ball pair for Australia

Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood became the first Australian new-ball attack to claim 400 Test wickets during Day 1 of the first Border-Gavaskar Trophy Test against India in Perth on Friday.

Rahul on strike against Cummins. Fuller on the length by the skipper as Rahul chooses to defend. Much needed runs for India. Ball flies over the slips after Rahul edges it unintentionally. Four.

Hazlewood back. Padikkal connects but pushes it to covers. Looking to flick the ball but missing. And gone! Padikkal edges this one ever so slightly and is caught behind by the keeper. He departs for a duck and in comes Virat Kohli. 

Devdutt Padikkal c †Carey b Hazlewood 0 (23b)

Cummins continues. Bowling into the surface and comes high to Rahul, who shoulders arms in the next. Ball angling towards the batter but just off the bat. Maiden. 

Starc. Getting a lot of movement. Wide given. Angles the other away this time, forcing the keeper to dive to the left. Padikkal yet to get off the mark and it looks like it’s starting to get to him. Connects on the last delivery but finds the fielder. 

Skipper Cummins into the attack. Back of a length outside off, Rahul leaves it. Full outside off, beats Rahul’s attempted front foot defence. Full on the stumps, Rahul defends. Rahul gets a wide one through the gap between slip and gully, will pick up two. 

Starc continues. Full and swinging away from Padikkal, shoulders arms and lets it through. A touch shorter, beats Padikkal’s defensive prod. Fuller in length, Padikkal looks to punch it straight, just beats his edge. Maiden over. 

Hazlewood to Rahul, length on the stumps, clipped legside for a double. A solid defence followed by a comfortable leave outside off to round out the over. 

Starc to Rahul, length ball on leg stump with short leg in place, Rahul defends to mid on. Full length delivery, swinging in to the right-hander, Rahul defends to cover. Rahuk punches a full ball to cover to take a single and keep strike. 

Hazlewood continues. Back of a length outside off, Rahul lets the ball go. Overpitched outside off, Rahul drives through cover and picks up three. 

WICKET!! Jaiswal falls for nought! Full outside off, Jaiswal looks for a drive and edges one to gully where debutant McSweeney takes a comfortable catch.

Jaiswal c McSweeney b Mitchell Starc 0(8)

Padikkal in at 3. Squared up on the second ball, whizzes past the outside edge by a fair margin. Too wide to follow up, left alone by Padikkal. Appeals for lbw as Starc goes for the blackhole. Umpire says no, missing legstump. 

Hazlewood from the other end. Length ball angling in to Rahul, thuds his thigh pads. Length again, well outside off stump, left alone. Full outside off, beats Rahul’s front foot defence. Rahul pulls his bat behind the pad and leaves the full ball outside off. Maiden over. 

Mitch Starc with the new ball in hand. Jaiswal is taking strike with Rahul at the non-striker’s. Full down the legside, runs away for four byes. Jaiswal edges one second ball, falls in front of the cordon. Short of a length on the body, defended solidly. Slightly fuller, on the same line, Jaiswal defends again. 

Matches: 107

Australia wins: 45

India wins: 32

Drawn: 29

Ties: 1

Sunil Gavaskar and Allan Border place the trophy on the stand as the teams gear up for the anthems. 

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India has left out spinners with a combined 855 Test wickets on the bench today in R. Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja. Washington plays his second Test Down Under. A horse for course selection?

India: KL Rahul, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Devdutt Padikkal, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant(wk), Dhruv Jurel, Nitish Reddy, Washington Sundar, Harshit Rana, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj

Australia: Usman Khawaja, Nathan McSweeney, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh, Alex Carey(w), Pat Cummins(c), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood 

India wins the toss and Jasprit Bumrah opts to bat first. 

“We are confident about our preparation. Wicket here quickens after the first session. Washington will play as the lone spinner,” says Bumrah.

“It was a 50-50 decision. Any format we play is fiercely fought. WACA has more pace and bounce and hope we get some of that here. Nathan McSweeney debuts,” says Cummins. 

Virat Kohli hands the cap to all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy while R.Ashwin does the honours for Harshit Rana. 

As expected, Nathan McSweeney is presented his baggy green by Darren Lehmann. Huge boots to fill for the youngster but with a solid outing in the A series to back him.

Perth is known for its pace and bounce. However, the Optus Stadium uses a drop-in pitch, which is prepared away from the ground and later installed into the square. This allows for subtle changes to the nature of the wicket.

This is evident from the improved efficiency spinners have experienced since the switch from the WACA to the Optus Stadium. At the WACA, spinners took 229 wickets in 44 matches at an average of 44. In comparison, spinners have claimed 37 wickets at an average of 33 at the new Perth Stadium.

Despite the slight assistance for spinners, pacers have dominated at the Perth Stadium, taking 102 wickets at an average of 29.71. Pacers have also been utilised far more, bowling 1,014 overs compared to the spinners’ 393.

The pitch curator at the Optus Stadium stated that the wicket will once again offer conditions conducive to fast bowlers.

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India vs Australia in Tests throwback: New chapter, old rivals

England may be the old enemy, but for Australia, India is a clear and present danger.

Matches played: 4

Team batting first won: 4

Team winning toss won: 4

Highest total: Australia 598/4 vs West Indies

Lowest total: Pakistan 89 (30.2 overs) vs Australia

Average 1st innings score: 456

Two men fused by their passion for speed, split by nationalities, and thrown together into a sporting rivalry, stretched their hands towards each other. In the background, the sun was beating down on the grass, all golden hue and green tinge, and in the shade a cool breeze demanded respect and woollens.

Jasprit Bumrah and Pat Cummins, froze time for a bit, as the two, with a son each, discussed parenthood and baby-steps. This was life distilled into its best essence. As proud fathers, splendid pacers and rival captains, Bumrah and Cummins then posed with the Border-Gavaskar Trophy at the Optus Stadium here on Thursday noon. And it was time to get ready for a long Australian summer that would gain its sporting high from the five Tests pitting India against Cummins and his men.

When the first Test commences on Friday, one of cricket’s greatest rivalries will get a fresh chapter. The Ashes and the memories about India-Pakistan Tests linger, but there is no discounting the charms, the adrenaline, and the nail-biting climaxes that seem inevitable when India and Australia face off. India arrives after suffering a 0-3 loss in its backyard against New Zealand but history would whisper about the stunning Test series triumphs Down Under in 2018-19 and 2020-21.

- K.C. Vijaya Kumar

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AUS vs IND, 1st Test: Plenty to ponder for India as Australia begins quest to wrest back Border-Gavaskar Trophy

Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024: When the first Test commences on Friday, one of cricket’s greatest rivalries between India and Australia will get a fresh chapter.

When is India vs Australia first Test taking place?

The first Test match between India and Australia will take place between November 22-26. The first day will commence at 7:50 AM IST.

Where to watch the LIVE telecast of India vs Australia first Test?

The LIVE telecast of the first Test match between India and Australia can be watched on the Star Sports network or through the Hotstar app or website. 

Hello and welcome to Sportstar’s live coverage of the first Border-Gavaskar Trophy Test between Australia and India at the Optus Stadium in Perth. Stay tuned for all live updates and scores from the game as the day progresses!