Jasprit Bumrah shines again, Sam Konstas makes highly impressive debut on Day 1 of Melbourne Test

India pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah once again proved to be a one-man-army and kept India’s hopes alive on first day by dismissing 3 Australian batters from the top-order.

Headlined by 19-year-old debutant Sam Konstas’ (60) maiden half-century, Australia ended the first day on 311/6. The likes of Usman Khawaja (57), Marnus Labuschagne (72) and Steve Smith (68*) also scored fifties to guide the Baggy Greens over the 300-run mark.

One of the most important moments of the day came when Bumrah clean-bowled in-form batter Travis Head for a 7-ball duck with an absolute peach of a delivery.

Then, in the next over Bumrah went on to dismiss Mitchell Marsh for just 4 runs to see Australia lose half of their side. The first session may have belonged to the Aussies, but Team India made a comeback later on in the day and dominated the third session by picking up 4 important wickets.

The final session was all about Bumrah magic. The Indian spearhead didn’t let the hosts completely walk away with the game which they threatened to do at one stage. He now has 24 wickets in the series and will be looking to bag even more on the second day of Melbourne Test.

The day was also marred by heated incidents on the field with Mohammed Siraj first having a verbal exchange with Konstas before Kohli ended up shoulder pushing the Australia batter later on during the first session.

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