 "Rishabh Pant’s half-century missed, Scott Boland’s lethal bowling, how was the first day’s play? – News-Patiala Punjabi")
The first day of the 5th Test match between India and Australia being played in Sydney was in the name of Australia. The Indian team could score only 185 runs on the first day. During this he also lost 10 wickets. Scott Boland bowled brilliantly for Australia and took 4 wickets. The Indian team won the toss and decided to bat first.
Team India is playing without Rohit Sharma in this match. Bumrah is taking the captaincy instead of Rohit. KL Rahul (4) and Yashaswi Jaiswal, who came to open, got out after scoring 10 runs. Shubman Gill came to bat at number three but was dismissed after scoring 20 runs. He faced 64 balls to score 20 runs. His wicket was taken by Nathan Lyon.
Most runs scored by Rishabh Pant
Virat Kohli avoided being dismissed on the first ball but could not capitalize on it and after lunch Scott Boland bowled him outside the off-stump and had Smith caught at slip. Rishabh Pant batted well and scored 40 runs. While Ravindra Jadeja scored 26 runs. Nitish Reddy was dismissed for 0 and Washington Sundar scored 14 runs. India’s 10th wicket fell in the form of Bumrah. He scored 22 runs.
Powerful bowling from Boland
Boland produced a strong bowling display for Australia on the first day. He took a total of 4 wickets. Boland took the wickets of important batsmen like Yashaswi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant and Nitish Reddy. Along with this, Mitchell Starc took 2 wickets, Pat Cummins took 2 wickets and Nathan Lyon also took 1 wicket. If the Australians continue to bowl like this, they can win the 5th Test as well. Australia have lost a wicket in the form of Usman Khawaja in the first day’s play.
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