The Ajinkya Rahane-led India were 36 for one in their first innings in reply to Australia’s total of 195 at stumps on the opening day of the second Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) on Saturday.
Debutant Shubman Gill was unbeaten on 28 with Cheteshwar Pujara on 7. Mayank Agarwal (0) was the lone wicket which India lost in the ver▨y first over. T൩he visitors still trail the Aussies by 159 runs.
Earlier, an inspired Indian bowling unit, led by paceman Jasprit Bumrah (4/56) and off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin (3/35), bundled out Australia for a paltry 195.
The other debutant, Mohammed Siraj (2/40) also shined with the ball, picking up the crucial wicket of well-settled Marnus Labuschagne (48) and young all-rounder Cameron Green (12).
Here’s how Twitter reacted:
Top day 1 for us. Great display from the bowlers and a solid finish 🦄too൲. 🇮🇳👏
— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli)
Outstanding bowling changes and really smart fielding placements from Rahane.
And the bowlers delivered . Ashwin, Bumrah,Siraj were absolutely brilliant. Great effort to get Australiaඣ all out for 195 on the first day. Now for the batters to get a good first innings lead— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag)
Top bowling by team come on batters…
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan)
Superb bowling display backing our boys to get 300 runs ღon board .. Go well team India
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh)
Who would🌳 have thought an off spinne🐠r would have so much success on the first day of the Test 😉 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
— Lisa Sthalekar (@sthalekar93)
Cricket lovely cricket 😍😍 you beauty
— Sheldon Cotterell (@SaluteCotterell)
The joy of a maiden Test wicket 😄
— ICC (@ICC)
Today at the MCG…
in 2003: Virender Sehwag 195 in 233 balls; 5s, 25f
in 2020: Australia 195 in 435 balls; 1s, 18f— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman)
Terrific bowling by & to restrict the aussies to ཧ190 odd! Time for the batsman to step up and put the runs on the board!
— Kris Srikkanth (@KrisSrikkanth)
We need to make our first innings with the bat count . Our firꦅst innings is gonna be really really crucial . So far , we have been brilliant in this t﷽est .
— Rohan Gavaskar (@rohangava9)
Phenomenal bowling performance from India along with sharp, aggressive, smart captaincy.
Not the start we wanted with the bat. This Aussie bowling line up looks lethal. Just hope we get thr🍷ough the day with💛out losing more wickets.— Saiyami Kher (@SaiyamiKher)
What a terrific day of cricket at the MCG today. Congrats to the ground staff on preparing the best wicket at the MC🐽G for a long time. More of these type of pitches please ! The Indian bowlers were outstanding too & very well lead by ! Can India bat all day ?
— Shane Warne (@ShaneWarne)
Mood at the MCG right now 🇮🇳
— BCCI (@BCCI)
