India's pace battery negates Australia's day one supremacy in Sydney
Sydney/IBNS: Riding on the pace bowling unit, India bowled out Australia for only 181 to secure a thin lead of four runs in the first innings of the fifth and final Test match of the Border Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 at SCG in Sydney on Saturday.
After India captain Jasprit Bumrah left the field over an injury scare, Prasidh Krishna (3/42), Mohammed Siraj (3/51) and Nitish Reddy (2/32) took over the duty to dismiss the hosts within the tourists' score of 185.
Bumrah, who picked two wickets including one on Saturday, was rushed for a scan over the injury scare.
Beau Webster scripted his dream debut scoring a hard-earned 57 from 105 balls, recovering Australia from 39-4 in alliance with veteran Steve Smith, who was dismissed in the slip cordon by Krishna just before lunch for a solid 33.
Bumrah, who picked Usman Khawaja on the last delivery of day one, removed Marnus Labuschagne early on day two.
Young batter Sam Konstas, who resumed his attack after seeing off some balls patiently, was caught in the slip cordon by KL Rahul bowled by Siraj for 23 from 38 balls.
Siraj drew more blood by dismissing in-form Travis Head (four runs) in the same over hurting Australia badly.
IBNS
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