Jasprit Bumrah made that record under captaincy which even Dhoni and Kohli could not do, left Kapil Dev behind with Mahajeet in Perth
Indian team Australia have taken a 1-0 lead in the five-match Border Gavaskar Trophy by defeating Australia by a huge margin of 295 runs in the first Test match played at the Optus Stadium in Perth. Captain Jasprit Bumrah was the hero of this historic victory of India, who performed brilliantly in this match and took 8 wickets. For this performance he was chosen Player of the Match. In this match, Bumrah also made some special records in his name.
Second captain to do so
Bumrah has become the second player to win the first Test as Indian captain in Australia. Earlier only Ajinkya Rahane had achieved this feat. Lala Amarnath, Chandu Borde, Masun Ali Khan Pataudi, Bishan Singh Bedi, Sunil Gavaskar, Kapil Dev, Mohammed Azharuddin, Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Anil Kumble, MS Dhoni, Virender Sehwag, Virat Kohli played his first test match as captain in Australia. Was defeated.
Kapil Dev's record broken
As Indian captain, Bumrah has come second in terms of best bowling performance in a Test match in Australia. In this match, he broke Kapil Dev's record by taking 8 wickets for 72 runs. Kapil took 8 wickets for 109 runs in the Test played in Adelaide in 1985. Bishan Singh Bedi (10/194) is at number one in this list.
In this match, India had set a huge target of 534 runs for Australia to win, in response to which the Australian team was reduced to only 238 runs.
It is noteworthy that in the absence of regular captain Rohit Sharma, Bumrah has been given the command of the Indian team in this match. The second match of the series will be played at Adelaide Oval from December 6, in which Rohit will return and Bumrah will play the role of vice-captain.
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