Border-Gavaskar Trophy: India’s bad start under Bumrah’s captaincy, debutant Nitish Reddy saved his honour.

India made a disappointing start in the first Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy being played in Perth. Jasprit Bumrah, who was leading the team in the absence of Rohit Sharma, won the toss and decided to bat first, but the Indian team was limited to just 150 runs in the first innings.

On the very first day of the match, the Indian batting order could not stand against the Australian bowlers. However, Nitish Kumar Reddy, who was debuting in Test cricket, played brilliantly in his first innings and scored 41 runs and tried to manage India’s situation a bit.

This performance of Nitish is a ray of hope for the team, but the performance of other batsmen was disappointing. Australia’s fast bowling attack kept the Indian batsmen contained and took wickets at regular intervals.

Now all eyes are on the Indian bowlers, who will try to defeat Australia quickly on this challenging pitch. Will the Indian bowling unit be able to turn this match in the direction of comeback under the captaincy of Bumrah? It will be interesting to see.