Perth Test Day 1: Bumrah leaves Australia reeling after India get dismissed for 150

It was the India's batsmen who struggled to cope with the seam and extra bounce on a challenging Perth wicket first. Australia, however, found the going equally tough.

India's captain Jasprit Bumrah, back to the camera celebrates with teammates the wicket of Australia's Nathan McSweeney on the first day of the first cricket test between Australia and India in Perth. (Photo | PTI)

WACA, WACA hey hey - the bowlers could well be forgiven if they had done their own Shakira impersonation with a Perthian Twist.

On a day when the temperature largely hovered in the early twenties during the first India-Australia Test, the fiery pacemen who hurl the leather down for both teams had countless reasons to celebrate.

First, it was India who were under the cosh after Jasprit Bumrah opted to bat in a surprise decision. But after they were shot out for 150 in their first innings, Australia were repaid in kind and more.

With captain Bumrah himself leading from the front with the ball, the hosts were soon reduced to 59-7.

Initially, it was the India's batsmen who struggled to cope with the seam and extra bounce on a challenging Perth wicket.

This collapse followed an inexplicable decision by Bumrah to bat first on Day 1 of the opening Test.

India's worst score in Perth was 141 against the Aussies. On Friday, they would only manage to score nine better.

Nitish Kumar Reddy (41 off 59 balls), KL Rahul (26 off 74 balls) and Rishabh Pant (37 off 78 balls) were the only batsmen to make any significant contributions as the rest of the batsmen capitulated. Apart from these three, Dhruv Jurel was the only other player to reach double figures.

Rahul's controversial dismissal just before lunch left India in disarray.

Youngsters Yashasvi Jaiswal (0) and Devdutt Padikkal (0) were among those who struggled, with Kohli continuing his poor form, out for 5.

For Australia, Josh Hazlewood claimed four wickets, while Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins and Mitchell Marsh chimed in with two wickets each.

Bumrah on fire

When Australia began their reply, they came up against a Bumrah who was spitting fire. With the Indian spearhead leading the way, the hosts were soon reduced to 19/3, with Bumrah sending back Steve Smith, Usman Khwaja and Nathan McSweeney.

It was a steady procession from then on as Australia were soon reduced to 67/7 at Stumps and well in danger of conceding a first innings lead.

Wicketkeeper Alex Carey being the leading scorer with 19 runs told its own tale.

Bumrah had four wickets to his name, Mohammed Siraj two and Harshit Rana one as India pressed on.