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New Delhi. The first day of the fifth Test match being played between India and Australia in Sydney went in Australia's favour. The Indian team could only score 185 runs on the first day. During this, they also lost 10 wickets. Scott Boult bowled brilliantly for Australia and took 4 wickets. The Indian team won the toss and decided to bat first.
Team India has played this match without Rohit Sharma. Bumrah is captaining in place of Rohit. KL Rahul (4) and Yashasvi Jaiswal, who came to open, were dismissed after scoring 10 runs. Shubman Gill came to bat at number three but he was dismissed after scoring 20 runs. He faced 64 balls to score 20 runs. His wicket was taken by Nathan Lyon.
Rishabh Pant scored the most runs
Virat Kohli escaped being out on the very first ball but could not take advantage of it and after lunch Scott Boland bowled him outside the off stump and got him caught by Smith in the slip. Rishabh Pant batted well and scored 40 runs. Ravindra Jadeja scored 26 runs. Nitish Reddy got out after scoring 0 and Washington Sundar got out after scoring 14 runs. India's 10th wicket fell in the form of Bumrah. He scored 22 runs.
Boland's deadly bowling
Boland bowled lethally for Australia on the first day. He took a total of 4 wickets. Boland took the wickets of important batsmen like Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant and Nitish Reddy. At the same time, Mitchell Starc took 2, Pat Cummins took 2 and Nathan Lyon also took 1 wicket. If the Australian bowlers continue bowling like this, then they can also win the 5th Test. Australia has lost a wicket in the form of Usman Khawaja on the first day of play.
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