Jasprit Bumrah Matches Kapil Dev's Legacy, Harshit Rana Shines as India Restricts Australia to One of Their Lowest Totals

With his signature style, Bumrah changed his approach by coming around the wicket and skillfully shaped the ball in, only to make it move away after pitching, resulting in the dismissal of Carey. The clever left-hander fell for the trap, managing only an outside edge that was easily caught by Rishabh Pant. Bumrah's early breakthrough on Day 2 marked his impressive 11th five-wicket haul, finishing with remarkable figures of 5 for 30. This outstanding performance also marked Bumrah's 7th five-wicket haul in SENA countries, putting him on par with the legendary Kapil Dev as the Indian bowler with the most such hauls in these conditions.

Interestingly, the last time Bumrah played at the same venue six years ago, he ended up with a six-wicket haul to help India win.

Harshit Rana, the debutant, who started the proceedings with Bumrah on Saturday morning, struck from the other end with a snorter to Nathan Lyon. The shot off from a length, got big on the Australian off-spinner and thudded onto his gloves. Lyon was taking evasive action but couldn't get his hands out of the way. The ball lobbed up in the air and landed in KL Rahul's hands in the slip cordon.

Australia put up some resistance, mainly thanks to Mitchell Starc's rearguard action. The big Australian fast bowler had a few run-ins with Rana, his former IPL teammate at the Kolkata Knight Riders but braved up against the young Indian fast bowler's bouncer barrage and added crucial runs to Australia's first innings total. Starc was top-scorer for Australia with 26 off 112 balls before Rana came back for his second spell in the morning to get the lanky Australian out.

Thanks to Starc's knock, Australia not only avoided their lowest-ever total against India (83) but also got past their lowest total at home (85) in this century. Australia were bowled out for 85 by South Africa in Hobart in 2016, which is their worst performance at home since 2000.

Earlier in the Test, India were bowled out for 150 after opting to bat first. The match, which was billed as a battle between two out-of-form batting units, lived up to the prediction, at least on the first day. As many as 17 wickets fell, which was the first time in seven decades for a Test match on Australian soil.

It was debutant Nitish Reddy's gutsy 41 and Rishabh Pant's 37, including an unbelievable sixer, that got India to 150 in 49.4 overs with Josh Hazlewood (4/29), Mitchell Starc (2/14 in 11 overs), Pat Cummins (2/67 in 15.4 overs) and Mitchell Marsh (2/12 in 5 overs) sharing the spoils.

On the driver's seat when they came out to reply, Australia had no answer to Bumrah's (4/17 in 10 overs) quality that was on display. Defending a low first-innings total cannot be a one-man show, and Mohammed Siraj (2/20) and debutant Harshit Rana stepped up to support their skipper.