Home | News | Bumrah Dismisses In Form Head India Need Two More Wickets To Win Perth Test Bumrah dismisses in-form Head, India need two more wickets to win Perth Test Skipper Jasprit Bumrah (3/42) and Mohammed Siraj (3/54) did most of the damage on the fourth day while Washington Sundar and Nitish Reddy played the support act By PTI Published Date - 25 November 2024, 12:58 PM India's captain Jasprit Bumrah celebrates with teammate Dhruv Jurel the wicket of Australia's Travis Head on the fourth day of the first cricket test against Australia in Perth on Monday. — Photo:AP Perth: India stood on the cusp of their biggest victory on Australian soil after reducing the hosts to 227 for 8 at tea on day four of the first Test here on Monday. Skipper Jasprit Bumrah (3/42) and Mohammed Siraj (3/54) did most of the damage on the fourth day while Washington Sundar and Nitish Reddy played the support act to perfection with a wicket apiece.
India had set Australia a mammoth 534-run target on day three. The in-form Travis Head (89) was dismissed by Bumrah with a delivery that was pitched on length and just kept on climbing as the batter went on a compulsive drive only to edge it behind stumps. Bumrah’s exalted celebration said it all.
Mitchell Marsh (47) was also batting well before Reddy capped a good Test match with a delivery that didn’t give the batter enough room to cut and the inside edge was dragged on to the stumps. Australia’s most dependable batter in this WTC cycle Alex C.
