India captain Jasprit Bumrah and senior batter Virat Kohli let out a roar after dismissing Travis Head on Day 4 of the Perth Test match. Head frustrated India by batting aggressively in the final innings at the Optus Stadium on Monday, 25 November. Bumrah picked up the wicket of Head in the 39th over of the match with an inch-perfect delivery outside the off stump.
After Head edged the ball to Rishabh Pant, Virat Kohli came running to Bumrah and the duo celebrated aggressively. Head was the wicket that India desperately wanted, given his history of playing top quality innings against the Australian side.
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Head was batting well against India, but was not able to handle Bumrah, who bowled a gem of a delivery from around the wicket, which nipped away just enough to kiss his outside edge.
Travis Head was the lone warrior for Australia on Monday, after the team’s top-order was cleaned up by India pacers – Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj. Head first stitched a 50-run partnership with Steve Smith and then batted aggressively alongside Mitchell Marsh after Lunch.
India were left frustrated by Australia’s attacking approach and changed their bowling often to unsettle Head. The move finally paid off when Bumrah mixed his lengths. Bumrah set up Travis with the short ball aimed at his Head and then got his edge with a length delivery on the off stump.
At the time of writing, Australia had lost 7 wickets and still needed 352 runs to win.
Australia are likely to lose the opening Test match of the ongoing edition of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy – in a venue that they have never lost before.
