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In the first match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy being played between India and Australia at the Optus Stadium in Perth, Team India has been completely dominating the match so far, in which they have completely pushed Australia on the back foot in their own home. In this Test match, even though the Indian team was reduced to a score of 150 in their first innings, after that they bundled out the Australian team’s first innings at a score of 104, while in the second innings, they displayed excellent batting and declared the score at 487 runs. With this, Team India also accomplished a historic feat which to date the Indian team has never been able to do against Australia in the history of Test cricket.
Took a lead of 500 plus runs for the first time in Australia
The Indian team showed a great batting performance in the second innings of the Perth Test match, in which a historic partnership of 201 runs was seen for the first wicket. While KL Rahul played an innings of 77 runs, Yashasvi Jaiswal managed to score the fourth century of his Test career and a brilliant innings of 161 runs was seen from his bat. After this, Virat Kohli also managed to play a century in Test cricket after a long time. Kohli played an innings of 100 runs in 143 balls. Based on this, while Team India was successful in giving a target of 534 runs to Australia, it is the first time in the history of Test cricket that the Indian team was also successful in gaining a lead of 500 plus runs against Australia at their home.
Teams who have taken a 500-plus run lead against Australia in Tests in Australia
England – 741 runs (Brisbane Test, 1928)
South Africa – 631 runs (WACA Stadium, 2012)
West Indies – 573 runs (Adelaide Stadium, 1980)
South Africa – 538 runs (WACA Stadium, 2016)
India – 533 runs (Perth Optus Stadium, 2024)
