WATCH: Rahul Dravid can’t keep his eye away from the Perth Test amid IPL 2025 auction preparation
New Delhi: The fantastic comeback on the opening day of the first Test by team India against Australia in Perth not only had fans on the edge of their seats but also caught the attention of former India captain and head coach Rahul Dravid.
Rahul Dravid, the former head coach of team India is currently the head coach of the Rajasthan Royals and is busy preparing for the IPL 2025 mega auction, was spotted in a video shared by the franchise on their X handle, asking for the score of the match.
“Difficult to not keep up with scores when it’s Day 1 of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy,” RR captioned the post.
Difficult to not keep up with scores when it’s Day 1 of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy pic.twitter.com/d9qUdkZDoh
— Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals) November 22, 2024
After winning the toss in this match, the Indian team scored only 150 runs in their innings. In such a situation, the Indian team seemed to be surrounded by troubles. But Jasprit Bumrah showed such a game with the new ball that the match completely turned around in just a few overs. Jasprit Bumrah gave Australia the first blow at a score of 14 runs. After this, he also took the second wicket at a score of 19 runs. Australia’s innings faltered in no time. Bumrah sent 4 batsmen to the pavilion in just 10 overs, due to which by the end of the day’s play, Australia lost 7 wickets at 67 runs.
Jasprit Bumrah is the sixth captain of India who has taken wickets in Australia. Before this, Lala Amarnath, Bishan Bedi, Kapil Dev, Sachin Tendulkar and Anil Kumble have been able to take wickets in Australia as captains. Out of these, Bishan Bedi, Kapil Dev and Anil Kumble are the only captains who have achieved the feat of taking 5 wickets in an innings. In such a situation, Jaspreet Bumrah is now just 1 wicket away from joining this list. Along with this, he will also become the first Indian fast bowler captain who will take 5 wickets in an innings in Australia. Kapil Dev also used to bowl fast, but he is counted among