Jasprit Bumrah took four wickets in the final session of the first Test between India and Australia, as the latter ended Day 1 at 67/7.

Jasprit Bumrah needed Virat Kohli's DRS expertise to get Australian batter Nathan McSweeney out in on Day 1 of the Perth Test.

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Nathan McSweeney will open the batting for Australia in the first Test against India.

David Warner has gone for a rather unfancied name to get the highest individual run score by a player during the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.

Nathan McSweeney has been tasked to open on his Australia debut despite not being a specialist in that position but he remains unfazed ahead of his big test in the series opener against India.

During the buildup to the BGT series, India A and Australia A played two unofficial Tests, allowing both sides to look at probable in case of an unwanted situation.

The loss was a huge blow to India's hopes of reaching the World Test Championship (WTC) final.

Veteran Australian opener Usman Khawaja backed his new opening partner Nathan McSweeney, urging him to play his own game against India in Perth rather than trying to ape David Warner.

Australia batter Usman Khawaja has laughed off the subject of Nathan McSweeney's strike rate of 41.92 being lower than his in Tests 48.3.