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India secured only their 10th win in 53 tests on Australian soil.
IND vs AUS: India captain Jasprit Bumrah against Australia (AP)
India outclassed Australia by 295 runs in the first Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy to take a 1-0 lead in the five-match series with more than a day to spare at Perth Stadium on Monday.
Set an impossible 534 runs to win, Australia was bowled out for 238 runs soon after tea on the fourth day as India secured their biggest win against the hosts in Australia following the 222-run win at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in December 1977.
Playing only their fourth five-test series since their first tour in 1947/48, India secured only their 10th win in 53 tests on Australian soil and only their second in Perth in six Test matches. India last won in Perth in 2008 at the old WACA ground.
With the win, Jasprit Bumrah became only the second captain from an Asian country after Anil Kumble to emerge victorious in a Test match played in Perth (WACA or Optus).
Bumrah finished with a match haul of 8/72 (5/30 and 3/42) and increased his wicket tally in Australia to 40 at an average of 18.80 in eight test matches.
Bumrah passed offspinner Ravichandran Ashwin (39 wickets) as the third most successful Indian bowler in Australia behind swing bowler Kapil Dev (51 in 11) and legspinner Anil Kumble (49 in 10).
Jasprit Bumrah’s eight wickets in the game was also the fourth-best for an Indian captain in Test history.
| Match Figures | Bowler | Opposition | Venue | Year |
| 10/135 | Kapil Dev | West Indies | Ahmedabad | 1983 |
| 10/194 | Bishan Singh Bedi | Australia | Perth (WACA) | 1977 |
| 9/70 | Bishan Singh Bedi | New Zealand | Chennai | 1976 |
| 8/72 | Jasprit Bumrah | Australia | Perth (Optus) | 2024 |
| 8/109 | Kapil Dev | Australia | Adelaide | 1985 |
The win was India’s highest margin of victory when playing a Test outside Asia.
| Margin of Win (Runs) | Opponent | Venue | Year |
| 318 | West Indies | North Sound | 2019 |
| 295 | Australia | Perth | 2024 |
| 279 | England | Headingly | 1986 |
| 272 | New Zealand | Auckland | 1968 |
| 257 | West Indies | Kingston | 2019 |
It was also India’s second biggest win in terms of runs against Australia in all Tests since the 320-run win at home in Mohali in October 2008.
| Margin of Win (Runs) | Venue | Year |
| 320 | Mohali | 2008 |
| 295 | Perth | 2024 |
| 222 | Melbourne | 1977 |
It was also just the second instance of India winning a Test series opener in Australia after 2018 when they won in Adelaide.
Since the 2000s, Australia has only lost to South Africa in the first match of a series.
(With inputs from Agencies)
