Nov 22, Kathmandu- The first Test between India and Australia has been an exciting first day.

In the first match of the five-match series, which began in Perth, Australia, India won the toss and elected to bat first. Australia, which started its batting after being all out after scoring 150 runs, ended the first day's play at 67 runs for the loss of 7 wickets. Australia trailed by 83 runs at the end of the first day's play.

For Australia, Travis Head scored 11 runs and Nathan McSweeney, who was playing his debut match, scored 10 runs. Similarly, Steve Smith became the golden duck in this match. For Australia, Alex Carey is playing with 19 runs and Mitchell Starc is playing with 6 runs.

Captain Jasprit Bumrah took 4 wickets, while Mohammed Siraj took 2 and Harshit Rana took 1 wicket as they demolished the Australian top batting line.

Earlier, Nitish Kumar Reddy, who was playing his debut match for India, top-scored with 41 runs, while Rishabh Pant scored 37 and KL Rahul scored 26 runs.

Similarly, Australian bowler Josh Hazlewood took the most wickets with 4 while Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins and Mitchell Marsh took 2 wickets each while destroying India's batting line-up.

Jasprit Bumrah has led the team in the absence of Indian captain Rohit Sharma in this match.