“Cold celebration from Jasprit Bumrah as he dismisses Travis Head for duck”. Watch

Since the start of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, the biggest thorn in the Indian bushes has been Travis Head. The middle-order batter, however, failed to continue his hot form in the 4th Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, going for a duck. It was none other than India’s premier fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah who sent Head packing before the batter settled, giving India a valuable wicket that shifted the momentum in the team’s favor in tour.

Head was the best hitting hitter in the series. Therefore, his early dismissal gave the team a big boost. Head, hoping that Bumrah’s delivery would miss the stumps from a safe distance, saw his bails dislodged as he decided to leave the ball. The batter had no choice but to leave the field.

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Bumrah managed to bring India back into the match in the third and final session of the day, but the first two sessions belonged to Australia.

Earlier in the day, debutant Sam Konstas played some fearless cricket at the MCG to give Australia an early advantage in the series. Konstas and Khawaja opened for the Australians and cemented an 89-run partnership.

The Indian bowling attack led by Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj struggled to make a breakthrough in the first session as the Australian openers continued to strengthen their partnership. In the 14th over, Konstas smashed his first international fifty and became the second youngest to score a half-century for Australia in Test cricket.

Konstas’ blitzkrieg ended after Ravindra Jadeja came to the visitors’ rescue and removed the dangerous debutant from the crease in the 20th minute.

Later, Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne and Steve Smith also managed to bag respective half-centuries.