Australia vs India, First Test: 5 Talking Points

3. Indian pacers outbowled Aussie counterparts

India's pacers did their job perfectly

Despite the bowling becoming tougher with each passing day, it would be safe to say that the Indian pace bowlers had a better outing overall, compared to the Australian speedsters. The likes of Bumrah, Ishant and Shami continued prolonged spells of bowling in just the right areas and made batting a very tough task for the hosts.

Shami and Bumrah returned with 3-for each, in the second innings when Ishant finished with 1/48. With the exception of Finch and Khawaja, the remainder of Australia's top-8 fell to the Indian pacers.

Bumrah especially had a great outing, consistently bowling in the high 140s and troubling the Australian batsmen with his pace and bounce. Shami was a bit off-color during the first innings but made up for it with 3 crucial scalps in the second innings.

Overall, Australia's quicks accounted for 11 of the 20 Indian wickets, while their Indian counterparts outscored them, with 14 scalps out of the total 20.