Australia vs India 2018: Twitter Reacts As India Put Their Noses Ahead At Perth

Australia vs India 2018; Well, it has been a great day at the office for Indians at Perth. Though they started the day on a bad note, the bowling department pulled things back in a scintillating way to sit on the driver seat. It was a collective bowling effort from the Indians while Australian batsmen would be disappointed for not converting their starts.

Initially, earlier in the day, Tim Paine of Australia won the toss and asked Indians to roll their arms first. Well, it seemed to be a good decision, as the openers Aaron Finch and Marcus Harris have been quite impressive in their approach.

Marcus Harris knocks 70, Indian bowlers pull back things:

The duo kept Indian players chasing the leather for the most part of the time to walk unbeaten for having lunch on Day 1. However, the return back to the action has seen Indian bowlers showing their dominance on the beautiful wicket.

First, it was Jasprit Bumrah, who trapped Aaron Finch (50) plumb in front of the wicket while Hanuma Vihari showed his mojo by sending in-form Marcus Harris, who scored 70. Then walked, Usman Khawaja, who continued his poor form in the series by edging Umesh Yadav to Rishabh Pant.

Later, it was the turn of Ishant Sharma to find a number on his wickets column. He got better off Peter Handscomb but it was needed a sensational effort from Virat Kohli to grab a stunner at slip cordon.

Just when things looked like drifting away, Travis Head and Shaun Marsh added a nice 84-run partnership for the fifth wicket. It was once again Hanuma Vihari, who gave the breakthrough by finding the edge of Marsh’s willow.

He was quickly followed by Travis Head, who failed to execute his shot of Ishant Sharma. However, at the end of the day, Australia scored 277/6 on the board. Tim Paine and Pat Cummins are at the crease with 16 and 11 respectively.

Here are the few best tweets:

This Perth pitch is showing more colours than Benetton. One good length ball goes along the ground to Pant, another one goes over his head ?

— Gaurav Kapur (@gauravkapur) December 14, 2018

Ummm…

Wow. What a delivery!#AUSvIND pic.twitter.com/T0F2y0PkHE

— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) December 14, 2018

Rishabh Pant has been chattering away on the stump mic! Here's his latest observation to captain Kohli ?https://t.co/TLbJIsqVSu #AUSvIND pic.twitter.com/UYfY5xzHua

— ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) December 14, 2018

https://twitter.com/benjonescricket/status/1073467600351387648

Joe Root, Alastair Cook, Sam Curran, Marcus Harris – the four Test victims of Hanuma Vihari#AusvInd#AusvsInd

— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) December 14, 2018

Aussies are well on top … 250 seems a very very good total … The Pitch has done all sorts … #AUSvIND #Perth

— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) December 14, 2018

Think India have made a mistake not playing @imjadeja … Not only for his bowling but his Batting at No 8 … India have a very long tail this Week … Aussies to win … #AUSvIND #Perth

— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) December 14, 2018

Ishant Sharma goes past the great Joel Garner and @dizzy259 in Test wickets.
Take a bow !#AUSvIND #AUSvsIND

— Yash Agarwalla (@Yashagarwalla) December 14, 2018

A spicy deck in Perth… Aus were well in control… India have come back well #AUSvIND #2ndTest

— Damien Keogh (@DamienKeogh) December 14, 2018

Handscomb, again, tries cutting short balls angling into his body. Feel like he gets out the same was every time CBH or caught by slip cordon. No room for him and Paine when we have other middle order batsmen who offer smarter test match stroke play #AUSvIND

— RoOSTA-Coach (@Ro0STA) December 14, 2018

"Worth the entrance money alone to see that " says the commentator who didn't pay for his entrance #ausvind

— cricketjon (@cricketjon) December 14, 2018

Thanks for all the book love today Sydney ! Gripping test match in Perth, if Australia can make somewhere around 350 – that’s a very good 1st innings score ? https://t.co/8A7W0SGvNd

— Shane Warne (@ShaneWarne) December 14, 2018

Right, this is the pitch now that we were told to expect. But this could actually get dangerous if the cracks open up too quickly. Already a bit up and down

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) December 14, 2018

So Kohli does to Handscomb as Khawaja did to him

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) December 14, 2018

A stunning grab from Virat Kohli shortly after the tea break!#AUSvIND | @bet365_aus pic.twitter.com/ZgV3i3ENiY

— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) December 14, 2018

https://twitter.com/brainfadesmith/status/1073515645952643073

https://twitter.com/Jack10Vish/status/1073507522860875782

Would pay a subscription for a constant Rishabh Pant commentary on everything I do all day, fed through hidden headphones. Ha boys getting on the bus now doing it wrong not like that ha ha yes let's go

— Barney Ronay (@barneyronay) December 14, 2018

Rishabh Pant is in team only for sledging or to grab chances???
He'll be known as most annoying wk one day

— Kanishk Thakur (@kanishk2702) December 14, 2018

Rishabh Pant could've taken that catch of Shaun Marsh but poor guy was way too busy in sledging.#AUSvIND

— Dexter↗️ (@MunnaKaTunna) December 14, 2018

Special moments for Harris! Local boy Marcus Harris received an ovation from Perth crowd after scored a maiden test fifty??. @AaronFinch5 brought up much-needed fifty to stay in playing XI?. Aussies on? in the first session. #AUSvIND pic.twitter.com/Gh63z0m2Ol

— Arsalan Shahid (@iamarsalan18) December 14, 2018

Loving the @FoxCricket coverage. @isaguha is superb #AUSvIND

— Kieran Gilbert (@Kieran_Gilbert) December 14, 2018

https://twitter.com/tejas_pujare/status/1073515532933087232

https://twitter.com/PrijithDavid/status/1073515481342988289

@RishabPant777 take a bow buddy! Amazing glove work today!! #AUSvIND #PerthTest

— Kshitij Bathla (@kshitijbathla) December 14, 2018

Indian bowling struggling to get rid of tail. Water is wet.#AUSvIND

— ?️ (@RSD270) December 14, 2018