Opting for increased batting insurance is placing a greater workload on India's MVP - and Jasprit Bumrah is still delivering | ESPN.com

The young batting sensation played a 60-run knock from 65 balls in his debut match against India. He smashed 6 fours and 2 sixes during his time on the crease. The 19-year-old played fearless cricket on Thursday, however, his knock came to an end in the 20th over when India spinner Ravindra Jadeja dismissed him.

The Boxing Day Test didn't go star Australia batter Travis Head's way as he was dismissed for a seven-ball duck by ace India pacer Jasprit Bumrah, who continued his good run Down Under and now heads an illustrious list of bowlers.

This was Travis Head's first duck in 41 innings against India across all formats as India got three wickets for nine runs in that short period starting with the dismissal of Marnus Labuschagne. Australia opted to bat first after winning the toss on the morning of the Boxing Day Test at the MCG.

India captain Rohit Sharma wants his team’s other bowlers to “step up” and help pace bowler Jasprit Bumrah, who has been the standout star of the series with Australia.

Meanwhile, Australia ended the Day 1 on 311/6, with Steven Smith and Pat Cummins unbeaten on 68 and eight respectively. For India, other than Bumrah, Akash Deep, Ravindra Jadeja and Washington Sundar picked one wicket each.

Former India head coach Ravi Shastri compared Bumrah to the legendary West Indies speedster Malcolm Marshall for his ability to promptly assess opposition batters and the conditions on offer. Find out more,

Cricket coaching manuals probably don't recommend scooping Jasprit Bumrah 11 deliveries into your test career but Australia's 19-year-old debutant Sam Konstas was working from his own playbook in the Boxing Day test on Thursday.

The Boxing Day Test match being played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground has been absolutely blockbuster after the end of opening day's play. The first day of the MCG Test of the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy series ended on Australia accumulating 311 runs at the loss of six wickets.

Sam Konstas wowed the crowd during his first Test match against India, astonishingly hitting a six off a ball from Jasprit Bumrah and reaching a 50-run milestone in a mere 52 balls.

Captain Rohit Sharma was put under pressure by Mohammed Siraj and Akash Deep, and instead of saying no to them, he agreed to go upstairs, only to be proved wrong. Jasprit Bumrah also wrapped up on the pads several times, but he never urged Rohit to go to the third umpire after the on-field official turned down his appeals.