Australia's pace spearhead Mitchell Starc reinstated his reign of dominance after he registered his best-ever Test figures in the history of the longest format of the game on Day 1 of the second Test of the five-match Border-Gavaskar Trophy series against India at the Adelaide Oval
Starc bowled exceptionally well, continuing his dominance with the pink-ball. The speedster bagged six wickets in his spell of 14.1 overs where he conceded 48 runs and bowled two maiden overs as well in his spell. This was his 15th Test cricket five-wicket haul as Australian pacers ran through the Indian batting on Day 1 of the second Test in Adelaide
The fast bowler snapped three wickets each in the first two sessions of the pink-ball Test at Adelaide Oval, which included the wicket of Yashasvi Jaiswal on the first ball of the day. Then the fiery left-arm quick went on to claim the wickets of KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Ravichandran Ashwin, Harshit Rana, and top scorer Nitish Kumar Reddy
This was Starc's maiden five-wicket haul against India in Tests, and his fourth with the pink ball. It is pertinent to note that no other bowler even has more than two five-wicker hauls with pink-ball
Starc also equalled the record of West Indies seamer Pedro Collins of taking wickets for the most times on the first ball of the Test match (thrice). Richard Hadlee, Geoff Arnold, Kapil Dev and Suranga Lakmal have achieved the same landmark during their Test career
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