It was a memorable day for the Mayank Agarwal on the stately Melbourne ground. Due to the contribution of Mayank's superb batsman, India has started a good start by winning toss and winning the toss. However, Team India lost the wicket of opener Hanuma Vihari quickly as an experiment. But Maayank Agarwal, playing his first Test in the series, put up a magnificent half-century while standing up to the expectations. He made 76 runs just before tea and was out on a pac-cummins ball.
On the first day of the Melbourne Test against Australia, Indian batsmen performed brilliantly. On the opening day of the Boxing Day (December 26) Test, two batsmen of India, Mayank Agarwal and Cheteshwar Pujara scored half centuries. While Mayank Agarwal, the first batsman to test debut, scored a fine 76, while Cheteshwar Pujara 68 and Virat Kohli were unbeaten on 47 at the end of the day's play. At stumps on the first day, Team India's score was 215 for two wickets. Indian captain Virat Kohli won the toss on MCG today and decided to bat first. Although India's run-rate slowed on the first day of the match, the best thing for the team was to have three great partnerships. Hanuma Vihari and Mayank Agarwal added 40 runs for the first wicket. In that order, Mayank Agarwal and Cheteshwar Pujara scored 83 runs for the second wicket and Pujara and Virat Kohli shared an unbeaten 92 runs for the third wicket. On Thursday, the Indian team will have to make a big score on the second day of the match to put pressure on the hosts in the first innings. In this series of four Tests, both teams are on 1-1 at the same time.
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