Starc hails 'fantastic bowler' Bumrah after day one in Perth

Australia seamer Mitchell Starc heaped praise on Jasprit Bumrah's performance on day one of their Test against India in Perth.

India struggled with the bat and finished their first innings on 150, with Rishabh Pant (37) and Nitish Kumar Reddy (41) helping them to improve on a poor start.

However, the tourists wrestled back control, leaving Australia on 67-7 at the close of play, thanks to Bumrah's inspired display.

On Friday, 17 wickets fell, the most on the opening day of a Test in Australia since 1952.

He finished on 4-17, leaving Australia 19-3 inside the seventh over as he took Usman Khawaja, Nathan McSweeney and Steve Smith in quick succession.

Starc will start at the crease alongside Alex Carey on day two, and he was impressed by Bumrah's efficiency with the ball.

"So, there's no surprise that he's [Bumrah] been a fantastic bowler across the formats for a long time," Starc said.

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"And again, his skills were on show [on Friday] as to how, how good he is. So, yeah, I'm sure there's something in that release point.

"That's significant to his action. It's something a lot of people can't do, so I'm not, I'm certainly not going to go and try it. I'll probably snap."