Bumrah was once again India's leading light on the opening day in Melbourne, claiming three wickets as Australia finished the day on 311-6 having won the toss and opted to bat first.

The day will ultimately be remembered for a breathtaking and audacious opening appearance in international cricket from Australia's teenaged opener Sam Konstas, who ramped and scooped his way to a half-century on debut.

Having endured some early fortune, the 19-year-old played Bumrah brilliantly – at one point taking the India attack spearhead for 18 runs in one over, his most expensive in Test cricket.

At one point in the afternoon session Australia were 154-1 before Bumrah struck to dismiss Usman Khawaja, having the Australian opener caught at mid-wicket. Australia looked stable once again after Marnus Labuschagne and Steve Smith built an ominously uneventful partnership but the Australia No.3 gifted India a wicket one delivery after drinks, chipping Washington Sundar to mid-off.

That wicket brought the dangerous Travis Head to the middle but he was on his way back to the pavilion before troubling the scorers, shouldering arms to a delivery from Bumrah that nipped back into the stumps. Marsh was Bumrah's next victim, feathering an edge through to Rishabh Pant behind the stumps. In the space of a few overs, Australia had fallen from 237-2 to 246-5.

The wicket of Marsh was Bumrah's 150th dismissal in away Tests. Bumrah has an extremely unusual home/away split; he is yet to take 50 wickets in home Tests.

He is the 29th bowler to take 150 away Test wickets. Bumrah has the lowest away bowling average of any of the 29 to reach the milestone.

Full list of bowlers with 150 away Test wickets, ordered by average:

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