Actor Amitabh Bachchan in his blog celebrated Team India's 295-run victory over Australia in the first Test in Perth. "Bias[ed] commentary ke bawajood thok diya Australia ko cricket mein (Despite the bias in commentary, India thrashed Australia in cricket)," Bachchan wrote. Notably, commentator Sanjay Manjrekar faced criticism online for allegedly undermining India's medium pacers during the Test.