What happened in the match?
Nagpur: Captain Rohit Sharma (56 not out) scored an authoritative half-century after Ravindra Jadeja picked up a five-for as India reached 77 for 1 at stumps on day one of the opening Test against Australia here on Thursday.
Come-back man Jadeja (5/47), playing his first international match after recovering from a knee injury, grabbed five wickets as India bowled out Australia for 177 in their first innings just after tea.
Openers Rohit, who hit nine fours and a six in his 69 ball unbeaten knock, and KL Rahul (20) then put up a 76-run opening stand.
However, Rahul became spinner Todd Murphy's (1/13) first international wicket as the Indian opener was sent packing in the penultimate over of the day.
India still trail by 100 runs.
Brief Scores:
Australia 1st innings: 177 all out in 63.5 overs (Marnus Labuschagne 49, Steve Smith 37; Ravindra Jadeja 5/47, Ravichandran Ashwin 3/42).
India 1st innings: 77 for 1 in 24 overs (Rohit Sharma 56 not out, KL Rahul 20; Todd Murphy 1/13).
Scoreboard: 1st Test, India vs Australia
India 1st Innings:
Rohit Sharma not out 56
KL Rahul c&b Murphy 20
Ravichandran Ashwin not out 0
Extras: (NB-1) 1
Total: (For 1 wicket in 24 overs) 77
Fall of wickets: 1-76
Bowling: Pat Cummins 4-1-27-0, Scott Boland 3-1-4-0, Nathan Lyon 10-3-33-0, Todd Murphy 7-0-13-1.
- Rohit Sharma is on 38 while KL Rahul is on 7 runs at the moment. India has made a quick start into their innings thanks to Sharma, the skipper, who has kept the scorecard moving.
Summary of first innings:
Ravindra Jadeja takes fifer as India bundle out Australia for 177
Nagpur: Come-back man Ravindra Jadeja picked up his 11th five-wicket haul as India skittled out Australia for 177 in their first innings just after at tea on day one of the opening Test here on Thursday.
The left-arm spinner, who returned from a knee injury, was the wrecker-in-chief during the second session as he broke the 82-run stand between Steve Smith (37) and Marnus Labuschagne (49) before trapping Matt Renshaw and Todd Murphy. Jadeja (5/47) then trapped Peter Handscomb (31) in the final session of the day as Australia were bowled out in 63.5 overs.
Alex Carrey scored a 33-ball 36 before veteran off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin (3/42), who was the other wicket-taker for India in the second session, ended his stay in the middle. Earlier, pacers Mohammed Shami (1/18) and Mohammed Siraj (1/30) dealt early blows to the visitors, removing openers Usman Khwaja (1) and David Warner (1) within the first three overs.
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Brief Scores:
Australia 1st innings: 177 all out in 63.5 overs (Marnus Labuschagne 49, Steve Smith 37; Ravindra Jadeja 5/47, Ravichandran Ashwin 3/42).
- R Ashwin packs up for Australia. They are down and out at 177 in first innings of the first Test of the Border Gavaskar series.
- Ravindra Jadeja picks another, Australia at 177-9.
Summary so far:
Nagpur: Come-back man Ravindra Jadeja (4/45) struck four times as India reduced Australia to 174 for eight at tea on day one of the opening Test here on Thursday. The left-arm spinner, who returned from a knee injury, was the wrecker-in-chief during the second session as he broke the partnership between Steve Smith (37) and Marnus Labuschagne (49) before trapping Matt Renshaw and Todd Murphy.
Alex Carrey scored a 33-ball 36 before veteran off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin (2/41), who was the other wicket-taker for India in the second session, ended his stay in the middle. Earlier, pacers Mohammed Shami (1/12) and Mohammed Siraj (1/13) dealt early blows to the visitors, removing openers Usman Khwaja (1) and David Warner (1) within the first three overs.
Smith and Labuschagne stitched a 82-run partnership for the third wicket.
Brief Scores:
Australia 1st innings: 174 for 8 in 60 overs (Marnus Labuschagne 49, Steve Smith 37;Ravindra Jadeja 4/45 )
- End of session. Handscomb (29) and Nathan Lyon (0) are on the crease at the moment.
- Carey's quickfire 36 runs comes to an ending after he tried reverse sweeping R Ashwin. He missed the ball and was clean bowled. Aswhin completes 450 wickets in Test cricket. He is only behind Anil Kumble in India's all time highest wicket-taker list.
- Australia's wicket-keeper Alex Carey has scored 10, and after dismissal of the star batter Smith, he along with Peter Handscomb are looking to settle the innings for Australia. The first innings so far stand at 129 at the loss of five wickets.
- Just when it seemed like Australia were taking the game away from India, the hosts dismissed two Australian batters quickly -- Marnus Labuschangne at 49 and the player next to him -- Matt Renshaw, who couldn't open his account. Both were dismissed by the comeback man Ravindra Jadeja.
Summary of the innings so far:
Nagpur: Steve Smith and Marnus Labuschagne handled the Indian spinners with a lot of confidence as Australia recovered from early jitters to reach 76 for two at lunch on opening day of the first Test, here Thursday. Mohammed Shami (1/12) and Mohammed Siraj (1/13) removed Usman Khawaja (1) and David Warner (1) in quick succession but Labuschagne (47) and Smith (19) led the Australian fight back in an engaging first session where they didn't let India's spin troika get better of them.
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Labuschagne, who hit eight shots to the fence in his 110-ball innings, played the role of an enforcer whereas his senior Smith defended doggedly during his 74-ball stay, nullifying the Indian spinners to a great extent in their 74-run stand for the third wicket.
There were a few deliveries from both Ravindra Jadeja and Axar Patel that turned and jumped, making life difficult for debutant Kona Bharat behind the stumps but Australia's two best batters were on top of their game during the session. Ravichandran Ashwin, who primarily bowled around the wicket to the right handers, didn't look threatening initially and then changed to traditional over-the-wicket bowling. All the pre-match talk by a section of Australian media about doctored pitches seemed presumptuous as the VCA Stadium track seemed like a typical dry Indian wicket, which will gradually offer significant turn from second day onwards.
There is turn on offer but that is standard for Indian wickets and the manner in which Smith and Labuschagne played showed that good technique is key to adaptability in any conditions. Pat Cummins did win a good toss and opted to bat as batting fourth would be an onerous task on a pitch which will deteriorate as the match progresses. A first innings score of 275 could put Australia in a very good position to dictate terms in this game.
Khawaja got a classical outswinger from Siraj (inswinger for southpaw) and Rohit Sharma was right in taking the DRS which went in India's favour. In case of Warner, Shami came around the wicket and fired from wide of the crease and the angular delivery sent the left-hander's off-stump for a cartwheel.
India looked in control before world No. 1 Test batter took charge. Labuschagne started with a picture-perfect straight drive off Siraj and then deliberately used the pace of his delivery to get boundary through vacant fourth slip region. But two of his best shots were -- late cut off Axar's bowling and an inside-out cover drive off Ashwin. Ashwin was trying to peg the batters on the leg-stump line but his ploy at least in first session hasn't worked well.
Brief Scores:
Australia 1st innings: 76 for 2 in 32 overs (Steve Smith 19 not out, Marnus Labuschagne 47 not out; Mohammed Shami 1/12 and Mohammed Siraj 1/13)
Scoreboard: 1st Test, India vs Australia
Australia 1st Innings:
David Warner b Shami 1
Usman Khawaja lbw b Siraj 1
Marnus Labuschagne batting 47
Steven Smith batting 19
Extras: (B-7, LB-1) 8
Total: (For 2 wickets in 32 Overs) 76
Fall of Wickets: 1-2, 2-2.
Bowling: Mohammed Shami 5-2-12-1, Mohammed Siraj 5-3-13-1, Ravindra Jadeja 9-6-14-0, Axar Patel 8-3-11-0, Ravichandran Ashwin 5-0-18-0.
- India made early inroads but Steve (18) and Marnus (47) have held the fort together so far Australia. Spinners are making life difficult for the Australians but they have managed to stitch together a partnership largely contributed my Marnus, who is on his way to reach the half century.
- After 10 overs of the much awaited Border Gavaskar Trophy, Australia have made a faltering start with two wickets in David Warner (1 run in 5 balls) and Usman Khawaja (1 run in 3 balls). Mohammed Shami dismissed Warner while Siraj continued his brilliant form taking in-from Khawaja’s wicket. Steve Smith and Marnus Labuschagne are at the crease.
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- Under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, the first match of the four-Test series of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy commenced on Thursday with Australia winning the toss. Australian skipper Pat Cummins opted to bat first against India. The Trophy began at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium in Nagpur today.
Australian skipper Pat Cummins said at the toss, "We are going to bat. Looks like a pretty even wicket toward the middle. 2017 was a big series. Cannot wait to get this started. We have had good preparation. We feel we are really well placed."
Indian skipper Rohit Sharma said at the toss, "We would have batted too. Looks pretty dry. There will be help for spinners. We got to wait and see how much it does. Yesterday when we started training we did see some seam movement for the pacers up front. We have had good preparation for the last 5-6 days. We trained on the aspects in store. This is a big one. We know the importance of the series but we also understand it is about winning one session at a time. It is a long series. Three spinners, two seamers, Bharat and Suryakumar Yadav are debuting."
Australia (Playing XI): David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Matt Renshaw, Peter Handscomb, Alex Carey(w), Pat Cummins(c), Nathan Lyon, Todd Murphy, Scott Boland
India (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma(c), KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Srikar Bharat(w), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Axar Patel, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj.
