India vs Australia, 1st Test Day 1: Australia in a spin as Jajeda and Ashwin bowl India into strong position

India’s Ravindra Jadeja 5-47 and Ravichandran Ashwin 3-42 spun out Australia, in their 1st Innings, for just 177 (63.5 ov). In reply, India were 77/1 (24 ov), trailing by 100 runs, at the close of play on Day 1 of the 1^st Test, at Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Jamtha, Nagpur.

Match Summary

India vs Australia, 1st Test, Australia tour of India

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India *77/1 (24 ov)

Australia 177/10 (63.5 ov)

Day Break : Day 1 India trail by 100 runs

Scorecard

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Match Report

Indian spinner Ravindra Jadeja grabbed a five-wicket haul on his international return as India ruled the opening day of the first Test against Australia on Thursday.

Jadeja returned figures of 5-47 and fellow spinner Ravichandran Ashwin took three wickets to bowl out Australia for 177 in the final session on a turning Nagpur pitch.

In reply, India were 77 for one at stumps, with skipper Rohit Sharma on 56 and Ashwin, yet to score, at the crease. The hosts still trail Australia by 100 runs.

Rohit began by hitting three boundaries off Australian skipper Pat Cummins' first over, and put on 76 runs with opening partner KL Rahul, who made a laboured 20.

The Indian captain reached his fifty with a four off Nathan Lyon and remained sharp to see off the day's play.

Rahul fell caught and bowled off debutant spinner Todd Murphy, who celebrated his first Test wicket.

Jadeja, a left-arm orthodox bowler who came back into the Indian side after a knee injury, stood out with his guile, taking key wickets including those of Marnus Labuschagne (49) and Steve Smith (37).

Both Australians had launched a fightback with their third-wicket 82-run stand after losing openers Usman Khawaja and David Warner early in the day.

Peter Handscomb (31) and wicketkeeper-batsman Alex Carey (36) also put on a partnership of 53 before Ashwin ended Carey's spell at the crease to record his 450th Test wicket.

Jadeja's double strike on successive balls soon after lunch rocked the tourists as he sent back Labuschagne and then trapped Matt Renshaw for a first-ball duck.

He later bowled Smith with a delivery that went through his bat and pad.

Ashwin and Jadeja kept up the charge to get into the Australian tail when the tourists took tea at 174-8, and added just three runs in the final session.

Earlier, seamer Mohammed Siraj struck on his first ball to get Khawaja trapped lbw for one with a delivery that swung in to the left-hander, after the tourists elected to bat at the start of the four-match series.

An appeal was turned down by the on-field umpire but India successfully reviewed the decision.

Mohammed Shami raised the noise in the next over when the seamer bowled the left-handed Warner for one.

Australia controversially left out in-form left-hand batsman Travis Head, while India handed Test caps to Twenty20 sensation Suryakumar Yadav and wicketkeeper Srikar Bharat.

Stats

Australia 1st Innings Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Usman Khawaja - 1.1 ov), 2-2 (David Warner - 2.1 ov), 3-84 (Marnus Labuschagne - 35.5 ov), 4-84 (Matt Renshaw - 35.6 ov), 5-109 (Steven Smith - 41.6 ov), 6-162 (Alex Carey - 53.1 ov), 7-172 (Pat Cummins - 57.3 ov), 8-173 (Todd Murphy - 58.5 ov), 9-176 (Peter Handscomb - 62.3 ov), 10-177 (Scott Boland - 63.5 ov)

India 1st Innings Fall of wickets: 1-76 (KL Rahul - 22.5 ov)

Playing XIs

India: Rohit Sharma (captain), KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Srikar Bharat (wicket-keeper), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Axar Patel, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj

Australia: David Warner, Usman Khwaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Matt Renshaw, Peter Handscomb, Alex Carey (wicket-keeper), Pat Cummins (captain), Todd Murphy, Scott Boland, Nathan Lyon

Match Details
Toss: Australia, chose to bat
Venue: Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur
Start time: 0400 hrs GMT
Match officials: Nitin Menon, Richard Illingworth (On-field Umpires); Michael Gough (TV Umpire); KN Ananthapadmanabhan (Reserve Umpire); Andy Pycroft (Match-referee)

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