first day on backfoot
Jadeja, returning to international cricket after injury, dismissed five Australian batsmen as Australia were bowled out for 177 on the first day of the first Test on Thursday. After this, Team India strengthened its hold on the match by scoring 77 runs on one wicket thanks to the aggressive 56 * run of captain Rohit Sharma. Nightwatchman Ashwin was standing at the other end with Rohit at the end of the first day’s play.
India lost the only wicket of Lokesh Rahul (20), who was caught by debutant off-spinner Todd Murphy (1/13) in the last moments of the day after sharing a 76-run opening partnership with the captain. Sitting India are now 100 runs behind Australia’s first innings score of 177 with nine wickets in hand and the hosts will be eyeing a big first innings lead as the pitch is not difficult to bat on if played with patience. .
IND vs AUS: Jaddu and Ashwin’s magic on the first day, Kangaroos kept dancing on the pitch
hit the paw for the 11th time
Jadeja troubled the Australian batsmen a lot by taking five or more wickets in the innings for the 11th time. He got good support from off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin (3/42). Australia made a good comeback in the first session by Marnus Labuschagne (49) and Steve Smith (37) adding 82 runs for the third wicket, but after the break of the pair, Alex Carey (36) and Peter Handscomb (31) were the only Indian spinners. Can stand for a while in front of Carey and Handscomb also shared a quick 53-run partnership for the sixth wicket.
Siraj-Shami overshadowed
Indian pacers Mohammed Siraj and Mohammed Shami created panic in the visiting camp by uprooting two wickets in the first three overs. Australia had to bear the first loss in the second over of the innings for ignoring the Indian pace bowling attack in preparation for spin bowling. Siraj’s very first ball hit the leg of Usman Khawaja and the umpire raised his finger on the appeal of pagbadha. Khawaja also resorted to DRS to save his life but failed. In the next over, Siraj’s senior partner Shami created a sensation by waving the stump of veteran David Warner in the air. However, after this Smith and Labushen did not allow any further setbacks in the first session.
Changed the game in the second session
The captain handed over the ball to Jaddu in the seventh over of the innings and Akshar was on the attack from the next end. However, both of these spinners could not bother Smith and Labushne much. But Jadeja changed the picture as soon as the second session started. Labushen came out ahead of the crease in an attempt to play Jadeja’s fast-spinning ball and debutant wicketkeeper Shrikar Bharat made no mistake in stumping him. New batsman Matt Renshaw (0) was bowled on the very next ball. After this Jadeja dominated the batsmen.
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