Ind vs Aus 1st Test: Team India in strong position on Day 1
The first match of the four-match Test series between India and Australia is being played in Nagpur. Till the end of the first day’s play, the Indian team is in a strong position in the match. In response to Australia’s 177 runs, India have scored 77 runs with nine wickets remaining. Captain Rohit is unbeaten after scoring 56 runs. Now Team India would like to put pressure on Australia by making a big score on the second day.
In this match, Australia won the toss and decided to bat first. Apart from , The visitors managed to reach 177 runs due to the contribution of Marnus Labuschagne’s 49 and Steve Smith’s 37. Alex Carey and Peter Handscomb also played cameos totake the team total past 150. In response to this, Rohit Sharma scored a half-century and Team India is in a strong position.
Australia won the toss and decided to bat first, but Mohammed Siraj and Shami got off to a great start for India. On the score of two runs, both the openers of the Australian’s had returned to the pavilion. After this, Smith and Labuschagne rebuilt the innings with a great partnership and did not let any wicket fall till lunch. India got two wickets in the first session and Australia scored 76 runs.
In the second session, Jadeja broke the 82-run partnership by dismissing Marnus Labuschagne for 49 and then dismissed Matt Renshaw in the very next ball. After some time, Steve Smith also became the victim of Jadeja by scoring 37 runs. Australia’s team came on the backfoot after losing five wickets for 109 runs. Although Peter Handscomb and Alex Carey put on a 53-run partnership to bring Australia back into the match, Ashwin dismissed Carey for the 450th wicket of his Test career. After this, he did not even allow Pat Cummins to open the account. Before tea, Jadeja dismissed Todd Murphy to reduce Australia’s score to 174/8. Ashwin and Jadeja took a total of six wickets in this session. At the same time, the Australian team was successful in scoring 98 runs.
