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BGT series 2023: India defeats Australia by innings and 132 runs in 1st Test

India beat Australia by an innings and 132 runs in the first match of the Border Gavaskar Trophy 2023. With this, Team India has taken a 1-0 lead in the four-match series. In this match, Australia scored 177 runs in the first innings. At the same time, this team was reduced to 91 runs in the second innings. India scored 400 runs in the first innings and this proved to be too much for the visiting team. Ravindra Jadeja took five wickets in the first innings and two wickets in the second innings, scoring 70 runs to be adjudged the player of the match.

With this victory, the way for the Indian team to reach the final of the World Test Championship has become easier. Now Team India has to win two out of the remaining three matches of the series and India will easily reach the finals. If they win one match, India will need the support from other teams to reach the final.

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Australia, the number one Test team, was already having jitters of spin bowling before this series and in the match it was the spin bowlers who bamboozled the Aussies. In the second innings, the Australian team was all out in one session. In the second session of the third day in Nagpur, Australia played 32.3 overs and the entire team was dismissed after scoring 91 runs. At the same time, on the third day itself, Australia gave away 79 runs in taking India’s last three wickets in the first session. Of these, 37 runs were scored by Mohammed Shami, while Steve Smith scored the maximum 25 runs in the second innings for Australia. In the first innings, it was Shami and Siraj who sent Australia’s opening pair to the pavilion on a score of two runs.

Match Sumary

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 team had returned to the pavilion. After this, Smith and Labuschagne took care of the team 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 after 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 scalp of his Test career. After this, he did not allow Aussie skipper Pat Cummins to open his account. Before tea, Jadeja dismissed Todd Murphy to reduce Australia’s score to 174/8.

In the third session, Jadeja dismissed Peter Handscomb for 31 and took five wickets in an innings for the 11th time in Test cricket. After this, Ashwin dismissed Scott Boland and ended Australia’s innings for 177 runs. After this, the opening pair of captain Rohit Sharma and Lokesh Rahul gave India a great start. Both of them added 76 runs for the first wicket. Before the end of the first day’s play, Rahul was dismissed by Todd Murphy after scoring 20 runs.

Indian batsmen shine on the second day

India got off to a good start, scoring 77 runs before the first wicket fell. Rohit and Ashwin added 42 runs for the second wicket. After this, Ashwin became the second victim of Murphy by scoring 23 runs. Pujara, who came in at number three, gave the wicket to Murphy on a bad shot. He was able to score only seven runs. On the first ball after lunch, Kohli also gave the wicket to Murphy on the ball outside the leg stump. He scored 12 runs. In the first innings of the Test match, Suryakumar was able to score eight runs and was clean bowled by Lyon. After this, Captain Rohit along with Jadeja handled the Indian innings.

Rohit and Jadeja shared a 61-run partnership. During this, Rohit also completed his century. After the arrival of the new ball, Pat Cummins bowled him on the score of 120 runs. After this, Shrikar Bharat also became the fifth victim of Murphy after scoring eight runs. At one point it seemed that India’s innings would end on the second day itself, but Jadeja and Axar did not let that happen. Both of them shared an 81-run partnership

Australia’s batting collapse on the third day

Axar Patel and Ravindra Jadeja took India’s score to 321/7 on the third day. Jadeja was dismissed soon after, but Shami shared a half-century partnership with Axar. He scored 37 runs. In the end Axar Patel got out after scoring 84 runs. Murphy took seven wickets in the very first match, but the Indian team managed to score 400 runs in the first innings.

Australia’s defeat was almost certain after India got a lead of 223 runs in the first innings. Ashwin took five wickets and Jadeja-Shami took two wickets each to bundle out the visitors for 91 runs. Steve Smith scored the highest 25 not out. Apart from him, only David Warner 10 runs, Marnus Labushen 17 runs and Alex Carey 10 runs could touch the double digits. Ashwin and Jadeja took wickets at regular intervals in this innings. In the end, Axar dismissed Murphy and Shami took Nathan’s wickets to give India a win on the third day itself.

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