08/02Result

1st Test, Australia tour of India at Nagpur, Feb 9-11 2023

India won by an inns & 132 runs

Player of the Match

2.45pm Ravindra Jadeja rushes to the umpire to keep the ball with him. What a comeback this has been. Five wickets for 47 on the first day including the three wickets of the most assured batters. India will be happy with this score but they will need to take a lead of at least a 100 to feel comfortable batting last. I will be here to see how they go with the bat. How Australia manage to make the pitch respond to their bowlers. Do they have the bowling to compete? Does Nathan Lyon have enough support in the spin department?

"@Sid, Please dont come for commentary during Indian Innings and let Gnasher do the honours... " Jagan, India will have a nervous 35 minutes before they get through to Gnasher.

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63.5

Ashwin to Boland, OUT, carrom ball. Like a cat playing with a mouse he has beaten him outside off with offbreak, and now bowls the full and straight carrom ball to beat his outside edge comprehensively and knocks back the off stump

SM Boland b Ashwin 1 (4m 8b 0x4 0x6) SR: 12.50

63.4

Ashwin to Boland, no run, nice drift again, Boland ends up playing inside its line

Aryann: "Coming in after a massive injury break and takes a five wicket haul including the 3 most important wickets. Gold dust."

63.3

Ashwin to Boland, no run, lovely drift and dip, hits the outside half of the bat as he defends

63.2

Ashwin to Boland, no run, fuller, quicker, and defended off the back foot

63.1

Ashwin to Boland, no run, nice drop, turn and bounce for Ashwin, but he gets his hands out of the way and lets the ball hit his thigh pad

END OF OVER:
63 | 1 Run 1 Wkt | AUS: 177/9

Scott Boland1 (3b)
Nathan Lyon0 (3b)

Ravindra Jadeja22-8-47-5
Ravichandran Ashwin15-2-42-2

62.6

Jadeja to Boland, 1 run, full, outside off, pushed to the right of short cover, and a misfield allows them a single

62.5

Jadeja to Boland, no run, on a length, straight, defended off the back foot

62.4

Jadeja to Boland, no run, full, outside off, defended to cover

Scott Boland is the last man in

"What does "it's still 5-3" mean?" Pankaj, it's 6-3 now. Gnasher has taken three wickets, I have taken six

62.3

Jadeja to Handscomb, OUT, Jadeja doesn't even need to appeal for this, but Handscomb has reviewed it. He plays the sweep to a full and fast delivery, misses it, the ball goes straight on and hits him plumb in front. The only thing that can save him is an edge but there isn't any. That is a five-for on return for Jadeja. It includes the wickets of Labuschagne, Smith and Handscomb, the three most assured batters today

PSP Handscomb lbw b Jadeja 31 (111m 84b 4x4 0x6) SR: 36.90

62.2

Jadeja to Handscomb, no run, on a length, outside off, defended off the front foot

62.1

Jadeja to Handscomb, no run, shaping up to sweep, sees it is too full, pushes it back to him

Match Coverage

All Match News

At fever pitch: Reviewing the Nagpur Test
Focus on the pitch, the emergence of Todd Murphy and the domination of India's spinners
India's cheat code: lower-order muscle
The Nagpur Test against Australia was the most recent example of India's lower-order scoring invaluable runs to win the game
Australia's plans to train in Nagpur scuppered after ground staff water pitches
Australia had asked the VCA Stadium ground staff if they could leave the centre wicket and training pitches untouched for players to train on Sunday afternoon
Australia need to forget the pitch-doctoring allegations and adapt asap
Their familiar weakness against spin has been exposed. They need to make sure it does not affect them mentally
Ashwin's ability to reinvent himself sets him apart from Lyon
It's not just the home advantage. Ashwin has constantly added new layers to his skillset right through his career

Videos

play03:35

Smith: Don't think our first-innings 177 was enough
03:35
Can Warner overcome the Ashwin challenge?
02:53
Chopra: 'Australia just couldn't play against spin'
03:17

Australia INNINGS		R	B
UT Khawaja	caught	5	9
DA Warner	lbw	10	41
M Labuschagne	lbw	17	28
SPD Smith	not out	25	51
MT Renshaw	lbw	2	7
PSP Handscomb	lbw	6	6
AT Carey	lbw	10	6
PJ Cummins	caught wk	1	13
T Murphy	caught	2	15
NM Lyon	bowled	8	20
SM Boland	lbw	0	3
EXTRAS	(lb 1, nb 4)
TOTAL	91 (all out; 32.3 ovs)

India BOWLING	O	M	R	W	Econ
Mohammed Shami	4.3	1	13	2	2.88	(2nb)
R Ashwin	12.0	3	37	5	3.08
Mohammed Siraj	1.0	1	0	0	0.00
RA Jadeja	12.0	3	34	2	2.83	(2nb)
AR Patel	3.0	0	6	1	2.00

Australia 3rd innings Partnerships

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	7	UT Khawaja	DA Warner
2nd	19	DA Warner	M Labuschagne
3rd	8	DA Warner	SPD Smith
4th	8	SPD Smith	MT Renshaw
5th	10	SPD Smith	PSP Handscomb
6th	12	SPD Smith	AT Carey
7th	3	SPD Smith	PJ Cummins
8th	8	SPD Smith	T Murphy
9th	13	SPD Smith	NM Lyon
10th	3	SPD Smith	SM Boland

END OF OVER:63 | 1 Run 1 Wkt | AUS: 177/9

At fever pitch: Reviewing the Nagpur Test

India's cheat code: lower-order muscle

Australia's plans to train in Nagpur scuppered after ground staff water pitches

Australia need to forget the pitch-doctoring allegations and adapt asap

Ashwin's ability to reinvent himself sets him apart from Lyon

Smith: Don't think our first-innings 177 was enough

Can Warner overcome the Ashwin challenge?

Chopra: 'Australia just couldn't play against spin'

END OF OVER:
63 | 1 Run 1 Wkt | AUS: 177/9