Ravi Jadeja takes 5-42 as turn confounds visitors in Nagpur, and hosts well placed on 76-1 despite spinner Todd Murphy’s maiden Test wicket
Hosts well placed on 76-1 despite Todd Murphy’s maiden Test wicketPhotograph: Robert Cianflone/Getty ImagesPhotograph: Robert Cianflone/Getty ImagesAustralia’s hopes of a breakthrough triumph in India have been left in tatters after the hosts dominated day one of the first Test in Nagpur.
Young Victorian Murphy, who is Australia’s 465th Test player, claimed his maiden international wicket just before stumps, hanging onto a catch off his own bowling to dismiss KL Rahul for 20.KS Bharat of India celebrates after he stumped Marnus Labuschagne in Nagpur.Missing star quicks Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood, as well as allrounder Cameron Green, Australia’s four frontline bowlers could be in for some serious time in the field.
Left-arm spinner Jadeja, playing his first Test since July, claimed the key wickets of Marnus Labuschagne and Steve Smith as Australia’s hopes of posting a respectable total in the first Test all but died with their dismissals. Pre-match talk centred around the unusual methods used by ground staff to curate the pitch in a bid to capitalise on India’s trio of spinners – Jadeja, Ashwin and Axar Patel.
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