New Delhi / Nagpur. The Border-Gavaskar Trophy between Team India and Australia has started from today. Today, the first match of the four-match Test series between the two teams is being played in Nagpur. Today Australia won the toss and decided to bat first in the first cricket Test against India here on Thursday.
1ST Test. WICKET! 1.1 Usman Khawaja 1(3) lbw Mohammed Siraj, Australia 2/1 https://t.co/SwTGoyHfZx #INDvAUS @mastercardindia
— BCCI (@BCCI) February 9, 2023
Australia got a shock at the start of the match
Today, as soon as the match started, Mohammad Siraj gave the first blow to the Australian team for 2 runs. Jan he got Usman Khawaja out LBW. Although the umpire gave not out, but the Indian team took DRS, which has been successful. Today Khawaja got out after scoring one run. Currently, David Warner and Marnus Labuschagne are at the crease.
Today, India gave Suryakumar Yadav and wicketkeeper Shrikar Bharat a chance to make their debut while spinner Todd Murphy is playing his first Test for Australia. Along with this, Ravindra Jadeja has also returned to international cricket after recovering from injury.
🚨 Toss Update 🚨
Australia have elected to bat against #TeamIndia in the 1⃣st #INDvAUS Test in Nagpur.
Follow the match https://t.co/SwTGoyHfZx @mastercardindia pic.twitter.com/6ZnOd6MsCO
— BCCI (@BCCI) February 9, 2023
And today Todd Murphy got a chance to debut in the Australian team. Starting today, Team India’s Rohit Sharma has landed in this match with three spinners and two fast bowlers. Rohit Sharma is the Indian captain for this series, while KL Rahul has been given the vice-captaincy this time. In the Test series, Team India has been dominating against Australia in the last few years. The Australian team last won a Test series at home in 2014 from the Indian team.
Significantly, in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, Team India’s eyes are set on the final of the Test Championship. After this series, the final of the Test Championship is to be held in London from 7 to 11 June. Where this final match will be played between the top-2 teams of the Test Championship points table.
Where on one hand the Australian team has almost confirmed its place while being at number-1. At the same time, Team India is occupying number-2. In such a situation, if Team India wins this series, then it will also secure its place in the final of the Test Championship. In such a situation, his title match will be with Australia only.
Playing-11 of India and Australia in today’s match
🚨 Team News 🚨
Test debuts for @surya_14kumar , @KonaBharat for #TeamIndia
Follow the match https://t.co/SwTGoyHfZx #INDvAUS , @mastercardindia
A look at our Playing XI 🔽 pic.twitter.com/div9awCB4o
— BCCI (@BCCI) February 9, 2023
India Team: Rohit Sharma (Captain), KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Sreekar Bharat (wicketkeeper), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Akshar Patel, Mohammed Shami and Mohammed Siraj.
Australia squad: David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Matt Renshaw, Peter Handscomb, Alex Carey (wk), Pat Cummins (c), Nathan Lyon, Todd Murphy, Scott Boland.