New Delhi / Nagpur. Today Australia’s team was reduced to just 177 runs in the first innings after tea on the first day of the first cricket test against India. Marnus Labuschagne scored the highest 49 runs for Australia in the game being held in Nagpur today. Steve Smith scored 37 while Alex Carey scored 36 runs. From India, Ravindra Jadeja has taken 5 wickets while Ravichandran Ashwin has taken 3 wickets. Siraj and Shami got 1-1 success.
Innings Break!
Brilliant effort from #TeamIndia Bowlers as Australia are all out for 177 in the first innings.
An excellent comeback by @imjadeja as he picks up a fifer 👏👏
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Today ‘Sir’ Ravindra Jadeja has completed 5 wickets in the match. He made Peter Handscomb his 5th victim. Jadeja has taken 5 wickets in an innings for the 11th time in his Test career. At the same time, 450 wickets have been completed in Ashwin’s Test. Ashwin has become the second fastest bowler in the world to take 450 wickets in his 89th Test. In this case, it is Muttiah Muralitharan of Sri Lanka, who took this wicket in the 80th Test match.
That’s a 5-wicket haul for @imjadeja
His 11th in Test cricket.
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A great session for #TeamIndia
Four wickets for @imjadeja & two wickets for @ashwinravi99 in the afternoon session as Australia are 174/8 at Tea on Day 1 of the 1st Test.
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On the other hand, Rohit Sharma is the captain of Team India 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 Team India.