IND vs AUS, 1st Test Live: First day's play complete, India 77/1, Rohit Sharma 56 in the game
IND vs AUS, 1st Test, VCA Stadium: The pitch here has always been very helpful for the spinners. Here the spinners start getting some help from day one
India 100 runs behind Australia on the first day
At the end of the first day, India lost 1 wicket and scored 77 runs. Captain Rohit Sharma is batting for 56 runs. KL Rahul was dismissed for 20 runs. India is 100 runs behind Australia’s score.
Brilliant start for Rohit-Rahul
The Indian openers got off to a great start on the first day of the Nagpur Test. India’s wicket is 59 runs without a score in 18 overs. Rohit Sharma 42 and KL Rahul 16 in the game.
What happened in the second session?
In the second session, the Australian team scored 98 runs with the loss of 6 wickets. Ravindra Jadeja bowled killer in the second session. He took 4 wickets in the second session. While Ashwin took 2 wickets.
Jadeja took two wickets in two balls
After lunch, Ravindra Jadeja showed his magic and took two consecutive wickets for the Australian team for 84 runs. First he dismissed Marnus Labuschagne for 49 runs. On the next ball, Jadeja dismissed new batsman Matt Renshaw lbw.
R Ashwin has scored 5 centuries in Tests
The Indian team will enter this match with 6 batsmen. If he takes two fast bowlers and three spin all-rounders with him. R Ashwin is India’s second highest wicket-taker in Test cricket. In the last Test against Bangladesh, he batted brilliantly and won the Indian team.
Performances by Jadeja, Akshar and Kuldeep are also superb.
Ravindra Jadeja is also doing exceptionally well with the ball and the bat. Along with 242 wickets in Tests, he has also scored three centuries. Akshar Patel has so far played only 8 Tests in which he has taken 47 wickets. Akshar can also prove important as a batsman in the lower order for India. Here Team India also has the option of Kuldeep Yadav, who is currently in great form and can add variety to Team India. Kuldeep Yadav has been instrumental in some of India’s historic victories overseas.
Ashwin and Akshar will play for sure!
It will be a difficult task for India to pick any two or three bowlers out of these four. R Ashwin and Akshar Patel are certain to play. If the Indian team wants to play a third spinner, they may prefer Kuldeep Yadav.
