News18 Malayalam | February 09, 2023, 17:52 IST
Captain Rohit Sharma with 56 runs and night watchman R Ashwin with no runs are at the top
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Nagpur: India won the first day of the first Test match against Australia. After bowling out Australia for just 177 runs in the first innings, India scored 77 runs for the loss of one wicket at the close of play on the first day. (AP Photo)
Captain Rohit Sharma with 56 runs and night watchman R Ashwin with no runs at stake. Rohit Sharma scored a half-century to give India a good start. This is Rohit’s 15th half-century in Test cricket. (AP Photo)
India lost the wicket of opener KL Rahul. The forward Todd Murphy dismissed Rahul and scored 20 runs off 71 balls. (AP Photo)
Rahul came out just before the end of the first day’s play. Rahul left the crease after adding 76 runs for the first wicket. (AP Photo)
Australia won the toss and elected to bat. The Australian batsmen could not hold their grip at any point in front of the Indian bowling which dominated from the start of the match. The Aussies went into the tent for 177 runs. (AP Photo)
Ravindra Jadeja took five wickets and broke the Australian batting line-up. Ravichandran Ashwin took three wickets while pacers Mohammad Shami and Mohammad Siraj took one wicket each. (AP Photo)
After receiving the toss, the Aussies’ calculations were wrong at first, and it was seen at the Nagpur Vidarbha Association Stadium. (AP Photo)
Openers Khawaja and Warner returned with a run. The Aussies were two wickets for two runs. (AP Photo)
Later, Lambuchein and Steve Smith began the rescue operation. (AP Photo)
India wicketkeeper Srikar Bharat, right, celebrates a successful dismissal of Australia’s Marnus Labuschagne during the first day of the first cricket test match between India and Australia in Nagpur, India, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023. (AP Photo)
At lunch, Australia were 76 for two. (AP Photo)
After restarting the game, Ravindra Jadeja brought Labuscheyn into the hands of wicketkeeper Bharat. The player faced 123 balls and scored 49 runs. (AP Photo)
Steve Smith’s return is a shock in front of Jadeja. The player who scored 37 runs in 107 balls was bold. (AP Photo)
Renshaw, who had come after him, quickly returned. (AP Photo)
Handscomb scored 31 runs and Alex Carey fought back with 36 runs, but the team could not get through. . (AP Photo)
Cummins(6), Todd Murphy(0) and Boland(1) were the others dismissed. (AP Photo)
India Playing XI: Rohit Sharma (captain), KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, KS Bharat, Suryakumar Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, R. Ashwin, Akshar Patel, Mohammad Shami, Mohammad Siraj. (AP Photo)
Australia Playing XI: David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Marnes Labuchane, Steve Smith, Matt Renshaw, Peter Handscomb, Alex Carey, Pat Cummins (captain), Nathan Lyon, Todd Murphy, Scott Boland. (AP Photo)
India has been holding the trophy for a long time having won the last three series. Captain Pat Cummins had said that a win in India would be better than an away win in the Ashes. (AP Photo)
India’s KL Rahul plays a shot during the first day of the first cricket test match between India and Australia in Nagpur, India, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023. (AP Photo)
India have played 15 series at home since 2013, winning all of them. But Australia are one of only two teams to have won Tests in India in the last 10 years. The second team is England. In 2017, Australia beat India by 333 runs in Pune. (AP Photo)
Rohit Sharma’s joy after scoring a half century. (AP Photo)
Indian captain Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul are running for runs. (AP Photo)
