Ritika
New Delhi / Nagpur. Today, where the Border-Gavaskar Trophy has started between Team India and Australia. At the same time, the first match of the four-match Test series between the two teams is currently being played in Nagpur. Today in this match, Australian captain Pat Cummins has won the toss and decided to bat first.
At the same time, in this Nagpur Test match, Team India has kept Australia under pressure till lunch on the first day. The visiting Kangaroo team has scored 76 runs by losing 4 wickets till lunch. after lunch Matt Renshaw And Marnus Labushen is out.
Ravindra Jadeja’s charm
On the other hand, after lunch today, Ravindra Jadeja showed his mettle and gave the Australian team two consecutive wickets for 84 runs. Today he first stumped Marnus Labuschagne for 49 runs. This was the first stumping of wicketkeeper KS Bharath’s career. Then on the second ball, Jadeja also got the new batsman Met Renshaw out LBW.
Superb start to the session for #TeamIndia,@imjadeja gets 2 in 2 🙌🏻
Labuschagne & Renshaw depart and Australia are 4 down.
Live #INDvAUS @mastercardindia pic.twitter.com/GYFqxE536B
— BCCI (@BCCI) February 9, 2023
Steve Smith and Marnus Labuschagne fought Indian spinners stoutly as Australia recovered from a shaky start to reach 76 for two at lunch on the first day of the first Test against India on Thursday. Mohammed Shami (one wicket for 12 runs) and Mohammad Siraj (one wicket for 13 runs) sent openers Usman Khawaja (01) and David Warner (01) to the pavilion early but Labushen (47 not out) and Smith (19 not out) For the rest of the first session, the spin trio of Ravindra Jadeja, Akshar Patel and Ravichandran Ashwin were not allowed to dominate.
Labushen has hit eight fours in his 110-ball innings so far and he preferred to score runs against the Indian bowlers. Smith, however, took a more defensive approach. Both have so far shared a 74-run partnership for the third wicket. Some balls from Jadeja and Akshar, however, turned very sharply with a lot of bounce, which also caused problems for debutant wicketkeeper Shrikar Bharat.
‘Tampering with the wicket’
However, all the Australian media claims about ‘wicket tampering’ before the match proved to be a hoax as the VCA Stadium pitch looked to be India’s usual dry pitch with a lot of help to spinners from the second day onwards. Spinners are getting turn from the wicket but that is normal on Indian pitches. Smith and Labushen, however, faced the Indian spinners strongly, showing their strong technique.
Australia captain Pat Cummins won the toss and decided to bat first as it would not be easy to bat in the fourth innings on this pitch. Siraj lbw Usman Khawaja on his first ball of the match in the second over. The on-field umpire did not give him out but the decision went in India’s favor after taking DRS.
life to smith
Shami bowled Warner in the next over with an inside ball for the left-handed batsman. India looked in control but then world number one Test batsman Labuschagne took charge and played some eye-catching shots. He collected four runs from a cover drive off Ashwin after hitting Akshar for a four off a late cut. Smith, however, was lucky to score six when Virat Kohli dropped his catch at first slip off Akshar’s bowling.
