India vs Australia 1st Test: All-Round hosts thump visitors to take 1-0 Lead, Win by an Innings and 132 Runs

The
hosts
have
taken
a
1-0
lead
in
the
four-match
Test
series
with
a
thumping
victory,
winning
the
match
by
an
inning
and
132
runs,
with
two
days
to
spare.

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It
has
been
a
tale
of
disappointment
for
the
visitors,
whose
inability
to
bat
in
challenging
conditions
has
been
exposed
yet
again.
Throughout
the
two
innings,
they
couldn’t
handle
the
Indian
spinners.
Apart
from
Steve
Smith,
Marnus
Labuschagne
and
Alex
Carey,
who
showed
some
resistance,
the
whole
batting
lineup
crumbled,
especially
in
the
second
innings.

Ravindra
Jadeja
Fifer
in
the
First
Inning

Ravindra
Jadeja
made
his
comeback
to
Test
cricket
in
an
emphatic
style,
picking
up
5
wickets
in
the
first
inning
as
Australia
were
bundled
out
for
177.
Ravichandran
Ashwin
picked
up
3
wickets.
Marnus
Labuschagne
(49),
Steve
Smith
(37)
and
Alex
Carey
(36)
played
well
for
the
away
side,
but
the
others
couldn’t
live
up
to
the
expectation.

Rohit
Sharma’s
Century,
India
Pile
400
and
Todd
Murphy’s
7-for

Rohit
Sharma
played
a
fluent
knock
to
get
his
9th
Test
ton,
his
first
as
the
Indian
captain
in
Tests.
The
Indian
skipper
scored
120
runs
as
the
hosts
took
the
lead
on
the
2nd
day.
Debutant
Todd
Murphy
was
the
star
with
the
ball
for
Australia
as
he
picked
up
7
wickets.
Even
at
the
latter
end,
Ravindra
Jadeja
(70)
and
Axar
Patel
(84)
batted
brilliantly
to
add
some
valuable
runs
and
take
the
lead
beyond
200
runs
for
India
on
the
3rd
day.

India
vs
Australia
1st
Test:
Todd
Murphy
and
the
Tale
of
his
Seven
Wickets
against
India
on
Debut

Australia
Crumble
Again
as
Ashwin
Stars

In
the
second
innings,
it
was
even
worse
for
Australia.
The
visitors
collapsed
and
got
bruised
badly
during
their
epic
capitulation.
Ravichandran
Ashwin
started
the
damage
with
the
wicket
of
Usman
Khawaja,
and
it
never
stopped
after
that.
The
Aussie
batters
came
and
got
back
to
the
hut,
with
the
most
common
mode
of
wicket
being
the
Leg
Before
Wicket
(LBW).
The
Indian
spin
duo
bowled
efficiently
with
discipline,
making
life
difficult
for
the
Aussie
batters.
The
stranglehold
they
put
around
the
likes
of
Handscomb
and
Renshaw
was
a
great
sight,
and
they
all
succumbed
after
painful
suffocation.

Ashwin
was
the
main
architect
in
the
second
innings,
picking
up
5
wickets.
Ravindra
Jadeja
picked
up
two
wickets
while
Mohammed
Shami
cleaned
the
tail
with
2
wickets
to
his
name
as
Australia
were
bowled
out
for
mere
91
runs
in
the
second
innings.

India
have
thus
completed
a
dominating
victory
by
an
innings
and
132
runs.
The
juggernaut
now
moves
to
Delhi
as
the
second
Test
commences
in
six
days’ time.