India vs Australia: India won the first test of the Border-Gvaskar Trophy by 132 runs and innings. The Spin trio and depth in the batting order gave India an edge over Australia’s playing eleven. The brilliant All round performance of Ravindra Jadeja and Axar Patel, century of skipper Rohit Sharma and the remarkable bowling of R. Ashwin, especially in the second innings helped India to clinch a full dominant victory over Australia in Nagpur.
𝗩𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗡𝗮𝗴𝗽𝘂𝗿! #TeamIndia 🇮🇳 win by an innings & 1️⃣3️⃣2️⃣ runs and take a 1️⃣-0️⃣ lead in the series 👏🏻👏🏻
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Spinners dominate in 1st test
The First test between India and Australia was completely dominated by Spinners, Jadeja, Ashwin, and Todd Murphy took 22 wickets in 3 innings. Ravindra Jadeja took 5 wickets in Australia’s first innings and 2 wickets in the second innings, Ashwin took a total of 8 wickets in both innings and Australian Spinner Todd Murphy took 7 wickets.
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