New Delhi: On Day 2 of the 1st Test between India and Australia, Todd Murphy became the fourth Australian off-spinner to clinch a five wickets haul on debut. The Victorian player is the youngest spinner to achieve this feat; he is 22 years and 87 days old.
Five Wickets haul
On his maiden Test tour, the debutant got the wickets of KL Rahul, Ravichandran Ashwin, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli and KS Bharat. He joined the likes of Pete Taylor, Jason Krejza and teammate Nathan Lyon in the list to take fifer on their debut.
Todd Murphy has achieved the feat of taking 5 wickets on his Test debut at the youngest age. He reached this landmark at the age of 22 years and 87 days.
Five wickets on Test debut, what a moment for Todd Murphy.
Incredible! #vicsdoitbetter pic.twitter.com/xLe10MPNFh
— Victorian Cricket Team (@VicStateCricket) February 10, 2023
Murphy joins his teammate against India
Todd Murphy has become the third spinner to take a five-wicket haul on his Test debut against team India. Earlier in the year 2000, Naimur Rahman, and 2008, Jason Krejza had done this miracle.
Todd Murphy spell
Todd Murphy bowled 31 overs and took 5 wickets for 78 runs. He also bowled 7 overs maiden.
Match scoreboard
Australia scored 177 runs in the first innings. Now India is batting in the first innings. Team India scored 286 runs after losing 7 wickets, till the third session of the second day. Ravindra Jadeja is batting on 57 while Akshar Patel stands on the other end by scoring 26 runs. India has taken the lead by 109 runs.
