As Australia loses the Nagpur Test, Ravichandran Ashwin completes a fifer. The contributions of Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin were critical in India’s first series victory.
On the third day of the first Test in Nagpur, Team India maintained their lead. Following a superb bowling effort against Australia on Day 1, in which Australia managed to score 177 runs, India replied with a huge 400 runs at the end of its first innings.
The second innings was no different for Australia, as their difficulty persisted. Ravichandran Ashwin got a fifer this time after Ravindra Jadeja’s five-wicket haul in the first innings to make things difficult for Australia.
Ashwin removed both Australian openers, Usman Khawaja and David Warner, who had two dismal efforts in a row. This is Ashwin’s 11th Test dismissal of Warner, which ties him with Ben Stokes for the most dismissals of a batsman. The 36-year-old then came on to wreck havoc on Australia’s middle order, dismissing Matt Renshaw, Peter Handscomb, and Alex Carey.
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Team India win the first Test in Nagpur
After being bowled out for 177 in the first innings, Australia battled against India in the second. They only managed 91 runs in the second innings, with Steve Smith the lone batter remaining, but Shami’s last wicket of Scott Boland ensured that India won the match by an innings and 132 runs.
Axar Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, and skipper Rohit Sharma all played important roles in the Indian team’s win.
Rohit smashed a brilliant 120 from 212 balls, while Jadeja and Axar both reached half-centuries. Mohammed Shami’s innings was also crucial for India; the 32-year-old hit 37 off 47 balls, slamming three sixes and two fours.
Apart from Ashwin’s five-wicket haul, Jadeja took two wickets, while Axar Patel took one and Shami took two to help India win the match. In Australia’s second innings, Smith recorded the highest score of 25*.
With 97 wickets in India vs. Australia Test matches, Ashwin has become the second-highest wicket-taker in the series. He is just one wicket behind the all-time leading Indian spinner, Anil Kumble, who has 111.