IND vs AUS 2022-23: India has given a hard time to Australia on Day 1 of the opening Nagpur Test for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Ravindra Jadeja claimed a fifer, as the visitors were rattled for 177, while netizens showered acclaim.
It was a top bowling display by India, especially the spinners, in the opening Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series on Day 1 on Thursday. Being played at the Vidarbha Cricket Association (VCA) Stadium in Nagpur, the visitors were jittered for 177, thanks to the effective five-wicket haul by the returning leg-spinner Ravindra Jadeja.
Surgery in September & five-wicket haul in February in his first International match on his return.
Sir Jadeja - A Great in Tests. pic.twitter.com/aqgGZILj1y
After winning the toss, while Pat Cummins and co rightfully opted to bat, they were off to a horror start, losing both the openers with just a couple of runs on the board, thanks to seamers Mohammed Siraj and Mohammed Shami. While Marnus Labuschagne (49) and Steven Smith (37) came up with a fightback of an 82-run stand for the third wicket, Jadeja sprang into the action, getting the former stumped.
Never easy to return to top level cricket after an injury. Not if you are Sir jadeja. He is deadly!
— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif)ALSO READ: IND VS AUS 2022-23, 1ST TEST - SOCIAL MEDIA ALL-PRAISE FOR RAVICHANDRAN ASHWIN AFTER 450TH TEST HAUL
India should try and get them before 200.
Jadeja a 5fer 😉
The Australians were quickly down to 109/5, with Jadeja also trapping Smith leg-before before knocking over Matt Renshaw (0). Peter Handscomb (31) and Alex Carey (36) added 53 for the sixth wicket. However, veteran off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin forced the latter to play on, as it was his landmark 450th Test haul.
Sir ravindra jadeja in today's match: pic.twitter.com/sPVTpP71lN
— Prayag (@theprayagtiwari)Thereon, the Aussies hardly had any answer to India's lethal spin attack, with Ashwin getting rid of Cummins (6) and Scott Boland (1). At the same time, Jadeja had Handscomb and Toss Murphy's (0) numbers, which happened to be his 11th fifer in the format. Barring leg-spinner Axar Patel, the remaining four Indian bowlers were on the wicket list, while Jadeja was the most economical, as the netizens had high acclaim for the latter.
4 - logged his fourth 5-wicket haul against Australia in men's Tests, his most against any single team; since Jadeja's Test debut on 13 Dec 2012, only Stuart Broad (6) and R Ashwin (5) have managed more 5-fers against the Aussies. Elite. pic.twitter.com/OTk4J5SRWL
— OptaJeev (@OptaJeev)