India v Australia: Ravindra Jadeja takes 5-47 as hosts dominate day one of Border-Gavaskar Trophy

Australia's 177 was their lowest full successful the archetypal innings of a Test since 2016

India dominated the opening time of their bid against Australia to instrumentality power of the archetypal Test successful Nagpur.

A dependable basal of 82 betwixt Marnus Labuschagne and Steve Smith had taken the tourists to 84-2 earlier a illness of 8-93 against India's 3 spinners.

The hosts past moved to 77-1, skipper Rohit Sharma ending the time 56 not out.

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Australia and India are the apical 2 sides successful the rankings and the World Test Championship standings with India needing a 3-1 triumph successful the much-anticipated bid to warrant qualification for the showpiece last astatine The Oval this summer.

Australia, presently apical of the standings, request to lone gully 1 of the 4 Tests to warrant their place. They are besides looking to extremity India's tally of 15 successive bid wins astatine location - a tally going backmost to 2012.

Usman Khawaja and David Warner fell to seamers Mohammed Siraj and Mohammed Shami respectively successful the archetypal 3 overs, with some openers dismissed for one.

Labuschagne and Smith past steadied Australia for the remainder of the greeting session, seemingly moving their broadside into a decent position.

But Labuschagne was stumped disconnected Jadeja for 49 4 overs aft luncheon and the left-arm spinner past trapped Matt Renshaw lbw for a first-ball duck.

Jadeja, who had not played for India since August due to the fact that of a genu injury, besides bowled Smith done the gross for 37 portion signaling his 11th Test five-wicket haul.

Talk astir the pitch - India person been accused of lone watering and rolling definite parts of the wicket to nutrient a turning aboveground to suit their spinners - dominated the build-up to the lucifer but, portion 8 wickets fell to spin, the question was seldom excessive.

Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin took 3-42, including his 450th Test wicket. He reached the landmark successful 88 matches, the 2nd fastest down Sri Lanka spinner Muttiah Muralitharan who took his 450th wicket successful his 80th Test.

Australia were mediocre successful their 24 overs with the ball, allowing India to serenely advancement to 76-0 earlier KL Rahul chipped a instrumentality drawback backmost to debutant off-spinner Todd Murphy successful the penultimate over.

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