Jadeja, Rohit, Ashwin lead India to resounding innings win
Australia crumbled to their second-lowest total against India in 32.3 overs on the third day
09/02Result
1st Test, Australia tour of India at Nagpur, Feb 9-11 2023
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![Australia]( "Australia")
177 & 91 (32.3 ov) -
![India]( "India")
Player of the Match
09/02Result
1st Test, Australia tour of India at Nagpur, Feb 9-11 2023
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![Australia]( "Australia")
177 & 91 (32.3 ov) -
![India]( "India")
Player of the Match
Day 3
Rohit on his spin trio: 'It's like captaining Starc, Cummins and Hazlewood in Australia'
"When you have the quality of Axar, Jadeja and Ash, it's always a blessing as they never disappoint"
Stats - Australia hit record low, Ashwin at par with Kumble
It was also a sorry state of affairs for Australia's left-hand batters, who recorded a combined average of 6.7, while both India's left-hand batters hit fifties
Jadeja penalised for using 'soothing cream' without intimating umpires
Jadeja fined 25% of his Nagpur Test match fee and handed a demerit point
Cummins: 'I don't think we need to reinvent the wheel'
Mitchell Starc is on his way to join the team, but Josh Hazlewood and Cameron Green are not expected to be fit for the second Test
'Be unorthodox, use your feet, get to the pitch of the ball' - Rohit explains how to bat on turners in India
"You can't let the bowler bowl six balls on the spot, you got to try and do something different, and that can be your way of doing it"
Day 2
Rohit Sharma, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel give India control
India finished day two with a significant lead of 144, despite a five-for from Australia debutant Todd Murphy
Stats - Rohit's maiden ton as Test captain, and Jadeja's double
Murphy is only the second visiting spinner to take a five wicket-haul on debut against India
The elegant minimalism of Rohit Sharma
In Nagpur, no one has radiated a sense of normalcy more than Rohit Sharma, playing a Test after 11 months and all but batting Australia out of the match
Lyon's apprentice Murphy tops his master in the rough of Nagpur
Murphy shelved the overspin typical of bowling in Australia and consistently bowled around 95kph with high side spin, and had five wickets to show for it
Day 1
Rohit leads strong reply after Jadeja five-for
India take day one honours after Australia bowled out for 177 in 63.5 overs
Stats - R Ashwin becomes the second fastest to 450 Test wickets
Key numbers from the first day of the opening Test between India and Australia in Nagpur
Head-less Australia's horses-for-courses approach backfires
His replacement fell for a duck, but the bigger question is: what does this decision do to Head's confidence if he's needed later in the series?
The underappreciated genius of Ravindra Jadeja
He is tireless and accurate, but there are other layers to his bowling as well, which perhaps aren't as clearly discernible
Suryakumar Yadav, KS Bharat, Todd Murphy make debuts as Australia bat vs India
Australia pick Handscomb in place of Head; Shami and Siraj form India's pace attack
Others
Australia's plans to train in Nagpur scuppered after ground staff water pitches
Australia had asked the VCA Stadium ground staff if they could leave the centre wicket and training pitches untouched for players to train on Sunday afternoon
Indian team tells match-referee Jadeja used pain-relief cream on finger
Jadeja and Rohit met with match-referee Pycroft to clarify visuals of spinner rubbing a substance on his bowling finger
India's cheat code: lower-order muscle
The Nagpur Test against Australia was the most recent example of India's lower-order scoring invaluable runs to win the game
Dazed Australia search for answers after first-round knockout
Australia thought they could not be faulted for preparation, but it seemed to make no difference to the outcome
Australia need to forget the pitch-doctoring allegations and adapt asap
Their familiar weakness against spin has been exposed. They need to make sure it does not affect them mentally
Ashwin's ability to reinvent himself sets him apart from Lyon
It's not just the home advantage. Ashwin has constantly added new layers to his skillset right through his career
At fever pitch: Reviewing the Nagpur Test
Focus on the pitch, the emergence of Todd Murphy and the domination of India's spinners
Winning a Test series in India is 'bigger than the Ashes' for Australia's stars
Captain Pat Cummins says winning the upcoming Border Gavaskar Trophy would be an "era-defining" result
'We are ready to play horses for courses' - Rohit Sharma on selection calls
India captain says they will pick their "best XI" depending on the pitch and conditions
What's the big deal with the Nagpur pitch?
Charges of pitch doctoring, and rebuttals to those charges, are dominating the discussion on the eve of the first Border-Gavaskar Test
Handscomb and Murphy close in on a place in Australia's XI against India
Pat Cummins won't reveal the make up of his team until the toss in Nagpur
Podcast: Chappell, Manjrekar preview the Border-Gavaskar Trophy
ESPNcricinfo's experts on how both sides should line up, their predictions on the series and the other big talking points
India's selection questions: Suryakumar or Gill? Or both at the cost of Rahul?
Who will they pick as the third spinner? And will Ishan Kishan or KS Bharat keep wicket?
Cameron Green unlikely to play first Test against India
A specialist batter - Renshaw or Handscomb - is expected to be the replacement, with Australia fielding just four specialist bowlers
KL Rahul, still in no-man's land in Test cricket
Back at the Border-Gavaskar series, it's like everything is kind of the same - yet very different - for KL Rahul
Who partners Nathan Lyon? Can injury-hit Australia accommodate Cameron Green?
The visitors have Mitchell Swepson, Ashton Agar and Todd Murphy as spin-bowling options, even as they ponder replacements in their pace battery
The spectacle of Shubman Gill
The 23-year-old has the rare gift of slowing down an ultra-quick sport
Battles to watch: Lyon vs Pujara and Kohli, and Ashwin vs Warner and Smith
A look at some of the head-to-head contests that could decide who wins the Border-Gavaskar Trophy
Will Todd Murphy get a chance to shine in India?
The big question is whether Australia will want to pick a second specialist offpinner against India's right-hand heavy batting order
India, Australia, and the start of a larger-than-life cricket yarn
The high-profile series plays out against the broader narrative of a World Test Championship final
