Chappell: Labuschagne showed excellent footwork
"Other Australian batsmen can learn something from him, but only if they have got the required skills," says the former Australia captain
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
Chappell: Murphy bowled tidily but Australia need wickets
Ian Chappell says Australia need bowlers who can take wickets in a hurry in Nagpur
Chappell: 'It wasn't a bad first-day Test-match pitch'
"All the malarkey that was written about the Nagpur pitch in the lead-up to the game was exactly that - malarkey"
Chopra: Jadeja currently the best Test allrounder in the world
Ian Chappell says Jadeja's knock gave India the advantage in the last session
Smith: Don't think our first-innings 177 was enough
Steven Smith speaks to Star Sports about the challenges of facing Ashwin and potential changes in Australia's XI for the second Test
Is there merit to offspinner bowling around the wicket?
Aakash Chopra expands on the ploy, which both Nathan Lyon and Todd Murphy tried out on day two in Nagpur
Ian Chappell: 'This has been a typical Indian red-soil pitch'
Ian Chappell thinks the Nagpur track's behaved the way you'd except any average Indian Test track to - but will the game go into day four? He and Aakash Chopra have their say
Chopra: Rohit is India's best batter against spin
Ian Chappell says moving to the top and batting before Kohli has helped Rohit Sharma
Can Warner overcome the Ashwin challenge?
R Ashwin once again got the better of the Australian opener in a Test match
Rohit on shuffling three spinners: 'I play the match-up game'
The India captain on where he rates this Nagpur innings vis-a-vis the Chennai ton and on a potential backlash from Australia
Match Coverage
All Match NewsAt fever pitch: Reviewing the Nagpur Test
Focus on the pitch, the emergence of Todd Murphy and the domination of India's spinners
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
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
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
