In the first Cricket Test match, Australia were 256 for 9 at stumps on day one against India, played at Pune. Mitchell Starc with 57 and Josh Hazlewood on 1, the last pair, remain at the crease. After choosing to bat first, the visitors had a good first session but were pushed back post lunch.The Indians took advantage of the home conditions post lunch and tea session as spinners R Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja took couple wickets each. However, it was paceman Umesh Yadav who turned tables in India's favour as he took 4 wickets. Umesh though missed out on a hat-trick today, as he dismissed Steve O'Keefe and Nathan Lyon on consecutive balls but couldn't do the necessary to enter the record books.For Australians, a half century and late fightback by Starc is the highlight as it helped them cross the 250 mark. Young Matt Reneshaw is the other batsman with half century as he made 68.This is the first of 4 Test match of the Border Gavaskar trophy.
News On AIR | February 23, 2017 5:22 PM
Australia 256/9 against India at stumps on day 1 of 1st Test