The first match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy between India and Australia is being played at the Jamtha Stadium in Nagpur. The second day’s play continues and the third session is underway.
In response to Australia’s 177 runs, Team India has scored 321 runs for 7 wickets. The team’s lead in the first innings has been 130+.
Ravindra Jadeja and Akshar Patel are at the crease. Both have scored half-centuries. There has been a 75+ partnership between these two.
KS Bharat playing debut match got out after scoring 8 runs. He was made LBW by another debutant Todd Murphy. This is Murphy’s 5th wicket. He took the wickets of KL Rahul (20 runs), Ravichandran Ashwin (23 runs), Cheteshwar Pujara (7 runs), and Virat Kohli (12 runs). Apart from Murphy, Pat Cummins and Nathan Lyon took one wicket each.
Before Bharat, Rohit Sharma got out after scoring 120 runs. He was bowled by Australian captain Pat Cummins in the very first over after the T-break. While Suryakumar Yadav (8 runs) was bowled by Nathan Lion.