India vs Australia: Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin, Rohit Sharma put hosts ahead on Day 1 of 1st Test

[caption id=“attachment_12131792” align=“alignnone” width=“640”] India stood at 77/1 at close on Day 1 of the first Test in Nagpur, with skipper Rohit Sharma on 56 and R Ashwin, yet to score, at the crease. The hosts trail Australia by 100 runs. AP[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_12131862” align=“alignnone” width=“640”] Spinner Ravindra Jadeja took 11th fifer of his career, 5/47 in 22 overs, in sensational return from knee surgery. “It’s not a rank turner at all and for a first-day wicket it was slow and had low bounce,” Jadeja said. “It was not like it was difficult to defend for the batsmen but as the match will progress it will turn more.” AP[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_12131932” align=“alignnone” width=“640”] Fellow spinner Ravichandran Ashwin took three wickets to bowl out Australia for 177 in the final session on a turning wicket. Ashwin took his tally to 451 wickets in the 89th Test - second-fastest bowler to the 450-wicket mark behind Muttiah Muralitharan (80). Ashwin is the ninth player to take 450-plus Test wickets and the second Indian after Anil Kumble (619). AP[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_12126642” align=“alignnone” width=“640”] Suryakumar Yadav and KS Bharat made their Test debuts and received their India Test caps. Suryakumar was handed the cap by Ravi Shastri while KS Bharat got it from Cheteshwar Pujara. Sportzpics[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_12126772” align=“alignnone” width=“640”] Mohammed Shami celebrates the wicket of David Warner during day one of the first Test match between India and Australia. Sportzpics[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_12131972” align=“alignnone” width=“640”] Marnus Labuschagne top-scored for Australia with 49 runs. He and Steve Smith stitched an 82 run partnership for the third wicket to steady their ship from 2/2 at one point. AP[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_12132002” align=“alignnone” width=“640”] KL Rahul was the only Indian wicket to fall on Day 1 of the Test. He fell to debutant Todd Murphy on 20 runs after handing a catch back to the spinner. AP[/caption]