India bundled out Australia for just 177 runs on Day 1 of the Nagpur Test. India's veteran spin duo Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin dominated Australian batters as the duo picked 8 wickets between them. Ravindra Jadeja, who made a comeback in international cricket after 5 months, picked up a 5-wicket haul. Meanwhile, Ashwin managed to get 3 wickets along with one wicket each from Mohd. Shami and Mohd. Siraj. Indian openers in reply put on a brilliant partnership to frustrate the visitors. However, debutant Tod Murphy got the breakthrough with the wicket of KL Rahul in the penultimate over of the day. India were 77/1 in the first innings at the stumps.
Numbers and Stats from IND vs AUS 1st Test Day-1:
3 - Ravindra Jadeja dismissed Steve Smith through bowled dismissal for 3rd time.
Bowlers to dismiss Steven Smith most times through 'bowled' dismissal:
Ravindra Jadeja - 3
Stuart Broad - 2
James Anderson - 2
Bhuvneshwar Kumar - 2
Rangana Herath - 2
4 - Ravindra Jadeja has taken a five-wicket haul for 4th time in Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
Most five-wicket haul by a bowler in Border-Gavaskar Trophy:
Anil Kumble - 10
Harbhajan Singh - 7
Nathan Lyon - 7
Ravi Ashwin - 5
Josh Hazlewood - 4
Ravindra Jadeja - 4
5 - Mohammed Shami has become the 5th Pace bowler to pick 400 wickets for India in International cricket.
Most wickets for India in International Cricket:
Kapil Dev - 687
Zaheer Khan - 597
Javagal Srinath - 551
Ishant Sharma - 434
Mohammed Shami - 400
5 - Ravindra Jadeja became the 5th Indian bowler to take 100 wickets against Australia in International cricket.
Most wickets for India vs Australia in International cricket:
Anil Kumble - 142
Harbhajan Singh - 129
Kapil Dev - 124
Ravi Ashwin - 118
Ravindra Jadeja - 104
55 - Suryakumar Yadav became the 55th player in men's cricket to play all 3 formats for India. Suryakumar Yadav has also became first Player to make debut in all 3 formats for India after turning 30-plus in age.
Suryakumar Yadav's debut in
T20I - 30 yrs & 181 days
ODI - 30 yrs & 307 days
Test - 32 yrs & 148 days
89 - Ravichandran Ashwin became the 2nd fastest bowler to reach the mark of 450 Test wickets from just 89 matches.
Fastest to reach 450 wickets in Test cricket by matches played:
Muralitharan - 80
Ravi Ashwin - 89
Anil Kumble - 93
Glenn McGrath - 100
Shane Warne - 101
Most Wickets by a spin bowler in Test cricket:
Muralitharan - 800 (133 matches)
Shane Warne - 708 (145 matches)
Anil Kumble - 619 (132 matches)
Nathan Lyon - 460 (116 matches)
Ravi Ashwin - 452 (89 matches)
