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India vs Australia, 1st Test, Day 1 Live Updates: Australia skipper Pat Cummins has won the toss and opted to bat first vs India in the first match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy that takes place at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium in Nagpur, starting Thursday. India have handed Test debuts to Suryakumar Yadav and KS Bharat. Meanwhile, Todd Murphy has also made his Australioa debut. The Rohit Sharma-led side needs a favourable outcome from the four-match series in order to earn a World Test Championship final berth. On the other hand, visitors Australia would be equally eager to start with a win after losing the last three editions of the Test series between the two sides. (LIVE SCORECARD)
India (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma(c), KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Srikar Bharat(w), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Axar Patel, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj
Australia (Playing XI): David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Matt Renshaw, Peter Handscomb, Alex Carey(w), Pat Cummins(c), Nathan Lyon, Todd Murphy, Scott Boland
Here are the Live Updates of Day 1 of the 1st Test Match between India and Australia straight from Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur –
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09:37 (IST)
IND vs AUS Live: Decent first over from Shami!
The ball kept a bit low in the first over itself. Only two runs came off the first over bowled by Mohammed Shami, but he could not trouble the batters.
AUS 2/0 (1)
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09:28 (IST)
IND vs AUS Live: Time for national anthems
Players of both the teams are out on the ground for their respective national anthems. It will start with the national anthem of guests Australia and that of India will follow.
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09:17 (IST)
IND vs AUS Live: A lot of fuss about the Nagpur pitch!
The Nagpur pitch has been the centre of attraction even before the start of the match as India were alleged of preparing the pitch in different parts to take an advantage of it. We will discover it all soon as we are only 14 minutes away from the start of the match.
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09:08 (IST)
IND vs AUS Live: Here are the playing XIs of both the teams –
India: Rohit Sharma(c), KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Srikar Bharat(w), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Axar Patel, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj
Australia: David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Matt Renshaw, Peter Handscomb, Alex Carey(w), Pat Cummins(c), Nathan Lyon, Todd Murphy, Scott Boland
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09:05 (IST)
IND vs AUS LIVE: Australia opt to bat first!
Rohit Sharma flips the coin which lands in favour of the Australia skipper Pat Cummins. The latter said that Australia will bat first. On this track, it doesn’t seem like a wrong decision.
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08:57 (IST)
IND vs AUS LIVE: Test debut for Surya, India debut for Bharat!
Both KS Bharat and Suryakumar Yadav make their Test debuts. While Suryakumar has already been an important memeber of India’s white-ball squad, it will be the first game of Bharat for India.
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08:51 (IST)
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08:08 (IST)
IND vs AUS LIVE: Welcome guys!
Hello everyone, welcome to this space. India and Australia kick off their four-match Test series today in Nagpur. You will get all the live updates related to the first day of the first Test here. Stay connected!
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