India vs Australia

For Australia, India still remains the Final Frontier. For more than 50 years since Bill Lawry's team pulled off a 3-1 victory in 1969-70, it has tilted at ...

The former skipper, who has averaged less than 30 in Test cricket in each of the last three calendar years, has found length-picking too much of an ask and therefore made bowlers appear far more potent than they are. Few, if any, possess anywhere near the wherewithal, say, of a Sunil Gavaskar, who negotiated Tauseef Ahmed and Iqbal Qasim with consummate ease on a veritable minefield of an M Chinnaswamy Stadium surface in Bengaluru in what turned out to be his final Test innings in 1987, when he made the best 96 in the history of the game. Whether, in that eventuality, Australia is able to hold its nerve and poise and bounce back from a bad session or a bad day will decide how well it goes over the next five weeks. Not even the multiple visits to India in the last quarter of a century, or significant representation in the Indian Premier League (IPL), served to explode the myth and mysticism in Aussie minds when it comes to India. Australia’s preparations entailed arriving in Bengaluru at the beginning of February and having a five-day camp at the Karnataka State Cricket Association’s (KSCA) Alur facility. Apart from an isolated 2-1 victory in 2004, it has come out second best, coming unstuck through a combination of India’s near-invincibility at home, its own misgivings about this country and the gremlins of self-doubt that have germinated at the first instance of having been pushed on to the mental backfoot.

India vs Australia, 1st Test Live Score Updates: There is an indication that Suryakumar Yadav might find a place in the starting XI at Nagpur.

Australia: [David Warner](https://indianexpress.com/about/david-warner/), Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Matt Renshaw, Peter Handscomb, [Alex Carey](https://indianexpress.com/about/alex-carey/)(w), Pat Cummins(c), Nathan Lyon, Todd Murphy, Scott Boland India go with 3 spinners, Shubman Gill and Kuldeep Yadav not in playing XI. India vs Australia 1st Test Day 1 Live Score Updates: Australian skipper Pat Cummins won the toss and opted to bat first at Nagpur.

IND vs AUS Live Cricket Score, 1st Test Day 1 Latest Updates: India are looking to make a good start to the series as they look for a fourth consecutive win ...

As stated earlier, it's Test cricket time! It's Test cricket time! India and Australia have played each other in 12 series, 50 Test matches to be sure before the contest was given its current name in 1996/97. Ian Healy found an early way of absolving Australia of any wrongdoing incase they get pancaked in this series by stating that a defeat for the visitors will occur if India produce “unfair” pitches. Pat Cummins: "I think that's part of the challenge of playing away. There was the brain fade moment where Steve Smith looked towards the dressing room while contemplating whether to take a DRS or not, leading to Virat Kohli stepping just short of calling them cheats. Regardless of what the spinning wicket is like, it will always be one where Ashwin would be almost unplayable. Right, here are Rohit Sharma and Pat Cummins in their Test blazers. We feel we are really well placed. We have had a good prep for the last 5-6 days. - Catch live score and updates of India vs Australia 1st Test Match here.

13th over: Australia 29-2 (Smith 6, Labuschagne 14) Siraj gets a spell and Shami returns. Australians will recall the veteran India quick from the 2015 ...

“Sky” has become a people’s hero with his six-hitting in the white ball formats and after 79 first-class matches he will finally gets to pull on the Test shirt for India at the ripe old age of 32. That was a big toss to win and Pat Cummins’ run of luck with the coin has continued. There was much talk in the lead up to this series about Head’s disappointing record on the subcontinent and his plan to combat it with the all-out aggression so successful in the home summer. 3rd over: Australia 6-2 (Smith 0, Labuschagne 0) Even two wickets down after three overs, the names Smith and Labuschagne inspire confidence. His first ball of the series is wide and skids low. He pulls his head in on the last and lets it drop at his feet. He wants more of a look at the leftie and a single is sufficient from this 10th over. However Smith swipes at the fifth ball and pulls it just short of a fielder. 15th over: Australia 33-2 (Smith 6, Labuschagne 19) Shami returns and so does the Australian stalemate. 18th over: Australia 44-2 (Smith 10, Labuschagne 24) Here comes Patel, a slower action to Jadeja but all the venom comes from that final flick of the wrists. 11th over: Australia 27-2 (Smith 6, Labuschagne 14) Siraj steams in for a fifth over, this one to Labuschagne who has now faced twice as many balls as Smith. Australia have broken the deadlock now and the pace is quickening.

Australia meets India in the first Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Nagpur. Check out all the live scores and stats in our live scorecard.

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Marnus Labuschagne and Steve Smith are at the crease for Australia, who lost Usman Khawaja and David Warner inside the first three overs of the series ...

The bails were ripped off the stumps by Bharat, but Smith was home and there was no edge heard. Jadeja's pace is in the low 90's, that one was 93kph, then the next 89kph. What a delivery, 89kph, genuine turn and real class. Is there a plan afoot? Not sure the sweep is on just yet, if I'm being honest. Bottom edge as Marnus tries to sweep and if he hadn't got that, he'd be out. Another lovely shot from Labuschange, pushing the ball to the long on boundary. He's starting to read this pitch and this turn and is reaping the rewards before lunch. Marnus that's a wonderful shot! Apologies if you covered it earlier Simon, I've only just tuned in - India must be laughing loud and hard to themselves - definitely won the mind battles in Australia dropping Head, who has averaged >50 over last couple of summers. Surely the match referee would have something to say if that was the case? By Simon Smale

India vs Australia, Border-Gavaskar Trophy: As always, an India-Australia series is replete with multiple storylines, from questions around the pitch to ...

Jasprit Bumrah and [Shreyas Iyer](https://indianexpress.com/about/shreyas-iyer/) are also set to miss the first test of the series. Swepson is a slow right-arm wrist spinner – the kind of bowler who has traditionally underperformed on subcontinental surfaces (think of Warne’s record in India). On the other hand, Murphy’s off-spin is quite similar to Lyon’s and might be targeted by a batting lineup full of right-handers. In fact, India will be missing arguably its strongest players of spin in Iyer and Pant. While Axar is definitely better with the bat and has impressed in the opportunities he has received in Jadeja’s absence, Kuldeep offers variety as a left-arm wrist spinner.There is a scenario where all four might play, but that will require India to play a batter less and Jadeja or Ashwin to bat at number six. Also, the benefit of playing four spinners is questionable as all four will ideally want to bowl long spells. With Ashwin and Jadeja being near certainties to start, Axar and Kuldeep will vie for the third spinner’s slot. The current Australian team has as many as five lefties in its top order: Usman Khawaja, David Warner, Travis Head, [Alex Carey](https://indianexpress.com/about/alex-carey/) and Matt Renshaw. [David Warner](https://indianexpress.com/about/david-warner/) today, Australia has a history of producing top-class left-handed batters. The India-Australia test match series for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy is set to begin today, with the two sides playing the first test at Nagpur’s VCA Stadium. One can be certain that the pitch will turn at some point in time. This is going to be Australia’s first test match tour to India since 2017, when the hosts beat the visiting side, 2-1.

Australia will look to start their four-game Test series against India with a victory - and they've produced some major selection decisions in their bid to ...

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Smith 77% after 30 balls. I'm getting the feeling that's because Smith is actively trying to attack the spinners more than Labuschagne is. And at one of those ...

Mushfiqur Rahim and Litton Das are the only other pair to account for more than 10% of their team’s runs. No other pair has proved as prolific for their team in Tests in recent times than this one. All through this partnership, Smith and Labuschagne have been spectacularly decisive.

The great India-Australia Test rivalry resumes with BGT 2023, featuring action-packed games in Nagpur, Delhi, Dharamshala and Ahmedabad.

The last of the four Test rubbers carry extra weightage beyond the clash for on-field supremacy. Invariably what the fans have enjoyed gotten the two cricket boards and the broadcasters ticking: they've announced that the forthcoming BGT is the last edition of it not to span over five Test matches. While the India versus Australia Test series has always been famous for its fiesty and edge-of-the-seat encounters, the consecutive 2-1 scoreline in favour of the Indians Down Under has infused more spice about it.