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Cricket News: IND vs AUS 1st Test Twitter reactions: India embarrasses Australia | Reactions from IND vs AUS 1st Test
India thrashed Australia by an innings and 132 runs to take a 1-0 lead in the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy on Saturday. A dominant performance from the home side meant that the visitors were bowled out for merely 91 in the third innings courtesy a five-wicket haul by Ravichandran Ashwin.
Earlier, all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja starred with five dismissals in the first Australian innings and backed it up with a 70-run knock to help India take a lead of 223 runs. There was a lot of talk about the prevalent playing conditions prior to the game but the Rohit Sharma-led side arguably demonstrated that there was enough on the track for a team that executed their plans properly.
IND vs AUS 1st Test Reactions: Home side hammer visitors at Nagpur
Here are some of the most pertinent reactions on Twitter on India’s convincing and comprehensive win in Nagpur.
Australia are battling their own set of injury concerns in this series. Key players like Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazelwood and Cameron Green missed the opening game due to their respective fitness issues. Now, Starc is likely to feature in the second game in Delhi that begins from February 17.
However, the team made headlines on the first day itself with the omission of middle-order bat Travis Head, whom many considered to be Australia’s batsman of the summer gone by. Cummins instead expressed complete confidence in the XI players that took on the field for this match.
“We were confident it was our best XI this week. We know the quality Trav is. He’s a huge part of this team but we were confident in the 11 guys out there. He’s been really good around the group. He’s been out the back working really hard on his game like he always does,” Cummins said in the aftermath of the loss, as reported by ESPN Cricinfo.
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