Australia’s hopes of a breakthrough Border-Gavaskar Trophy triumph in India are already in tatters after the hosts dominated day one of the first Test in Nagpur. INDvAUS 7NEWS
WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Ravindra Jadeja act raises eyebrows.India captain Rohit Sharma belted Cummins for 13 runs off the first over in an ominous start to the home side’s innings.
The Australian captain was slammed by the commentary team for his poor bowling performance as he ended day one with figures of 0-27 from just four overs. “He’s been way too full, and very uncharacteristic of Pat, who genuinely hits a very hard length. He just owns that space. He’s been too full.Hayden explained that Cummins was struggling with the conditions of the pitch.“Pat Cummins, in particular got nothing out of the surface, nothing through the air. It was tougher to bat against the new ball and those two early wickets, of Khwaja was really one of the setbacks for Australia,” Hayden said.
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