Australia won the first Test against India by 333 runs on Saturday with two days to spare, in an embarrassing end to India's 20-match unbeaten streak at home.
Chasing an improbable 441 to win in Pune, India was bowled out in its second innings for only 107 runs shortly after tea on day three as Australia took an unexpected lead in the four-match series.
Steve O'Keefe again took 6-35 and Nathan Lyon claimed 4-53 with all 10 Indian wickets falling to spin. India's innings lasted 33.5 overs and little more than two hours.
Here’s what cricket expert Nishant Arora had to say about the match:
On The Pitch
On this wicket, the ball was turning from the first ball. When you lose the toss, you are immediately under pressure. When you are chasing something like 441 - which had India managed, would have been the highest score ever in the history of Test cricket in chases - it is very difficult. But it is very difficult on pitches like this, where you don’t know how to get a single, let alone 444 runs. I think you can blame the curator, but eventually this is a game of bat and ball and two teams played and the pitch was the same for both teams. The toss was there for both teams. This is all part of the game
Steve Smith’s Ton
Steve Smith has an outstanding record against India. This is his fifth consecutive hundred against India but this would go down as one of his best hundreds. He will go look back and say ‘I played in almost unplayable conditions’. These are conditions which are supposed to be alien to the Aussies. These pitches are where they are considered ‘weak’ but he just showed the way and led from the front. I am sure he will rate this as one of his best hundreds ever.
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