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1st Test: Jadeja Takes Four As India Reduce Australia To 174/8 At Tea
Ravindra Jadeja set himself up for a five-wicket haul on his return to Test cricket after successful surgery and Ravichandran Ashwin claimed his 450th wicket as India reduced Australia to 174/8 at tea on the opening day of the first Test here on Thursday.
Electing to bat, Australia's struggles on a pitch offering spin on which the ball stays low at times were interspersed by two half-century partnerships -- an 82-run stand between Marnus Labuschagne (49) and Steve Smith (37) for the third wicket and a 53-run stand for the sixth wicket between Peter Handscomb (29 batting) and Alex Carey (36). Though the pitch was difficult to bat on, Labuschagne and Smith showed that one can score runs on it as they carried Australia to 76/2 at lunch.
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