India dominating despite Aussie bolter's heroics

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Todd Murphy was instilled arsenic Nathan Lyon's understudy erstwhile dealt his Test debut successful India this week.

But connected an incredible 2nd time of the series-opener connected Friday, it was the youngster with glasses — not the seasoned with much than 400 Test wickets successful the container — who piloted Australia successful Nagpur, albeit connected a strugglesome day.

The 22-year-old Murphy, handed a baggy greenish aft playing conscionable 7 first-class games, captured a five-wicket haul.

He became the 17th Australian to snag a five-for successful a debut Test innings and the archetypal since Josh Hazlewood, who did truthful against India successful Brisbane successful 2014.

But contempt Murphy's astonishing commencement to his Test career, the Indians batted themselves into a formidable presumption by stumps connected time two.

Led by a sound of 120 by skipper Rohit Sharma, and buoyed by a staunch low-order concern of 81 and counting betwixt Ravindra Jadeja and Axar Patel, the hosts reached the extremity of play astatine 7-321.

The Australians, trailing by 144, are staring down a near-inevitable decision — a disastrous mode to statesman the circuit arsenic they prosecute the country's archetypal Test bid triumph successful India since 2004.

The Australians enactment their frustrations to 1 broadside for a fleeting infinitesimal astatine stumps, allowing Murphy to locomotion from the tract archetypal arsenic they patted him connected the backmost and clapped.

"That's a magnificent day, young fella," Matthew Hayden said connected the Fox Cricket broadcast.

"You should beryllium capable to spell successful that dressing room and beryllium very, precise arrogant of that show due to the fact that that's a precise peculiar effort ... fantastic performance."

Murphy grabbed his maiden Test wicket precocious connected time 1 erstwhile helium removed KL Rahul, earlier scalping Ravichandran Ashwin, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli and Srikar Bharat connected Friday.

After 36 overs of whippy disconnected rotation that offered India's batters scarce accidental to garner casual runs, the Victorian finished the time with 5-82.

He dismissed Kohli with the archetypal transportation aft lunch, getting fortunate with a shot that slid down leg. The erstwhile skipper tried to flick the shot disconnected his backmost ft down square, but an borderline was snaffled up by a terrific Alex Carey catch.

An overturned lbw determination sealed Murphy's five-for, with the rookie hitting Bharat's near pad and exertion suggesting the shot would person crashed into mediate and leg.

Jadeja volition resume connected 66 and Patel, India's No.9, connected 52 erstwhile time 3 begins.

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