India 400 all out, lead by 223 runs in 1st Australia Test

Debutant Todd Murphy took two extra wickets to chalk up 7-124 on Saturday as Australia bowled out India for 400 on day three of the opening Test.

The hosts have a commanding 223-run lead with Axar Patel smashing 84, after resuming with 52 on a Nagpur pitch expected to turn more as the match progresses.

Murphy, an off-spinner, bowled Ravindra Jadeja for 70 early in the morning session to end a 88-run eighth-wicket partnership aith Axar.

Jadeja, a left-hander who took five wickets in Australia's first innings, added just four to his overnight 66.

But Axar stood firm in his effort to bat Australia out of the game and found an able ally in number 10 Mohammed Shami, who made the most of a dropped catch on six.

Shami smashed two fours and three sixes to boost the total by 37 before becoming Murphy's seventh wicket.

Murphy, 22, who on Friday became the youngest Australian spinner to bag five wickets in his first Test, remained Australia's standout performer.

Skipper Pat Cummins took two wickets and bowled Axar at the stroke of lunch to wrap up the Indian innings. Senior spinner Nathan Lyon took one wicket.

Rohit Sharma's powerful knock of 120 helped the hosts into a dominant position after they bundled out Australia for 177 on day one of the four-match series.

Scoreboard
Scoreboard at the end of India's first innings on day three of the first Test against Australia at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium in Nagpur on Saturday:

Australia 1st innings 177 (Labuschagne 49, Smith 37; Jadeja 5-47, Ashwin 3-42)

India 1st innings (overnight 321-7)

R. Sharma b Cummins                120

K. Rahul c&b Murphy                 20

R. Ashwin lbw b Murphy              23

C. Pujara c Boland b Murphy          7

V. Kohli c Carey b Murphy           12

S. Yadav b Lyon                      8

R. Jadeja b Murphy                  70

S. Bharat lbw b Murphy               8

A. Patel b Cummins                  84

M. Shami c Carey b Murphy           37

M. Siraj not out                     1

Extras (b6, lb1, nb3)               10

Total (all out, x overs)           400

Fall of wickets:  1-76 (Rahul), 2-118 (Ashwin), 3-135 (Pujara), 4-151 (Kohli), 5-168 (Yadav), 6-229 (Sharma), 7-240 (Bharat), 8-328 (Jadeja), 9-380 (Shami), 10-400 (Patel)

Bowling: P. Cummins 20.3-3-78-2 (nb1), S. Boland 17-4-34-0 (nb1), N. Lyon 49-13-126-1, T. Murphy 47-12-124-7 (nb1), M. Labuschagne 5-0-24-0, M. Renshaw 1-0-7-0

Toss: Australia

Umpires: Nitin Menon (IND), Richard Illingworth (ENG)

TV Umpire: Michael Gough (ENG)

Match Referee: Andy Pycroft (ZIM)