Lowest Innings Totals of India vs Australia After Batting Collapse on Day 1 of Indore Test

Team India on Wednesday (March 1) registered their eighth lowest innings total against Australia after the batting collapsed inside the first two sessions of the opening day of the third Test at the Holkar Cricket Stadium in Indore.

Australian spinners led by Matthew Kuhnemann, who claimed his maiden five-wicket haul, forced the Indian batters into making errors on a pitch that often kept low and spun despite being a day 1 wicket.

Kuhnemann first got rid of Rohit Sharma stumped for 12 then got Shubman Gill caught at slip for 22. Senior spinner Nathan Lyon soon joined the party as he castled Cheteshwar Pujara for 1 and removed Ravindra Jadeja caught at covers for 4 a delivery after surviving a LBW call.

Kuhnemann, who is playing his second Test match, then returned to remove Shreyas Iyer bowled of an inside edge for a duck. The other spinner Todd Murphy also got among the wickets by getting a big one as he trapped Virat Kohli in front of the stumps at 22.

Lyon trapped a stubborn KS Bharat LBW for 17 just before lunch, while Kuhnemann continued to bamboozle the Indian batters by getting rid of Ravichandran Ashwin caught behind straight after the break for 3.

Umesh Yadav's onslaught also was ended by Kunhemann, who trapped him LBW for 17 before a madness between the wickets ended the Indian innings at 109 when Mohammed Siraj was run out for a duck, leaving Axar Patel unbeaten in the end at 12.

The Indian innings also lasted for just 33.2 overs. This also happens to be India's second lowest total when batting first against Australia in a Test match. The previous lowest was at Wankhede in 2004.

While this was a pretty low total despite batting first, it was not the lowest by India against Australia in a Test innings. The most recent low was 36 all out Down Under in 2020.

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The 109 All Out was also the joint 14th lowest innings total for India at home. The lowest was against West Indies in 1975 when they were bundled out for 75 in Delhi.

The most recent lowest total was registered against South Africa in Ahmedabad in 2008 when India were bowled out inside a session by the pace trio of Dale Steyn, Makhaya Ntini and Morne Morkel.

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