India vs Australia 1st Test: VVS Laxman to Waseem Jaffer, cricket fraternity hails Team India for emphatic win in Nagpur

Ravindra Jadeja celebrates with his teammates

Nagpur, Feb 11: The Indian Cricket Team produced a clinical performance to register an emphatic win over Australia by an innings and 132 runs on Saturday (February 11) to go 1-0 up in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2023.

Ravindra Jadeja - who was making his comeback after five months - returned with the player of the match award for his all-round show in the game which the hosts wrapped up within three days.

Trailing by 223 runs after the Rohit Sharma-led side posted a massive 400 in their first innings, Australia's second innings folded for a paltry 91 in 32.3 overs in front of a disciplined bowling effort from the hosts. It took the Indians less than two sessions to topple the visitors.

The Australian batters surrendered on a spin-friendly track as R Ashwin picked up a superb five-for in the second innings while his spin twin, Jadeja returned with a five-wicket haul in the first innings.

No Australian batter could pose any challenge against quality Indian bowlers and it seemed that too much talk about pitch and the threat from Ashwin played against their mindset.

Earlier in the day, Axar Patel's gritty knock of 84 (174 balls) and the 185-ball 70 from Jadeja helped the hosts to post 400 in their first innings and bring their side into a commanding position. Captain Rohit Sharma led his team from the front and laid the foundation for a big total with his sensational century.

Rohit - who slammed his career's ninth Test ton - scored 120 as the hosts showed their batting depth after the top-order batters failed to make an impression. Off-spinner Todd Murphy - who made his debut in the game - was the biggest positive for the Aussies as the 27-year-old picked up a seven-for.

Despite winning the toss, Australian batters could only muster 177 in their first innings and gave a massive advantage to their opponents early in the game. Marnus Labuschagne top-scored with 49 for his team in the match as the Aussies were all-out in 63.5 overs on the opening day.

Jadeja - who was making his return to international cricket after an injury lay-off - ended up making an immediate impact in the game by picking up a fifer. The southpaw stamped his authority in the game with his five-wicket haul and later smashed a match-winning fifty.

The Twitterverse commended the Indian side for its comprehensive show in the game. Let us take a look at who said what to the result of the highly-anticipated match which proved to be a one-sided affair: