Nathan Lyon claims eight wickets as Australia dismiss India for 189

Lyon is now Australia’s leading wicket-taker against India in Test cricket with 58 wickets, having zoomed ahead of Brett Lee’s previous record of 53. They are also the best bowling figures for any Australian bowler against India and the second-best for an Australian spinner, after Arthur Mailey’s 9/121. All the last five batsmen of the Indian batting line-up got out for single digit scores. Three days into the first Test, they proved everyone wrong and are now just one win away from taking away the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.

Australia opener David Warner said here Wednesday that they were expecting India to come back hard at them in the remaining three Tests of the series, but also added that they were ready for it.

Only Lokesh Rahul (90) could make it past fifty for India as they yet again flopped against Australia’s spin options.

However, Kohli got out in a fashion that is similar to his dismissal in the second innings of the first Test where he did not offer any shot.

Rahul began with a flourish scoring a boundary off the first ball of the match, hitting Mitchell Starc to the ropes with a stylish cover drive. Even a DRS referral could not save Kohli on this occasion. On conducive wickets, we dictate terms to the opposition and this time in Pune, it was the other way round as we succumbed to spin in almost four sessions and within 74 overs. Earlier India lost Abhinav Mukund early when he was lbwd by Mitchell Starc on a duck.

Australian cricket team landed in India with nearly every single cricket expert expecting them to be whitewashed in the Test series.

On Saturday, off-spinner Nathan Lyon claimed career-best figures of eight for 50 to help Australia bundle out India for 189.

Its appearance may change drastically by the first morning, but to all intents and purposes it seemed likely to behave like a normal subcontinental pitch – slowish and good to bat on before breaking up over the last two days.

The left-handed Mukund, who returned to India’s Test XI after almost six years since playing his last game in 2011, was drafted in place of injured Murali Vijay.

Vijay, like many others, expected a sporting track at Bangalore’s M Chinnaswamy Stadium but insisted that he is not too bothered about the character of the wicket. Left-arm spinner Steve O’Keefe, not a noted big turner of the ball, snared 12-70 in his fifth test and tormented the highly-rated Indian batting lineup on its own turf.

Warner made 38 and 10 in Pune but opening partner Matt Renshaw made an eventful India debut as Australia went 1-0 up in the four-match series.