Team India was reduced to 180 runs in the first innings of Adelaide Test. Indian batsmen could not stay on the wicket for long in front of the fast bowling of Mitchell Starc. Neither Jaiswal moved, nor Kohli, nor captain Rohit Sharma's bat moved. Even KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant could not handle Team India. Team India was somehow supported by Nitish Reddy who played an inning of 42 runs in 54 balls. Apart from him, Ashwin gave some support to the team by scoring 22 runs. The biggest injury to the Indian team was caused by Mitchell Starc, who took 6 wickets. Cummins and Boland got 2-2 wickets.

Indian batsman flopped in front of pink ball

In Adelaide, Indian captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and chose to bat first, which proved to be difficult for Team India. Yashasvi Jaiswal, who scored a century in the last match, was out on the very first ball in Adelaide. Mitchell Starc got him out LBW on a tremendous swing ball. KL Rahul and Shubman Gill definitely took care of the team, both of them made a partnership of 69 runs for the second wicket. But after the dismissal of KL Rahul, the Indian innings faltered.

Virat Kohli lost his wicket by playing a very bad shot as soon as he arrived.

He was caught out by Mitchell Starc in the slips by Steve Smith. After this Shubman Gill gave his wicket to Boland. He could score only 31 runs. After this, captain Rohit Sharma returned to the pavilion after scoring just 3 runs. His coming to the middle order did not prove beneficial for the team. The team had hopes from Pant but this player was out on 21 runs on a short ball from Cummins. As a result, 6 wickets of the Indian team fell for 109 runs.

Nitish Reddy shouted

On one hand, while other Indian batsmen were failing, on the other hand, all-rounder Nitish Reddy, who came to bat at number 7, took charge of the team.

Nitish Reddy hit 3 sixes and 3 fours in his innings of 42 runs. Reddy hit a six over the covers on Starc's ball, while he hit a six on Boland's ball with a reverse ramp shot. Overall, it was only because of Nitish that the team reached 180 runs.

Stark showed his strength

Mitchell Starc was the hero of the first innings of Adelaide Test. This left arm fast bowler took 6 wickets for just 48 runs. This is his best performance against India. Starc is said to be the biggest hunter of the pink ball test. This player has taken maximum 72 wickets with this ball.