India vs Australia Day 1 of the first Test concluded with Rohit Sharma & Co looking in a commanding position. Making his comeback after 5 months, spinner Ravindra Jadeja breathed fire in Nagpur and took 5 wickets by giving away just 47 runs. Jadeja was a nightmare for the Australian batters on Day 1 of the Test and Ashwin too took 3 wickets. Courtesy of Jadeja-Ashwin, the Australian Team was bundled off just 177 runs. Having won the toss, Australia could not capitalize on the advantage of Day 1 pitch. Now, Australian media are crying foul as they have pointed out an 'interesting' incident that happened during India vs Australia Day 1 of the first Test. Australian media Fox shared a video of Ravindra Jadeja and Mohammed Siraj hinting that both of them used some external substance and tampered with the ball. Following that, Ravindra Jadeja-Mohammed Siraj's video has been going viral on social media and former Australian captain Tim Paine who is not part of the squad reacted to it.
In the alleged viral video, it can be seen Ravindra Jadeja touched the hand of Siraj who came towards him running. After touching Siraj's hand, Jadeja can be seen gripping the ball in his bowling palm. Although Jadeja might have used Siraj's hand to get set some more sweat in his bowling hand, so that he can grip the ball which is totally legal, the Australian media started crying foul over the incident. Notably, the Australian Team on the ground did not point out or expressed their objection, but the Australian media especially Fox called it an 'interesting' moment.
A user shared the video and wrote, "What do you think of this @tdpaine36 Looks like one player giving grippo to the bowler and him rubbing it all over his spinning finger to me. Thoughts?" Tim Paine who have step own as Australian captain due to his exting scandal said that it is indeed very interesting, hyping the controversy even more.
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What do you think of this @tdpaine36 Looks like one player giving grippo to the bowler and him rubbing it all over his spinning finger to me. Thoughts? pic.twitter.com/XjcNedJ3Sc
— Darren Lock (@Dags_L) February 9, 2023
India vs Australia Day 1, 1st Test
Having won the toss, Australia's start was embarrassing. Both David Warner and Usman Khwaja were dismissed inside 10 overs. Although Marnus and Steve Smith tried to stitch a partnership, they were dismissed by none other than Ravindra Jadeja. While Marnus Labuschagne was dismissed on 49, Steve Smith was clean bowled at 37 runs. After their dismissal, Australia could not bounce back and they were ultimately all out of 177 runs. In response, Rohit Sharma gave India a blazing start. By the end of the day, Rohit Sharma remained not-out at 56 off just 69 balls. India lost only 1 wicket of KL Rahul who was dismissed by off-spinner T Murphy.