Australia beat India by 48 runs in first Test thriller

Adelaide, Dec 13: Spinner Nathan Lyon took seven second-innings wickets and 12 for the match as Australia pulled off a stunning 48-run win over India on Saturday in the first test at the Adelaide Oval.

India looked set to achieve a record run chase after stand-in captain Virat Kohli (141) and opener Murali Vijay (99) led India through a second session without loss.

But Australia took eight wickets in the final session, the match ended by Lyon on a stumping for the final wicket, prompting emotional celebrations by an Australia team playing its first match since the death of teammate Phillip Hughes two weeks ago in a domestic match.

Australia captain Michael Clarke suffered yet another hamstring injury and is doubtful for the second test beginning Wednesday in Brisbane.

Scoreboard

Australia (first Innings): 517/7 declared

India (first Innings): 444 all out

Australia (second Innings):

Chris Rogers c R Sharma b K Sharma 21

David Warner b K Sharma 102

Shane Watson b Mohammed Shami 33

Michael Clarke c Saha b Aaron 7

Steven Smith batting 52

Mitchell Marsh c Vijay b RG Sharma 40

Brad Haddin batting 14

Extras (b 1, lb 6, w 5, nb 9) 21

Total (for five wickets in 69 overs; dec) 290

Fall of wickets: 1—38 (Rogers, 12.1 overs), 2—140 (Watson, 38.5), 3—168 (Clarke, 45.6), 4—213 (Warner, 59.1), 5—266 (Marsh, 64.4)

Bowling:

Mohammed Shami 11—2—42—1

Ishant Sharma 14—3—41—0

Karn Sharma 16—2—95—2

Murali Vijay 6—0—27—0

Varun Aaron 10—0—43—1

Rohit Sharma 12—2—35—1

India (second innings):

Shikhar Dhawan c Haddin b Johnson 9

Murali Vijay batting 85

Cheteshwar Pujara c Haddin b Lyon 21

Virat Kohli c Marsh b Lyon 141

Ajinkya Rahane c Rogers b Lyon 0

Rohit Sharma c Warner b Lyon 6

Wriddhiman Saha b Lyon 13

Karn Sharma not out 4

Mohammed Shami c Johnson b Harris 5

Varun Aaron lbw b Johnson 1

Ishant Sharma st Haddin b Lyon 1

Extras (b 5, lb 8, w 2) 15

Total (all out in 87.1 overs) 315

Fall of wickets: 1—16 (Dhawan, 4.1), 2—57 (Pujara, 19.2), 3—242 (Vijay, 69.1), 4—242 (Rahane, 69.6), 5—277 (RG Sharma, 77.4), 6—299 (Saha, 79.6), 7—304 (Kohli, 81.4), 8—309 (Mohammed Shami, 84.2), 9—314 (Aaron, 86.1), 10—315 (I Sharma, 87.1)

Bowling:

Mitchell Johnson 16—2—45—2

Ryan Harris 19—6—49—1

Nathan Lyon 34.1—5—152—7

Peter Siddle 9—3—21—0

Shane Watson 2—0—6—0

Steven Smith 3—0—18—0

Mitchell Marsh 4—1—11—0

Match Details:

Umpires: Marais Erasmus (South Africa) and Ian Gould (England)

Test debut: Karn Sharma (India)

TV umpire: Mick Martell

Match referee: Jeff Crowe (New Zealand)

Reserve umpire: Geoff Joshua