Dominant India thrash Australia inside three days in first Test in Nagpur

Australia's second innings lasted just 32.3 overs as the world's number one team were bowled out for 91 on day three.

Ravichandran Ashwin did most of the damage, with his five for 37 from 12 overs giving him eight wickets in the match.

Mohammed Shami (two for 13) and Ravindra Jadeja (two for 34) chipped in with the only defiance coming from Steve Smith, who made an unbeaten 25.

The hosts had earlier made 400 in their first innings, with Axar Patel (84) and Jadeja (70) building on skipper Rohit Sharma's century.

India's win boosts their hopes of reaching the 2023 ICC World Test Championship final at the Kia Oval in June.

The second match of the four-Test series starts in Delhi on Friday.

Jadeja was fined 25 per cent of his match fee after the game for breaching the ICC Code of Conduct during Australia's first innings.

The 34-year-old was punished for applying a soothing cream to a swelling on the index finger of his bowling hand without asking for permission to do so from on-field umpires Nitin Menon and Richard Illingworth.

Jadeja admitted the offence and has had one demerit point placed on his disciplinary record.

An ICC statement said: "The match referee was satisfied that the cream was applied to the finger purely for medical purposes.

"The cream was not applied as an artificial substance to the ball and consequently it did not change the condition of the ball, which would have been in breach of clause 41.3 of the ICC playing conditions - Unfair Play - The Match Ball - Changing its Condition."

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