NEW DELHI: Skipper Rohit Sharma scored an unbeaten 56 on Thursday to make sure that India took advantage of the bowlers superlative efficiency on the opening day of the first Test of the four-match series at Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium in Nagpur.

India closed the days play at 77 for 1 to trail Australia by 100 runs.

This after resurgence man Ravindra Jadeja-led bowling attack bundled out the visitors for simply 177 runs in their first innings.

As it happened: India vs Australia, 1st Test Day 1Jadeja, who was playing his very first global match after recuperating from a knee surgical treatment, took his 11th five-wicket haul to return figures of 5 for 47, and was well supported by fellow spinner Ravichandran Ashwin (3 for 42), who became the fastest Indian to take 450 Test wickets.Rohit included a solid 76 runs for the opening wicket with KL Rahul (20 ), prior to the latter was dismissed by debutant off-spinner Todd Murphy in the penultimate over of the day.

Rohit struck a six and 9 fours in his 69-ball knock.Rohit started by striking three boundaries off Australian skipper Pat Cummins first over, and place on a solid stand with Rahul.

The Indian captain reached his fifty with a four off Nathan Lyon and remained sharp to see off the days play.Rahul fell captured and bowled off Murphy, who commemorated his very first Test wicket.Jadeja, a left-arm orthodox bowler who was rebounding into the Indian side, stood out with his guile, taking crucial wickets including those of Marnus Labuschagne (49) and Steve Smith (37 ).

Both Australians had actually introduced a fightback with their third-wicket 82-run stand after losing openers Usman Khawaja and David Warner early in the day.Peter Handscomb (31) and wicketkeeper-batsman Alex Carey (36) likewise put on a partnership of 53 before Ashwin ended Careys spell at the crease to record his 450th Test wicket.Jadejas double strike on successive balls soon after lunch rocked the travelers as he sent back Labuschagne and then trapped Matt Renshaw for a first-ball duck.

He later on bowled Smith with a delivery that went through his bat and pad.Ashwin and Jadeja kept up the charge to get into the Australian tail when the travelers took tea at 174/8, and included simply 3 runs in the final session.Earlier, seamer Mohammed Siraj struck on his very first ball to get Khawaja trapped lbw for one with a delivery that swung in to the left-hander, after the travelers chosen to bat at the start of the four-match series.An appeal was refused by the on-field umpire but India successfully reviewed the decision.Mohammed Shami raised the noise in the next over when the seamer bowled the left-handed Warner for one.Australia controversially left out in-form left-hand batsman Travis Head, while India handed Test caps to Twenty20 sensation Suryakumar Yadav and wicketkeeper Srikar Bharat.(With inputs from AFP)