Pujara's 100 helped India to look beyond 250 in the first innings

Pujara's patient 100 leads India to 250/9 in opening day

                                                                                                                 Pujara after his 16th hundred (pic:sportsndtv)

The first test match of India tour of Australia started today in Adelaide Oval. After winning the toss Indian Skipper Virat Kohli decided to bat first in a hard batting pitch but the Indian batsmen threw their wickets as both of their opening batsmen got out quickly at a very cheap score. The australian bowlers looked great from the beginning.Mitchel Starc and Hazlewood bowl well in the morning as India one stage lost 4 wicket for 56 runs in the first session.

     Pujara on the other hand played exceptionally well at one end and recorded his 16th 100 before getting  run out at the very last ball of the day.Earlier , Rohit Sharma also Played well but threw his wicket on 37.Pant and Aswin played well but didn't converted it into a  big score as they both went out for 25. At the end of the day 1 India are 250/9 . Starc,Lyon,Cummins,Hazlewood all got 4 wickets each.