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Result

1st Test, Pune, Feb 23-25 2017, Australia tour of India

260 & 285

(33.5 ov, target 441)

105 & 107

Australia won by 333 runs

Player Of The Match

Australia

Day 4

KL Rahul shapes to play a reverse-sweep

'The sweetest victory for us' - Kohli

1y • Karthik Krishnaswamy in Bengaluru

Day 3

Virat Kohli asks the umpire for a review as Umesh Yadav looks on

'How not to bat': Kohli faults batsmen not pitch

1y • Sidharth Monga in Pune

Steve O'Keefe and his team-mates are thrilled after Virat Kohli's wicket

Smith lauds O'Keefe, batsmen for adapting to 'driest surface'

1y • Brydon Coverdale

While one could point to the dropped catches he benefited from, they take nothing away from the application and methodology Smith showed at the crease

A Steven Smith lesson on taming spin

3y • Sidharth Monga in Pune

The Pune defeat turned out to be one of India's worst

India - 212 runs, 20 wickets, 444 balls

3y • Bharath Seervi

Steven Smith is thrilled to reach his century, India v Australia, 1st Test, Pune, 3rd day, February 25, 2017

'Australia, you beauty'

3y • ESPNcricinfo staff

Steve O'Keefe took the most wickets in the match, but there were three other spinners who drew a higher percentage of false shots from the batsmen than he did

India's struggles with reviews, defensive shots

3y • Bharath Seervi and Gaurav Sundararaman

Steven Smith scored his first hundred in India

O'Keefe and Smith set up famous Australia victory

3y • The Report by Brydon Coverdale

When Steve O'Keefe was made into R Ashwin...

A mixed-up tale of two captains

3y • Jarrod Kimber in Pune

Steve O'Keefe is delighted after bowling Virat Kohli for 13

The rabble that won

1y • Melinda Farrell in Pune

Day 2

We haven't adapted well to the surface - Kumble

3y • Sidharth Monga in Pune

Mitchell Starc waves towards his family

Starc showed why he is the best fast bowler

1y • Aakash Chopra

Steve O'Keefe is thrilled after taking a wicket

O'Keefe chooses the big stage to defy beliefs

1y • Jarrod Kimber in Pune

R Ashwin responded to the extra turn off the pitch by often going down the leg side on the first day

Possible difference between India, Australia: one metre

3y • Sidharth Monga in Pune

Steve O'Keefe holds the ball up upon completing a five-for

O'Keefe resuscitates Test career with 6.1 overs

1y • Brydon Coverdale

India suffered their worst ever seven-wicket collapse

India's worst ever seven-wicket collapse

1y • Bharath Seervi

Steven Smith made a resolute half-century

O'Keefe and Smith put Australia in dominant position

1y • The Report by Brydon Coverdale

Day 1

Mitchell Starc hauled Australia from 205 for 9 to 256 for 9, playing India's spinners confidently

Australia trapped by their fear and loathing

3y • Jarrod Kimber in Pune

A visibly sick Matt Renshaw clenches his stomach

Waiting to bat was the most challenging - Renshaw

1y • Melinda Farrell in Pune

Mitchell Starc remained unbeaten on 57

Australia showed good application - Bangar

1y • Sidharth Monga

Umesh Yadav is congratulated by Ajinkya Rahane, Virat Kohli and Cheteshwar Pujara

Umesh far from becoming another Salgaoncar

1y • Sidharth Monga in Pune

Matt Renshaw clips the ball away

Renshaw shows maturity, trust in his game

1y • Aakash Chopra

Matt Renshaw clips the ball away

Renshaw retires hurt with upset stomach

1y • ESPNcricinfo staff

Umesh Yadav was menacing with his reverse swing

Renshaw, Starc fifties guide Australia on a turner

3y • The Report by Alagappan Muthu

Others

Where's the green? The pitch at Trent Bridge

Nine deadly pitches

2y • Sidharth Monga

Australia grabbed a gobsmacking win in Pune

Surprise, surprise

3y • Rob Steen

Fast bowlers took 96% of the wickets that fell to bowlers in the Cape Town Test between South Africa and New Zealand in 2013

Why are only spinning wickets classified as poor?

3y • Michael Jeh

Virat Kohli has the competitiveness to bounce back, but he needs support from his team

India's hunger under test

3y • Ian Chappell

David Warner and Matt Renshaw take a drinks break

Australia's turnaround from Hobart loss to Pune win

1y • Melinda Farrell

Josh Hazlewood and Mitchell Starc find ways to entertain themselves during a rain delay

We shut some people up, but it's one Test win - Starc

1y • Melinda Farrell

Ian Chappell talks about the quality of the Pune pitch and believes that bowlers should have a chance for proper competition

Pune pitch gets 'poor' rating from ICC match referee

3y • ESPNcricinfo staff

India scored only 212 runs in the first Test in Pune

How the Pune pitch backfired for India

3y • Sidharth Monga

Steve O'Keefe is thrilled after taking a wicket

O'Keefe's second-day spell was exceptional - Lehmann

1y • Brydon Coverdale

Steve O'Keefe holds up the ball after completing a five-for in the second innings

How good was Australia's Pune victory?

1y • Daniel Brettig

Steve O'Keefe appeals for a wicket

Australian spin faces up to economic crisis

1y • Daniel Brettig

Virat Kohli watches on after a misfield

'I think pitch will take spin from ball one' - Smith

1y • Sidharth Monga in Pune

Steven Smith was dismissed after scoring a valuable 46

Smith v Jadeja: an intriguing battle looms

1y • Sidharth Monga in Pune

The moon was visible behind one of the light towers

15 hrs 50 mins between two Australia games

2y • ESPNcricinfo staff

After a humiliating series loss in Sri Lanka, can Australia's batsmen turn their spinning-pitches form around?

Australia brace for tough road test on Pune's debut

3y • The Preview by Brydon Coverdale