Sydney: A relentless Scott Boland proved to be India’s nemesis yet again by picking a four-wicket haul as Australia bowled out India for a paltry 185 on day one of fifth Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Friday. Electing to bat first on a grassy pitch backfired for India, as they suffered another first-innings failure to be dismissed for a score below 200 for the fifth time in the ongoing series. Apart from Boland’s 4-31, Mitchell Starc took 3-49 while skipper Pat Cummins chipped in with two scalps as Australia’s fast bowlers took nine wickets in a an accurate bowling performance.
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Boland struck with his fourth ball in India’s eighth over when he got to nip one away and extracted an outside edge of Jaiswal’s bat, which was safely caught by debutant Beau Webster at third slip, as the opener fell for 10 off 26 balls. The seamer almost got his second wicket on the bounce when he found Virat Kohli’s outside edge, and Steve Smith dived across to catch to his right at seco.
