1st Test: How India's plan to bring Umesh Yadav late worked vs Australia
Updated On: 24 February, 2017 08:49 AM IST | | Shreeram Gokhale
<p>Holding back pacer Umesh Yadav until the day's 28th over was a ploy since think-tank knew that the ball would reverse swing only by then, says batting coach Sanjay Bangar; Yadav took 4-32 as Australia ended Day One on 256-9</p>

India pacer Umesh Yadav has Australia's David Warner clean bowled while Matthew Renshaw watches from the non-striker's end on Day One of the first Test at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune yesterday. Warner scored a 77-ball 38 with six hits to the fence. Pic/AFP
Pune: It looked like the perfect Indian script. The pitch was dry, and offered turn as early as in the second over. The likes of Ravichandran Ashwin, Jayant Yadav and Ravindra Jadeja bowled viciously spinning deliveries, over after over. It looked like it was only a matter of time before either Ashwin or Jadeja will run away with another five-wicket haul. But in the end, the only man that came close to it was Umesh Yadav, as his four-wicket haul helped India restrict the Australians to 256 for 9 at the end of Day One of the first Test at the MCA stadium here yesterday.
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