In the first test match, India won the test match by an inning and 132 runs with Australia due to great performance in batting and bowling. After winning this test match, India leads by (1-0) in the four test match series against Australia.

Earlier, Australia won the toss and chose to bat first and was all out at only 177 runs in the first inning due to great bowling by Ravindra Jadeja 5/47 (22), Ravichandran Ashwin 3/42 (15.5), Mohammad Shami 1/18 (9), and Mohammad Siraj 1/30 (7). Marnus Labuschagne 49 (123), Steve Smith 37 (107), Alex Carey 36 (33), and Peter Handscomb 31 (84) were good batting from the Australian side.

In the first inning, India was all out in 400 runs due to great batting by Rohit Sharma 120 (212), Axar Patel 84 (174), Ravindra Jadeja 70 (185), and Mohammad Shami 37 (47). Todd Murphy 7/124 (47), Pat Cummins 2/78 (20.3), and Nathan Lyon 1/126 (49) were good bowling from the Australian side. After this inning, India leads by 223 runs with Australia in the first inning.

Again, Australia was all out at only 91 runs and lost this match by an inning and 132 runs with India due to great bowling by Ravichandran Ashwin 5/37 (12), Mohammad Shami 2/13 (4.3), and Ravindra Jadeja 2/34 (12), and Axar Patel 1/6 (3). Both Steve Smith 25* (51), and Manus Labuschagne 17 (28) were good batting from the Australian side.

Ravindra Jadeja (IND) 5/47 & 70 & 2/34, was declared as the Player of the Match due to his great performance in batting and bowling.