O'Keefe takes 12 wickets as Australia thrash India

By REUTERS
February 25, 2017

PUNE: Left-arm spinner Steve O'Keefe took 12 wickets in the match to help Australia beat India by 333 runs on Saturday as the tourists took a 1-0 lead in the four-test series between the world's top-ranked sides.

India, who went into the contest on a 19-match unbeaten streak, were skittled out for 107 in their second innings, chasing a mammoth victory target of 441 in a test that lasted less than three days.

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O'Keefe took six wickets for 35 runs in both innings to record his maiden test 10-wicket haul.

Factbox - India's low test totals at home

India were dismissed for 107 in the second innings of the first test against Australia on Saturday. Below are India's lowest totals in test matches played on home soil.

- 75 runs against West Indies in Delhi on Nov 25, 1987

- 76 runs against South Africa in Ahmedabad on Apr 3, 2008

- 83 runs against England in Chennai on Jan 14, 1977

- 83 runs against New Zealand in Mohali on Oct 10, 1999

- 88 runs against New Zealand in Mumbai on Mar 12, 1965

- 89 runs against New Zealand in Hyderabad on Oct 15, 1969

- 90 runs against West Indies in Kolkata on Dec 10, 1983

- 100 runs against England in Mumbai on Mar 18, 2006

- 103 runs against West Indies in Ahmedabad on Nov 12, 1983

- 104 runs against Australia in Mumbai on Nov 3, 2004

- 105 runs against Australia in Pune on Feb 24, 2017

- 107 runs against Australia in Pune on Feb 25, 2017

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