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Adelaide Test: Australia crush India by 8 wickets

Kohli was forced to rely on a 3-man bowling unit after Mohammad Shami was injured

Matthew Wade batting in the Adelaide Test | Twitter handle of ICC

Australia won the first Test of their four-Test home series against India in Adelaide on the third day of the match on Saturday by eight wickets.

After blowing away India for 36, the side's lowest Test score, earlier in the day, Australia's openers Matthew Wade and Joe Burns started off enterprisingly in their pursuit of the victory target of 90.

The duo put on a partnership of 70, before Wade was run out for 33. Marnus Labuschagne fell cheaply, being caught by Mayank Agarwal off the bowling of Ravichandran Ashwin, for 6.

Burns scored a well-deserved half-century and was unbeaten on 51.

Worryingly for India, Virat Kohli was forced to rely on a three-man bowling unit after Mohammad Shami was injured while batting and did not bowl.