Boland wasn't supposed to play in Nagpur, but Josh Hazlewood's Achilles injury opened the door for him, and he bowled 17 overs for 34 runs in India's 400-run innings.
Australia's team management asked the VCA ground crew if the centre wicket and training pitches could be left used after the match concluded so that the players could train on Sunday afternoon. However, after the squad left the ground, officials watered the centre wicket on Saturday night.
With the top two teams in the ICC World Test Championship standings securing a place in June's Final, the victory in Nagpur sees Rohit Sharma's men widen the gap between themselves and the chasing nations with a percentage of 61.67. Consequently, Australia's defeat sees their tally drop to 7
"The colonial masters didn't bestow the constitution as a matter of grace, instead it was homegrown. Be guided by Constitutional values, and you will not fail," CJI Chandrachud said.
A five-wicket haul by Ravichandran Ashwin combined with the all-round performance by Ravindra Jadeja and Axar Patel helped India clinch victory by an innings and 132 runs within three days of the first Test at Nagpur
Despite the convincing victory Indian captain Rohit Sharma is not taking Australia lightly and he expects them to come hard at them in the next Test match.
A brilliant 84-run knock by all-rounder Axar Patel and an entertaining cameo by Mohammed Shami put India in a commanding position, with a lead of 223 runs at lunch on day three of the first Test against Australia at Nagpur on Saturday
After visuals of spinner Ravindra Jadeja rubbing a substance on his bowling finger went viral on social media after day one of the first Test between India and Australia in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
A video accusing Ravindra Jadeja of alleged ball tampering is doing rounds on social media alleging that the left-arm spinner is tampering with the ball but it can be seen that he was applying an ointment to his spinning finger.