India first subjected West Indies to the ignominy of follow-on and then crushed them inside three days to record their biggest victory -- by an innings and 272 runs -- in the first match of the two-test series in Rajkot on Saturday.
Left-arm spinner Kuldeep Yadav registered his maiden five-wicket haul in test cricket as West Indies succumbed to the guile of India’s spin trio who shared the 10 second innings wickets among themselves.
India’s comprehensive win, which bettered their victory by an innings and 262 runs over newcomers Afghanistan in Bengaluru earlier this year, put them 1-0 up ahead of the second test in Hyderabad from Friday.
Teenaged India opener Prithvi Shaw was adjudged man-of-the-match for his century on his test debut that helped India post a mammoth 649 for nine declared in their first innings.
“The kind of quality we have in the team, we understand that we will dominate in these conditions purely because we have done it so many times in the past,” India captain Virat Kohli said.
“I’m happy that the guys put in a clinical performance. It was a very balanced game for us.”
The spectre of the follow-on loomed large when West Indies resumed day three on a precarious 94 for six.
Overnight batsmen Roston Chase and Keemo Paul, who made 47, collaborated for 73 runs in their lone significant partnership in the first innings.
Chase brought up his half century with a glorious straight driven boundary before Ravichandran Ashwin hastened their collapse.
The off-spinner dismissed Chase, who made 53, and Sherman Lewis in the same over and then had Shannon Gabriel stumped for one as West Indies failed to get anywhere near the follow-on mark.
نستخدم ملفات الكوكيز لنسهل عليك استخدام مواقعنا الإلكترونية ونكيف المحتوى والإعلانات وفقا لمتطلباتك واحتياجاتك الخاصة، لتوفير ميزات وسائل التواصل الاجتماعية ولتحليل حركة المرور لدينا...اعرف أكثر
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