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Ashwin mauls WI as India triumph inside three days
‘Our bowling was superb. Bowling them out for 150 actually set the game for us’
July 15, 2023 | 11:57 PM
Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin finished with a 12-wicket match haul as India handed the West Indies a crushing innings and 141 run defeat inside three days of the first Test at Windsor Park in Roseau on Friday.Ashwin had claimed 5-60 to help skittle out West Indies for 150 in the first innings on a slow, turning track in the first match of the two-Test series.India amassed 421-5 in reply before declaring their first innings with debutant Yashasvi Jaiswal (171), skipper Rohit Sharma (103) and Virat Kohli (76) scoring bulk of their runs.Having conceded a lead of 271, West Indies did even worse in their second innings when they were bundled out for 130.Ashwin was the wrecker-in-chief again, claiming 7-71 even though teammate Jaiswal was adjudged player-of-the-match."Our bowling was superb. Bowling them out for 150 actually set the game for us," Rohit said after their victory."On that pitch, we knew we wanted to bat once, bat long."The comprehensive defeat deepens the sense of gloom in the West Indies camp, who are smarting from their failure, for the first time, to qualify for this year’s 50-overs World Cup in India.Tagenarine Chanderpaul’s was the first wicket to fall, succumbing lbw to Ravindra Jadeja with the score on eight before Ashwin secured his first victim of the second innings 14 runs later when home captain Kraigg Brathwaite was caught by Ajinkya Rahane.Ashwin then ripped through the West Indies, with Alick Athanaze top scoring for the home side with 28 runs before becoming one of the off spinner’s seven victims. Jomel Warrican’s wicket was the last to fall when he was trapped lbw as Ashwin wrapped up a comfortable victory with two days to spare. Between them, India’s spin duo of Ashwin and Jadeja claimed 17 of the 20 West Indies wickets in the match.Brathwaite said it was difficult to make a comeback into the contest after their below-par first innings total."Didn’t think it spun a lot early on. We just let ourselves down with the bat," he said. "First innings total was just not good enough."The teams will meet again in the second and final Test in the series in Port of Spain from July 20 before facing off in three one-day internationals and five Twenty20 matches.SCOREBOARDWest Indies 1st Innings 150India 1st Innings (overnight 312-2)Y. Jaiswal c da Silva b Joseph 171R. Sharma c da Silva b Athanaze 103S. Gill c Athanaze b Warrican 6V. Kohli c Athanaze b Cornwall 76A. Rahane c Blackwood b Roach 3R. Jadeja not out 37I. Kishan not out 1Extras (b8, lb11, w5) 24Total (152.2 overs, 5 wkts declared) 421Did not bat: S. Thakur, R. Ashwin, J. Unadkat, M. SirajFall of wickets: 1-229 (Sharma), 2-240 (Gill), 3-350 (Jaiswal), 4-356 (Rahane), 5-405 (Kohli)Bowling: K. Roach 24-6-50-1, A. Joseph 18.2-2-80-1 (1w), R. Cornwall 16-5-32-1, J. Warrican 45-4-106-1, J. Holder 18-5-40-0, K. Brathwaite 9-0-21-0, A. Athanaze 16-2-53-1, R. Reifer 4-0-16-0, J. Blackwood 2-0-4-0West Indies 2nd InningsK. Brathwaite c Rahane b Ashwin 7T. Chanderpaul lbw b Jadeja 7R. Reifer lbw b Jadeja 11J. Blackwood lbw b Ashwin 5A. Athanaze c Jaiswal b Ashwin 28J. da Silva lbw b Siraj 13J. Holder not out 20A. Joseph c Gill b Ashwin 13R. Cornwall c Gill b Ashwin 4K. Roach b Ashwin 0J. Warrican lbw b Ashwin 18Extras (b2, lb2) 4Total (50.3 overs, all out) 130Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Chanderpaul), 2-22 (Brathwaite), 3-32 (Blackwood), 4-32 (Reifer), 5-58 (da Silva), 6-78 (Athanaze), 7-100 (Joseph), 8-108 (Cornwall), 9-108 (Roach), 10-130 (Warrican)Bowling: M. Siraj 6-1-16-1, J. Unadkat 2-1-1-0, R. Ashwin 21.3-7-71-7, R. Jadeja 21-5-38-2Result: India won by an innings and 141 runs
July 15, 2023 | 11:57 PM