IND vs WI / India beat West Indies by an innings and 141 runs – Ashwin took 12 wickets

IND vs WI: India won the first Test of the West Indies tour by an innings and 141 runs. The team has taken a 1-0 lead in the 2-Test series. The second match will be played in Port of Spain from 20 July. Ravichandran Ashwin and debutant Yashasvi Jaiswal, who sat out in the WTC final, were the heroes of this victory. Ravichandran took 12 wickets in this match, while Yashasvi Jaiswal scored 171 runs. He was the player of the match. Captain Rohit Sharma also played a century innings. Electing to bat after winning the toss at the Windsor Park ground in Dominica, the West Indies team was all out for 150 runs in the first innings. In response, India declared their first innings at 421/5. West Indies were all out for 130 runs in the second innings.

Strong performance by spinners

Indian spinners performed strongly in the match. In this match, 17 out of 20 West Indies wickets were taken by the spinners. Spinners got 8 wickets in the first innings and 9 wickets in the second innings.

Ravichandran Ashwin took 12 wickets in the match. He achieved 5 wicket haul in both the innings. He took 5 wickets in the first innings and 7 wickets in the second innings.

Third day's play

13 wickets fall, India's first innings declared at 421/5, Windies all out

The third day of the match was named after the bowlers. A total of 13 wickets fell in this. These include 3 wickets for India and 10 wickets for West Indies.

The day started with Team India scoring 312/2 in the first innings. Yashasvi Jaiswal, playing on a personal score of 143, was dismissed after scoring 171 runs, while Virat Kohli was dismissed after scoring 76 runs. Kohli returned unbeaten on 36 on the second day. Rohit Sharma declared the first innings at 421/5.

After trailing by 271 runs in the first innings, the West Indies team came out to play and were reduced to 130 in the second innings. Debutant Alyque Athanaz scored the highest 28 runs. The rest of the batters could not contribute much.

Session-by-session play...

• First: The first session was mixed The first session was mixed. Indian batsmen scored 88 runs in this session, although Team India also suffered two setbacks. Jaiswal got out for 171 and Rahane for 3 runs. Alzarri Joseph and Kemar Roach got one success each from the Windies team.
• Second: The session was named after the bowlers The second session was named after the bowlers. In this session, 48 runs were scored and 3 wickets also fell. Of these, the Indian team lost the wicket of Kohli (76 runs) in scoring 21 runs, while the Caribbean team lost the wickets of both openers Brathwaite and Chanderpaul for 27 runs.
• Third: Windies lost 8 wickets in the last session The last session of the day was in the name of Indian spinners. West Indies lost 8 wickets in this session. Of these, 7 wickets were taken by the pair of Ashwin-Jadeja.

West Indies first innings

• First: Ashwin bowled Tejnarine Chanderpaul on the fifth ball of the 13th over.
• Second: Brathwaite wanted to play a big shot on Ashwin's fuller length ball, but the ball stood in the air with the outside edge of the bat. Which was caught by captain Rohit Sharma at short cover.
• Third: Shardul Thakur bowled a full length ball to Reefer. Reefer wanted to drive this ball going outside, but the ball touched the outer edge of the bat and went to wicketkeeper Ishan Kishan. Kishan did not make any mistake in catching whom.
• Fourth: Blackwood wanted to play a fuller length ball outside off stump over Jadeja, but Siraj, standing at mid-off, took a brilliant catch diving to his right.
• Fifth: On Jadeja's ball, Da Silva tried to play a cut on the off side but was caught behind by Ishaan Kishan.
• Sixth: Mohammad Siraj took the wicket of Jason Holder. Siraj bowled a short ball on which Holder played a pull shot but was caught by Shardul Thakur.
• Seventh: Ashwin bowled a leg cutter near the off stump, which Joseph played down the leg side, where Jaydev Unadkat took a brilliant catch.
• Eighth: Ethanaz, playing a debut match, wanted to hit Ashwin's ball, but was caught by Shardul Thakur in the direction of mid-wicket.
• Ninth: Jadeja hit the pads of Roach, but the field umpire didn't give out even after an appeal. In such a situation, captain Rohit Sharma took DRS and the third umpire overturned the decision of the field umpire.
• Tenth: Ashwin got Jomel Warrican caught by Shubman Gill. This is Ashwin's 5th wicket in the innings.

India's first innings

• First: The first blow to the team was in the form of Rohit. Good length ball from Ethanaz, Rohit came forward and punched it, which was caught by wicketkeeper Da Silva. Athanaz got the first wicket in the debut match.
• Second: West Indies got the second wicket by Warrican. Gill was dismissed after scoring 6 runs on Warrican's ball.
• Third: Jaiswal wanted to punch the short ball, but the ball took a slight edge and went to wicketkeeper Da Silva.
• Fourth: Roach dollies a full length ball near the off stump, which Rahane hits in the hands of Blackwood standing at cover in an attempt to play in front.
• Fifth: Cornwall's ball hit the inside edge of Kohli's bat, which was caught by Alyque Athanaz standing at short leg.

West Indies second innings

• First: Ravindra Jadeja bowled a full length ball on the middle stump, Chanderpaul came forward to defend it, but the ball hit the pad. Then Chanderpaul was in front of the middle stump. The umpire gave out, on which Chanderpal took a review, but to no avail.
• Second: Full length ball near the middle stump, Brathwaite defended it on the back foot, but the ball took the outside edge of the bat and went to Rahane standing at first slip, which Rahane made no mistake in catching.
• Third: Ashwin bowled a full length ball near the off stump, which was missed by Blackwood and the ball hit the pads.
• Fourth: Back of a length ball from Jadeja hits the pad of the reefer. Field umpire gave out after appeal, but the batter took DRS, on which the third umpire upheld the field umpire's decision.
• Fifth: Siraj bowled a bubble seam ball, on which da Silva became LBW.
• Sixth: Ethanaz wanted to stop Ashwin's top length ball, but played on the wrong line and the ball took the inside edge of the bat and went to short leg, where Yashasvi Jaiswal caught the catch.
• Seventh: Joseph sweeps Ashwin's ball that turns outside off stump. The ball remained in the air for some time. Shubman Gill took a brilliant catch towards deep midwicket.
• Eighth: Rahkeem Cornwall was caught by Shubman Gill at short leg for 4 runs.
• Ninth: Ravichandran Ashwin bowled Kemar Roach.
• Tenth: Ashwin took the 12th wicket of the match. He made Warrican LBW.

Jaiswal is the third Indian to score the most runs in debut test

Yashasvi Jaiswal became the third Indian to score the most runs in the debut test. He got out after scoring 171 runs. Earlier, Shikhar Dhawan (187 runs) and Rohit Sharma (177 runs) scored more runs than Jaiswal in the debut match. Jaiswal left behind the score of Shreyas Iyer (170 runs).

Kohli-Jaiswal's century partnership

There was a century partnership for the third wicket between Virat Kohli and Yashasvi Jaiswal. Both added 110 runs on 283 balls.

The Indian team extended their first innings by 80 runs on Thursday, the second day of the match. Rohit Sharma, who came out to play on a personal score of 30 runs, added 73 runs in his innings and scored the 10th century of his Test career. This is his 7th century while opening in Tests. Including all three formats, he has got his 44th international century.

There was an opening partnership of 229 runs between Indian captain Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal playing the debut match. Rohit-Jaiswal set a new record for the highest opening partnership for India against the West Indies. Earlier this record was in the name of Sanjay Bangar and Virender Sehwag.

The first day's game was entirely in the name of Team India. After winning the toss and electing to bat first, the Windies team got all out for 150 runs. Ravichandran Ashwin took 5 wickets from India. He became the third Indian bowler to take 700 or more wickets.

West Indies won the toss and decided to bat first at the Windsor Park ground in Dominica. Alyque Athanaj, who is debuting with the host team, scored the most runs. However, he could not score a half-century, he was dismissed after scoring 47 runs. Captain Craig Braithwaite scored 20 runs and Tejnarine Chanderpaul scored 12 runs.