‘Ye to shuru hote hi khtm ho gaya’ – Fans react as West Indies get bowled out for 150 runs in first innings on Day 1 of Dominica Test

On Day 1 of the 1st Test, India dominated the West Indies with an all-round performance. After winning the toss, West Indies skipper K. Braithwaite opted to bat first. His decision didn’t go well with the team, as the hosts were bundled up for just 150 runs. In response, India scored 80 runs until stumps without losing a wicket.

Earlier, ace India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin created a hole in the West Indies batting line-up. He dismissed both openers in quick succession to give India a dominating start. India didn’t lose grip and continued to take wickets at regular intervals. For hosts, Alick Athanaze showed some fight as he scored 47 runs off 99 balls with the help of six boundaries and a six.

For India, Ashwin made a blistering comeback after getting dropped in the World Test Championship 2023 Final. He clinched five wickets and finished with the figures of 24.3-6-60-5. Apart from him, spinner Ravindra Jadeja also got two scalps, while pacers Mohammed Siraj and Shardul Thakur got one wicket each.

Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal batted out the third session

In the last session of Day 1, India came to bat against the West Indies. India came out with a new opening pair in skipper Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal. Both teams dominated the hosts with the bat and scored 80/0 before stumps. Jaiswal, in his debut inning, scored an unbeaten 40 runs off 73 balls with the help of six boundaries. Meanwhile, captain Rohit scored an unbeaten 30 runs off 65 balls with the help of three boundaries and a six.

Notably, India is trailing behind the West Indies by 70 runs in the first inning. The team will be looking to post a huge total and win the game in a dominating way. Earlier in the day, two Indian players made their debuts for India. Opener Yashasvi Jaiswal received his debut Test Cap from captain Rohit Sharma, while wicketkeeper-batter Ishan Kishan received it from Virat Kohli.

Here is how fans reacted to India’s performance on Day 1:

Stamps on Day 1, all figures include ZERO:

WI score – 150
Batsmen out – 10
Extras – 10

India score – 80
Batsmen out – 0
Extras – 10
Jaiswal – 40*
Rohit – 30*

Moreover India trail by 70

— Harpreet Singh (@Harpree45702157) July 12, 2023

What a boring test series, not seeing any excitement all over the social media except Muffa and Johns.

— SamD 🇮🇳🇺🇸 (@revisitorSam) July 12, 2023

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
To give coverage to this LKG level series is epic.
Complete dominance by India?
🤣🤣🤣🤣, as if in SENA.

A meaningless Paytm series in WI.
Fans, don't get carried away by these results.

Test wins in SENA, ICC wins matter. Rest all, snatching ice cream from a baby

— tweettrombone1 (@tweettrombone1) July 12, 2023

Mufa bhai don't praise them, they are playing against a team which is inexperienced against them, the way they play against Australia or England that hurts , though in recent past we have played well against both the team because of few individual players.

— animesh sharma (@Animeshsharma27) July 13, 2023

The Windies bowling looks very lethargic and ordinary. It seems they have already thrown in the towel so quickly. India should make around 450-500. This wicket is very good for batting. Windies batters didn't apply themselves at all barring Althanaze.

— Troll cricket unlimitedd (@TUnlimitedd) July 12, 2023

This series is only to ensure our superstar average are maintained 😀

— sskrocks12 (@sskulkarni12) July 13, 2023

Where does this dominance go in the WTC finals.

— Yashpal Tomar (@Yashpal64601126) July 12, 2023

When you continuously lose on level 5 stars on Cricket 07, and frustratingly switch back to 1 Star difficulty….to show who is the king

— Adarsh Kumar (@Rippisque) July 13, 2023

They are dominating West Indies
How can you call dominating for this team ???

Where was this domination in WTC final……..gaand me bees laat khake aaye hain West Indies ko haraane 🤣🤣

This team should be compared to Ireland….even they are also better 😉

— Chahat Dwivedi 🇮🇳 (@DwivediChahat) July 12, 2023

3 day test match is loading

— Riz Mansoor (@rizmansoor) July 13, 2023

Nice to see both will start again tomorrow 👏👏👏♥️♥️♥️ pic.twitter.com/SFL6W9QtSV

— Venkatesh🇮🇳45 (@c97456) July 12, 2023

Would have been better had they toured SA instead

— Vaibhav (@your_nemesis06) July 13, 2023

Complete dominance from India 🇮🇳.. Jaiswal -Rohit 🫶💓

— RIKI DEKA অসম (@RIKIDEKA20) July 13, 2023