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‘Kitna boring Test match tha yaar’ – Fans react as India win by innings and 141 runs against West Indies on Day 3 in Dominica Test
India registered a dominant one-sided victory against West Indies in the first Test of a two-match series at Windsor Park in Dominica. The visitors thrashed the Windies by an innings and 141 runs to take a 1-0 lead in the series. Young batter Yashasvi Jaiswal was awarded Player of the Match for his outstanding century on his debut.
Starting Day 3 at 312 for 2, India went on to declare their innings at 421 for 5 with a mammoth lead of 271 runs in the first innings. Jaiswal was the top scorer of the match for his knock of 171 runs off 387 balls, hitting 16 fours and a six. Rohit Sharma scored his 10th Test century and was dismissed for 103 off 221. Virat Kohli missed out on his 76th International century as he got out after scoring 76 runs off 182 balls, hitting five boundaries.
Both Kohli and Jaiswal put up a partnership of 110 runs for the third wicket. Veteran batter Ajinkya Rahane didn’t have a great outing as he was dismissed by Kemar Roach after scoring just 3 runs. Ravindra Jadeja remained unbeaten at 37 runs off 82 balls along with Ishan Kishan on 1 as India went past 400 runs. For Windies, Kemar Roach, Alzarri Joseph, Rahkeem Cornwell, Jomel Warrican and Alick Athanaze shared a wicket each.
Ashwin’s magic continued in the second innings
Coming to bat in the second innings, West Indies had a disastrous start as they lost 4 wickets for just 32 runs. Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, who took a fifer in the first innings, also thrashed the Windies’ batting lineup in the second innings, scalping 7 wickets for 71 runs in 21.3 overs. Athanaze was the top scorer with 28 runs off 44 balls as West Indies were bowled out for 130 runs in their second innings with 141 runs still short of India’s total.
For India, apart from Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja took 2 wickets, while Mohammed Siraj put 1 in his bag. The second and final Test match of the series will be played at the Queen’s Park Oval in Port of Spain starting on July 20.
A bit tough for Anna Ashwin to get surpass Anil sir in the total international wickets counts, as Ashwin don't play ODI games much. Yes, but if he continues to play the test cricket with the same consistency he surely can even achive this feat, which'll be no less than a miracle
— A (@AnkitShah09) July 15, 2023
kumble played against lara, ponting, jaysuriya,Fleming, Kallis, Peterson and many more in that time ever team and every player is hard competitor. and now only two or three teams play good cricket with only one or two good players.
— Ethan (@Ethan5139321601) July 15, 2023
No hate to Ashwin but he is overhypd
Struggled to take left hander Dean Elgar's Wicket on SA wickets.
Couldn't take the wicket of Khawaja on rank Turners as he plays spin well.
Conclusion – Ashwin is successful on rank Turners or against someone who really mug against spin— Mr Om🌬️ (@MrOm14852020) July 15, 2023
— Prasunjha (@Prasunj90898109) July 15, 2023
Too much dependence on one bowler again. If Ashwin is removed for example due to any reason, then the whole bowling unit will struggle for their lives here. Team should be such that removal of one player doesn't drastically change the strength of the team
— AlphaBeta (@LucasMStarr) July 15, 2023
1 month intazar kiya India ke match ke liye aur West Indies ne aise pitch dedi ki 3 din mai hi khatam ho gaya match.
Ab phir 6 din intazar karna padega next match ke liye 😞— Ayush Jajoo 🇮🇳 (@AyushJajoo10) July 15, 2023
Direct odi khel lo ab please. @BCCI #INDvsWI pic.twitter.com/7UqtCaJzkP
— ♡̷̷̷ˎ. (@myselfriiiix) July 15, 2023
Dream start for India for sure . Less so the future of West Indian test cricket & the overall general competitiveness of the WTC going forward .
— John Wright (@johnwright15) July 14, 2023
Hope indian fans don't get carried away with this win coming against the current minnows of cricket windies This result was expected. Their biggest test will come in December against South Africa.
— Troll cricket unlimitedd (@TUnlimitedd) July 14, 2023
India could have made many records in this match… if they had played for it… like scoring 800 runs and all… also when RG declared and told Kishan to score a run… showed temperament to just finish the match.
— AMOL ANGRE (@amol_angre) July 14, 2023
