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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

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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.

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