After precipitating another West Indies collapse, the spinner completed a match haul of 12 wickets.
Thanks mainly to R Ashwin who concluded the game with 12 wickets.
West Indies 150 (Athanaze 47, Ashwin 5-60, Jadeja 3-26) and 130 (Athanaze 28 Ashwin 7-71, Jadeja 2-38) were defeated by India 421 for 5 Dec (Jaiswal 171, Rohit 103, Kohli 76) by innings and 141 runs. India defeated West Indies by an innings and 141 runs in the first Test at Windsor Park, thanks mainly to R Ashwin, who concluded the game with 12 wickets. Yashasvi Jaiswal, a rookie, scored 171 to help India declare a lead of 271, while Ashwin took 7 for 71 as the West Indies were defeated for 130 on the third evening. After the fourth over of West Indies’ second innings, Rohit Sharma had Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja working together because of the pitch’s favorable turn and bounce for spinners. The pair quickly made their presence felt and promptly ran through the West Indies top order by utilizing the around-the-wicket angle. Ashwin struck out Right-handers Kraigg Brathwaite and Jermaine Blackwood, while left-handers Tagenarine Chanderpaul and Raymon Reifer were struck out by Jadeja. Despite Ishan Kishan dismissing Brathwaite on zero off Jadeja, this reduced West Indies to 32 for 4. Joshua Da Silva and Athanaze pushed the team above 50, but when Mohammed Siraj lbw-trapped Da Silva, their stand was only worth 26. When Athanaze was dropped by Jaiswal off Ashwin for one, he made an effort to remain upbeat. He had smashed a few fours during Ashwin’s opening spell, but the offspinner returned and successfully caught him at short leg this time.
For the second time in the Test, Alzarri Joseph entered the field before Rahkeem Cornwall and attempted to assault to survive. He blasted Ashwin over long-off for a six, but he holed out to deep midwicket when he went for another slog. Ashwin moved over the wicket with a powerful off-break and caught Cornwall at short leg for his sixth wicket. Kemar Roach also didn’t survive very long, and even though Jomel Warrican briefly kept the crowd amused, it only took Ashwin a few overs after the allocated hours for him to be bowled out. Jason Holder resisted for 50 balls, but the opposite end offered little assistance. West Indies began the day with a few disadvantages as Jaiswal and Virat Kohli restarted India’s batting in the morning at 312 for 2. Due to leaving the field for 28 minutes before the end of last night’s game, Joseph could not start the bowling. Cornwall was also prohibited from bowling for two hours since he left the field before day two’s lunchtime due to a chest illness.
Jaiswal had a little issue driving on the rise against seamers on a surface, slowing down with each passing over. With a drive off Holder, the opener scored his first bday’s first boundary with Shikhar Dhawan (187) and Rohit (177); he became the third Indian to score 150 or more in his debut Test after those two. As soon as Holder could bowl, Joseph took Holder’s place. Jaiswal was now trying to score as quickly as possible. He sent Warrican for a straight six after skipping down the pitch to uppercut Joseph over backward point for four to surpass Kohli’s 100-run partnership. After pulling his length back, Joseph bowled Jaiswal five consecutive dot balls before catching him behind with the sixth as the left-hander attempted to punch with his back foot.
Ajinkya Rahane fell for three runs after failing to consider the field’s slowness and chipping Roach’s first ball of the day to cover. In the sixth over of the day, West Indies had a chance to get Kohli out when Warrican got him to push obstinately towards extra cover, but Brathwaite dropped the catch. At the moment, Kohli was on 40 and had to fight hard for his runs. He reached his half-century in 147 balls, which is third-slowest in Test cricket. Around 25 minutes before lunch, Brathwaite deployed Athanaze from one end and himself from the other, making scoring runs more straightforward. Kohli and Jadeja scored two goals to push India over the 400-point mark in that window. Kohli was given another reprieve on 72 just after lunch. Driving away from the body, he maneuvered Roach behind the stumps, and Da Silva could not hold on to the opportunity despite his one-handed diving effort. At 76, Kohli finally ended his innings by flicking Cornwall to leg slip. Just like the other rookie Jaiswal, Kishan took a while to open his account. Kishan hit the target on ball 20, while Jaiswal had done so off the 16th ball. Kishan’s maiden run was scored, and Rohit immediately called the innings over.
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