WIndies wiped out by India by an innings and 272 runs in 1st Test

by Alastair Symondson & WINDIES Saturday 6 October 2018

Ravichandran Ashwin in action

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The West Indies were beaten by a huge margin of an innings and 272 runs today by India at the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot.

The Windies were 94-6 at the close of play yesterday and still some 555 runs behind India’s first innings total of 649-9.

In their 1^st Innings they were bowled out for 181 and in their 2^nd Innings for 196. Ravichandran Ashwin and Kuldeep Yadav were the India stars with the ball.

India 649 - 9 dec ((Prithvi Shaw 134, Cheteshwar Pujara 86, Virat Kohli 139, Ravindra Jadeja 100*, Rishabh Pant 92; Devendra Bishoo 4-217)

West Indies 181 (Roston Chase 53; Ravichandran Ashwin 4-37) and 196 (Kieran Powell 83; Kuldeep Yadav 5-57)

Result - India win by an innings and 272 runs

Scorecard

That's a wrap! INDIA WIN the first Test.#TeamIndia beat the Windies by an innings and 272 runs ???????? pic.twitter.com/DITXuZRBuy
— BCCI (@BCCI) October 6, 2018

India - KL Rahul, Prithvi Shaw, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli(c), Ajinkya Rahane, Rishabh Pant(wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Kuldeep Yadav

West Indies - Kraigg Brathwaite(c), Kieran Powell, Shimron Hetmyer, Shai Hope, Roston Chase, Sunil Ambris, Shane Dowrich(wk), Keemo Paul, Devendra Bishoo, Sherman Lewis, Shannon Gabriel