It was an excellent day within the workplace for the Indian cricket crew as they registered an enormous win the primary Test in opposition to West Indies. Yashasvi Jaiswal scored an impressive 171 whereas Virat Kohli performed a affected person knock of 76 off 182 balls earlier than India declared on 421/5. Then Indian spin duo Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja weaved their magic to catch West Indies on the fallacious foot. They misplaced early wickets as India romped to a win by an innings and 141 runs and took 1-0 lead within the collection. Before West Indies’ second innings started Kohli might be seen breaking right into a dance as music performed on the background.

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Senior off-spinner R Ashwin picked up yet one more five-wicket haul (7/71) to bowl India to an innings and 141-run win over West Indies within the opening Test on Friday.

India, who had reached 400 for 4 at lunch, declared their first innings at 421 for 5 and grabbed an enormous lead of 271 runs even earlier than the West Indies got here out to bat of their second innings.

In the prolonged ultimate session, West Indies had been bundled out for 130 of their second innings, because the match led to three days.

Brief scores: West Indies 150 all out and 130 all out in 50.3 overs (R Ashwin 7/71) India 1st Innings: 421/5 declared in 152.2 overs (Yashasvi Jaiswal 171, Rohit Sharma 103, Virat Kohli 76).

With PTI inputs