India vs West Indies 1st Test is over and we have got a winner. Just like every other match, India won it very comfortably. West Indies have failed in giving India a good fight in any of the matches till now. In this article, we will tell you about who performed the best and led India to a comfortable victory. Let’s first take a look at the members of both teams.
Indian Team
Mayank Agarwal, Lokesh Rahul, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Rishab Pant, Ravindra Jadeja, Hanuma Vihari, Jasprit Bumrah, Ishant Sharma, Cheteshwar Pujara and Mohammad Shami
West Indies Team
Kraigg Brathwaite, John Campbell, Shai Hope, Shamarh Brooks, Darren Bravo, Shimron Hetmyer, Roston Chase, Jason Holder, Miguel Cummins, Shannon Gabriel, and Kemar Roach
India was to bat first and they did not get off to a good start. Even before they hit the 200 run mark, they were down by 7 wickets in which Kemar Roach had a very big hand. Big names like Kohli and Pujara were bowled even before they reached double-digit runs. It was Ajinkya Rahane and Hanuma Vihari who helped India reach a respectable total. Rahane scored a total of 81 runs while Vihari scored 32. Jadeja who has been in a fine form with the bat hit 58 runs.
India got to a total of 297 in first innings. West Indies, in turn, scored 222 and got all out. Ishant Sharma took 5 wickets in quick successions to restrict West Indies at such a total.
In the 2nd innings, Ajinkya Rahane and Vihari again got a good score. Rahane scored 101 runs while Vihari got out at 93. Virat declared the innings at 343-7. West Indies needed 418 runs to win. However, they got to only 100 before being bowled out. This time it was pacers Bumrah and Ishant who took 5 and 3 wickets respectively. The rest 2 wickets were taken by Mohammad Shami.
India won by a comfortable 318 runs.
Ajinkya Rahane was awarded the Man of the match for his awesome life-saving innings of 81 and 101. This is all that happened in India vs West Indies 1st Test Match.
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