IND vs WI 1st Test Highlights, Day 3: India wins by an innings and 141 runs; Ashwin picks up 12-fer in match

Ravi Ashwin picks up his best figures in an away test as India dominate the first Test at Dominica. Yashasvi Jaiswal and Rohit Sharma scored centuries as India posted 421/5d in the first innings after bowling West Indies out for 150 thanks to an Ashwin fifer. West Indies’ second innings didn’t go any better as Ashwin picked up seven second innings wickets to finish the match for India inside three days. With this win, India also open their account in the 2023-25 cycle of the World Test Championship.

Ashwin to Holder, full on the stumps, driven to long-on for a single. Wicket!! Warrican attempts another reverse sweep, hit on the pads and the finger is raised. WI review. Three reds on ball tracking and WI are all out for 130.

Jadeja to Holder, full outside off, driven to the off-side sweeper for a single. Warrican goes for the sweep, gets a top edge but it falls in no man’s land,

Ashwin to Warrican, comes down the track and hits it past mid-on for a couple. Four!! Warrican pulls out a reverse sweep this time, past the point fielder for a boundary.

Jadeja to Warrican, full on stumps, driven to long-on for a single. Four!! Full on the stumps, Warrican advances down the ground and hits it over mid-off for four.

Wicket!! Ashwin to Cornwall, turn and bounce after pitching on off-stump, easy catch for Gill at short-leg. Ten-wickets in the match for Ashwin! Kemar Roach in at 10.

Cornwall c Shubman Gill b Ashwin 4(14)

Wicket!! Turn again and the ball goes through bat and pad to disturb the stumps. Roach gone for a duck. Ashwin has 6 in the second innings.

Roach b Ashwin 0(3)

Four!! Warrican lofts one over mid-wicket for a boundary.

Jadeja to Holder, full on the stumps, Holder presses forward and defends straight back to the bowler. Full outside off, beaten on the outside edge. Edged this time, falls short of slip, the batters run two as it rolls past third man.

Ashwin, full on off, driven through the covers for a single. Four!! Cornwall goes for the big shot, gets it past fine leg for four.

Jadeja to Holder, full outside off and defended past slips to a single. Five dots on the bounce to end the over.

Ashwin to Joseph, full on the stumps, defended off the backfoot. Wicket!! Joseph goes for another big shot, can only find deep mid wicket on the fence. Ashwin picks up his fourth. Cornwall in at 9.

Alzarri Joseph c Shubman Gill b Ashwin 13(23)

Jadeja to Joseph, quicker one on the stumps, driven to long-off for a single. Brings up the 100 for WI. Appeal for caught behind but the umpire says no.

Ashwin to Joseph, carrom ball on the stumps, defended off the back foot. Joseph throws the kitchen sink but is cut-off by deep midwicket. Only a single. Six!! Clean connection from Holder as he lofts one straight over mid-on for a six.

Jadeja to Holder, full on off-stump, driven to the off-side sweeper for a single. Joseph turns one on to the leg-side for a single. Another single, as Holder edges one past slips to third man. Single to end the over.

Ashwin to Joseph, full and on the stumps, defended right back to the bowler. Turn for Ashwin on a fuller one on the stumps, stifled LBW appeals but was turning down leg. Six!! Joseph lofts an over-pitched one straight down the ground for six.

Jadeja to Holder, turn and bounce and the batter is beaten. Jadeja darts six deliveries in no time. Maiden over.

Ashwin to Athanaze, yorks the batter as he jams his bat down. Wicket!! Jaiswal catches one at short leg. Was full on the stumps and Athanaze pressed forward to defend, only manages an edge to short-leg. Joseph in at 8. Rocks back and cuts his first ball through the off-side for a couple.

Athanaze c Jaiswal b Ashwin 28(44)

Siraj to Holder, on the pads, turned to deep square for a single. Edged, but falls in the gap between the cordon and the third man fielder. A single taken. Just a couple of runs from it.

Ashwin to Holder, full outside off, defended to the off-side. Holder comes down the track and tries to go big, only manages to find deep mid-wicket on the bounce. Four!! Full and down leg, Athanaze sweeps it behind for a boundary.

Siraj continues. Athanaze defends the first four balls with confidence. Siraj to Athanaze, FOUR! Pulls away at square leg for another boundary. The young man has looked way better than the rest of West Indies batters are far as application is concerned. Four off the over.

Much better application from Holder and Athanaze at the moment right now. They have to show some fight otherwise it won’t take India to wrap things up before the end of the day’s play. Jadeja meanwhile bowls a maiden.

Siraj to Athanaze, FOUR! Way too wide for the left-hander and Athanaze was ready to cut it square of the wicket for a boundary. Six off the over.

A change of ends for Ravindra Jadeja. He replaces Ashwin from his end. Jadeja to Holder, stumping attempt from Kishan. Kishan waited enough for Holder to move his foot before dislodging the stumps. The third umpire intervenes, found nothing, and play continues. A one-run over from Jadeja.

A change in the bowling attack. Mohammed Siraj has been brought in for Ravindra Jadeja. Siraj to Joshua Da Silva, OUT! Peach of a delivery from Siraj! He traps Silva in front of the wickets with an inswinger. Da Silva plays the wrong line, and the ball skid into his pads while he was on the back foot. West Indies is five down! Jason Holder comes in at number six. Holder gets off the mark with a single.

Joshua Da Silva lbw b Mohammed Siraj 13 (27b 1x4 0x6)

Jadeja keeps it full in his over to give two singles before Ashwin bowls a maiden.

Ashwin to Athanaze, FOUR! Slider down the line from Ashwin and Athanaze sweeps it well to clear the field behind the square. The young guy has looked good in both innings. He takes a single to give the strike to da Silva who ends the over with another single.

Jadeja to da Silva, appeal for LBW, looked missing with the naked eyes as the umpire says no to the appeal. Athanaze takes a single to bring 50 up for West Indies.

Ashwin to Athanaza, Dropped! Jaiswal drops one at short leg. Athanaze defends the fuller-length ball on the front foot and Jaiswal could not get the hold of the ball on his left. A quicker one, but should be caught. Ashwin to Athanaze, FOUR! A rare mistake from Ashwin to fire one short and the debutant from Windies stepped out to clear the mid-wicket region. Four runs from this one.

Jadeja to Joshua Da Silva, FOUR! Full onto the pads, as the batter stays back to push it behind square for a boundary. Four off the over as he plays out five dots to end the over.

Very conducive bowling from both the spinners as India is looking to wrap things up today. Ashwin gives just a single from the first five balls before Siraj overthrows with an unnecessary direct hit attempt that races away for FOUR, giving five from the last ball.

Jadeja from the other end. Jadeja to Reifer, OUT! This time Jadeja traps Reifer in front of LBW. Around the wicket, the left-hander spun in after pitching and Reifer could not do much. Another review was wasted for West Indies as India is ripping West Indies apart with quality bowling. Wicketkeeper Joshua Da Silva comes in at number six. He straight away gets off the mark with a double.

Ashwin continues from the other end. Ashwin to Blackwood, OUT! Plumb in front of wickets. Fired up straight from Ashwin and Blackwood went on his knees to defend but the ball crashes into the pads and was given out by the umpire. The review does not save Blackwood as India gets its third wicket. Debutant Athanaze in at four. A wicket maiden for Ashwin.

Jadeja, fires on stumps, defended well by Blackwood. Jadeja to Reifer, FOUR! Good confident off-drive by Reifer to end the over with a boundary, five from the over.

Jadeja continues in the last session. Jermaine Blackwood and Reifer are on the crease.

Two early wickets for India after declaring at 421-5. There was no hundred for Kohli as he was dismissed by the returning Rakheem Cornwall early in the session. Kishan and Jadeja held fort for a while till the declaration arrived. India’s spin twins have managed to pick up both the openers. India will be looking to finish things off as early as possible after the break.

Ashwin to Reifer, full and on off-stump defended to point. Appeals after Kohli catches one at slip, came of the batters thigh pads. Maiden over to finish the session. Tea on day 3.

Jadeja to Blackwood, the batters run three after Blackwood glances it down the leg-side and past the keeper. Length on the pads, Reifer turns it leg-side for a single. Close!! The edge falls short of the slip fielder.

Ashwin to Brathwaite, round the wicket on the pads, defended to short leg. Shorter and spinning past the batter, Kishan fails to gather. Wicket!! Full and spinning away, takes the edge and is easily pouched by Rahane at slip. Blackwood in at 3. Single off the last ball.

K Brathwaite c Rahane b Ashwin 7(47)

Jadeja to Brathwaite, quick on the stumps, beats the batter all ends up. Full on the stumps, Brathwaite defends past short leg for a single. Just a single of the over.

Ashwin to Reifer, full on the stumps. defended straight back. Close!! Full on the stumps, Reifer lunges forward to defend, almost a catch at silly point. Maiden over.

Jadeja to Brathwaite, quicker one outside off, Brathwaite defends to slip. Full on the stumps, Brathwaite turns it leg-side for a single. Full on the stumps, driven to deep midwicket for a single.

Ashwin to Brathwaite, full on off-stump, solidly defended. Shorter in length and turning into the batter, flicked to the leg-side for a single. Full on off to the left-hander, he presses forward and defends. Four!! Slightly shorter and swept to the leg-side boundary for four.

Jadeja to Reifer, full and straight, defended right back. Full again, beats the batter and the wicket-keeper, two byes taken. Just two from the over.

Ashwin to Brathwaite, flighted delivery on the stumps, batter defends to the leg-side. Full again, takes the inside half of the bat to the leg-side, overthrows cost the team 3 runs. Full, takes the outside edge of Reifer’s bat, but in the gap for a single. Four from the over.

Jadeja to Brathwaite, down leg side, turned to fine leg as the batter gets off the mark with a single. Full and outside off, Chanderpaul defends to the off-side. Wicket!! India appeal for LBW and its given. WI review. Umpire’s call on hitting and Chanderpaul departs. Reifer in at 3.

Chanderpaul lbw b Jadeja 7(28)

Ashwin to Chanderpaul, full on off stump, defended with a forward press. Ashwin keeping it full, forcing the batter to press forward and defend. Two slips and a silly point in place. Maiden over.

Jadeja to Brathwaite, full on off-stump, played with soft hands as the edge trickles past second slip. Full outside off beats Brathwaite on his outside edge. Maiden over.

Ashwin to Chanderpaul, slightly shorter on the body, turned to fine leg. Fuller on off stump this time, just past the fielder at second slip. Full and on off-stump again, defended to cover. Four!! Chanderpaul drives a full one through the covers for four.

Jadeja into the attack. Turn and bounce immediately as Brathwaite shoulders arms. Full on the stumps, batter defends with a forward press. Jadeja trying to get one to spin from middle stump, almost caught Brathwaite’s edge.

Ashwin into the attack. Full on the stumps, almost yorker length, defended right back. Full outside off, driven by Chanderpaul straight to the fielder at cover. Maiden to start for Ashwin.

Unadkat to Brathwaite, length on the body, defended to the leg-side. Back-of-a-length on off, Brathwaite defends off the backfoot. Fuller in length on off-stump, defended to cover. Maiden over.

Siraj to Chanderpaul, length, angling away, defended to the off-side. Full on the stumps, defended straight back to the bowler. Wide and moving away even further, left alone by Chanderpaul. Full and driven through the covers for a couple.

Unadkat in from the other end. Length on middle, Chanderpaul tucks it away to midwicket for a single. Length on the body to Brathwaite, defended to the leg-side. Close!! Unadkat brings one into Brathwaite, lobs up but falls short of the fielder.

Brathwaite and Chanderpaul at the crease for the West Indies. WI trail by 271. Siraj to open the bowling. Siraj to Brathwaite, full and wide outside off-stump, left alone. Yorker on middle stump, Brathwaite does well to jam his bat down. Maiden over to start.

Ruturaj Gaikwad (Captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rahul Tripathi, Tilak Varma, Rinku Singh, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Washington Sundar, Shahbaz Ahmed, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan, Arshdeep Singh, Mukesh Kumar, Shivam Mavi, Shivam Dube, Prabhsimran Singh (wk)

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Rohit Sharma signals 1 from the dugout, is it the declaration sign? Looks like it. Jadeja takes a single against Joseph. Joseph to Kishan, single, finally he gets off the mark after tucking a short ball behind square and here it comes. India declares on 421/5 after playing out 152.2 overs!

Nineteen balls and counting as Kishan is still looking for his first Test runs. Cornwall gives one run from his over.

Roach to Jadeja, FOUR! Beautifully driven over covers. Transfers his body weight on the front foot to play a perfect cover drive against the full-length ball on off-stump. A single to make it a five-run over.

Ishan is yet to get off the mark, and plays out a maiden against Rakheem Cornwall.

Roach looks better in this spell. He continuously delivers in the tight channel as Jadeja plays it out a maiden.

Cornwall continues, bowls his third on the trot. Cornwall to Jadeja, FOUR! Nicely played, read the line of the ball early to pick the short ball and cuts it away at the point region to start the over with a boundary. Jadeja sweeps it fine to take a double before returning to the non-striker end. Ishan gets beaten by a sharp turn as seven runs come from the over.

Both left-handers at the middle now. Roach is bowling inswingers in expectation to trap batters in front but Kishan plays with solid defence to end the over with just one run coming from it.

Cornwall continues. Cornwall to Kohli, OUT! Cornwall strikes quickly to remove the set batter Kohli on 76. Cornwall pitched up, using his height to get a sharp spin inwards and extra bounce for Kohli and he falls for the trap, playing on backfoot and giving his catch off the inside edge to Athanaze at leg slip. Debutant keeper Ishan Kishan joins Jadeja. A wicket maiden for Cornwall.

Virat Kohli c Athanaze b Cornwall 76 (182b 5x4 0x6)

Roach is able to get the ball in for Jadeja after pitching up ahead. The ball went across the stump swinging in very late. Just a single from the over.

Rakheem Cornwall is back in the attack after three sessions. Jadeja and then Kohli take a single each to get two runs from the over.

Roach comes from over the wicket for the right-hander. Kohli defends the off-side line ball and then leaves the following outside-off stump line delivery. Kohli plays out the next two balls as well. Roach to Kohli, Dropped! Big chance, and missed again, this time by keeper Joshua Da Silva. Roach kept it on a good length, and this time the ball seamed away by an inch taking Kohli’s nick but keep fails to take the catch. Kohli takes a double to end the over.

Ravindra Jadeja and Virat Kohli walk out in the middle and Kemar Roach takes the ball with him.

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India have taken the game further away from the West Indies. Debutant Jaiswal and Kohli put up a good stand at the start of the day before Alzarri Joseph found the former’s edge. The young batter finished on 171. the third highest score for India on Test debut. Rahane was dismissed early by veteran Roach. Jadeja joined Kohli at the crease and the two have punished the bad balls and built a 44-run partnership. Stay Tuned for live action from Session 2.

Raymon Reifer into the attack. Full on the leg-stump, turned square on the leg-side for a single. Low fulltoss on the off-stump, Jadeja drives to mid-off and sets off for a quick single. Four!! Overpitched outside off, Kohli drives it through the gap between cover and mid-off for a boundary. LUNCH on Day 3.

Brathwaite to Kohli, on the pads, flicked to deep mid wicket for a single. Full outside off to Jadeja, presses forward and defends to the off-side.

Athanaze to Kohli, full on the stumps, turned to deep midwicket for a single. Overpitched on the stumps to Jadeja, guides it past mid-on and gets a couple after a misfield. Four!! Short and Jadeja pulls it over midwicket for a boundary.

Four!! Brathwaite to Kolhi, another long hop, dispatched through the leg side for a boundary. Full on leg-stump, turned to fine leg for a single. Length outside off, Jadeja guides it past backward point for a single. Full again, Kohli drives to long-on for a single.

Athanaze to Jadeja, beaten on the outside edge again. Jadeja goes back to cut a shorter one but it keeps low and turns massively. Short on the body, Jadeja turns it to the left on mid-on for a single. Four!! Full toss on the pads, Kohli turns it through the leg-side for a boundary.

Brathwaite into the attack. The first balls blows up a puff of dust and turns square, beating Jadeja all ends up. Five dots balls in a row. Slightly shorter in length, Jadeja punches it past cover for a single.

Alick Athanaze into the attack. Six!! Short and lofted over the midwicket boundary for six. Jadeja punishes the long hop from the debutant. Sharp turn and bounce for Athanaze as he beats Jadeja’s outside edge. Shorter and wider, Jadeja guides it to point for a single.

Warrican to continue. Full on off-stump, Kohli defends to covers. On off-stump again, Kohli edges it past the slips for a single. On the stumps, turned to square leg for a single.

Roach to Jadeja, full outside off-stump, left alone by the batter. Full and wide again, defended to cover. A touch shorter from Roach, Jadeja defends off the front foot to cover again. Maiden over.

Warrican to Kohli, length on off stump, defended off the back foot to mid-off. Down leg-stump and catches Kohli’s gloves and falls near the pitch, no short-leg in place though. Down leg-side again, turned to fine leg for a single. Full to Jadeja, driven to long-on for a single.

Roach to Kohli, full outside off, Kohli drives but is partially stopped by cover. A single taken. Roach to Jadeja, on the pads, turned to fine leg for a couple of runs. Three of the over.

Warrican to Kohli, on the pads, turned to the leg-side for a single and it brings up 50 for Virat Kohli!! 29th fifty for the former Indian captain. Just a single from the over.

Kemar Roach comes into the attack for the first time on day 3. Roach to Rahane, OUT! Roach strikes on the first ball! Rahane tries to play on the rise drive but misses the length of the ball to give an easy catch to Blackwood at covers. Ravindra Jadeja comes in ahead of Ishan Kishan at number six. Jadeja plays out five dots as Roach ends a wicket-maiden.

Jomel Warrican to bowl his 42nd of the innings, gives two singles from his over as Kohli moves to 49.

Vice-captain, Ajinkya Rahane comes in at number five to join Kohli in the middle. Jomel Warrican followed by Alzarri Joseph give two runs each in their overs.

Alzarri Joseph continues. WICKET! He hits the deck with length deliveries to check Jaiswal’s patience and gets the better of him! A lapse of concentration from Jaiswal as he edged the angling-away ball to keeper Da Silva and Joseph gives a big breakthrough to West Indies against the run of play!

Yashasvi Jaiswal c Da Silva b Joseph 171 (387b 16x4 1x6)

Warrican continues from over the wicket to Jaiswal. Warrican to Jaiswal, SIX! Jaiswal goes down the ground over the bowler’s head with a lofted straight drive to get his first maximum. Jaiswal pushes the fuller ball at covers for a single, and Kohli reaches at the non-striker after a direct hit crashes into the stumps and gives two extra runs for Jaiswaal that brings up 350 for India!

Joseph to Jaiswal, FOUR! Short ball outside off-stump line and Jaiswal moves away to slice it past backward point for a boundary which brings up 100 run partnership for Kohli and Jaiswal for the fourth wicket. Jaiswal put Kohli in strike with one ball left in the over and Kohli ends it with a dot.

Kohli plays out Warrican for a maiden over.

Alzarri Joseph comes into the attack for Jason Holder, Joseph starts with a short-length ball and Jaiswal was successful in finding room for a backfoot punch at the point region for a single to start the over. Alzarri to Kohli, FOUR! A bad line from Joseph and Kohli flicks the down-the-leg angling delivery which races past the keeper for a boundary. Kohli taps the middle line ball at mid-wicket and quickly ran for a single, direct hit would have been a tight call, however, he makes it as Chaderpaul misses the stumps. Six from Joseph’s 15th over.

Warrican has been effective against Kohli at this spell. He is drifting the ball in for Kohli from off stump to push a break on run scoring. Kohli has shown enough patience to play out the left-arm orthodox with care. Another one-run over.

Holder gives three singles from his over. 120 overs done, India 329 for two.

Jaiswal charges down against Warrican who came in over the wicket to push the length ball at long-on for a single. Kohli punches the next ball at square leg to run two runs. Warrican to Kohli, Dropped! Brathwaite at short cover failed to get a hold of the ball as Kohli survives. Three off the over.

Jason Holder continues. No hurry from both batters as another over gone with just one run coming from it.

Warrican holds his line to bowl quick cheap overs as he gives just a single from his 36th over of the innings.

Holder from the other end. Holder to Jaiswal from over the wicket, FOUR! Driven straight in the V as the ball races to the boundary line. Jaiswal takes a single that brings 150 up for the young man on debut! Class act by YBJ as he looked flawless in this innings. Five off the over.

Jomel Warrican comes into the attack from the other end. Jaiswal takes a single from the first ball of the over. Kohli plays with utmost care to end the over with five dots.

Jason Holder comes from over the wicket to Jaiswal. Holder to Jaiswal, no run. A ball which angled out for Jaiswal as he leaves it to start the day with a dot ball. He gets a single off the third ball before Kohli takes a double to make it a 3-run over.

Yashasvi Jaiswal and Virat Kohli come in the middle as Jason Holder to bowl the first over of the day.

IND: 312/2 in 113 overs - Yashasvi Jaiswal - 143* (350), Virat Kohli 36* (96), Rohit Sharma 103 (221)

WI 150 all out 64.3 overs - Alick Athanaza 47 (99); R Ashwin 5/60, R Jadeja 3/26

Rohit Sharma completed his 10th Test century during day 2 of the first Test between West Indies and India at Windsor Park in Roseau, Dominica on Thursday.

The century was the Indian captain’s third against the West Indies and his first in the Caribbean.

Rohit drove a full-toss from debutant Alick Athanaze through the covers to bring up the milestone.

IND vs WI: Rohit Sharma scores 10th Test hundred

Rohit Sharma completed his 10th Test century during day 2 of the first Test between West Indies and India at Windsor Park in Roseau, Dominica on Thursday.

Picking up on the wise words from his captain and opening partner, Rohit Sharma, Yashasvi Jaiswal crafted his own hundred on his Test debut in style against the West Indies.

India batter Yashasvi Jaiswal thanked Rohit Sharma for talking him through his Test debut on Thursday after the left-hander scored an unbeaten 143 against the West Indies in a sparkling opening partnership with his captain.

Jaiswal shared an opening stand of 229 with Rohit (103) as the tourist took control of the match at Windsor Park in Roseau, closing the second day’s play at 312-2 after dismissing the host for 150.

The first India batter to score a ton on debut outside Asia in over 21 years, he told reporters that Rohit’s insight and experience had been vital.

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