India vs West Indies, Highlights, 1st Test, Day 4 at Antigua, Full Cricket Score: Windies bowled out for 100, crumble to 318-run loss

Ajinkya Rahane wins the Player of the Match award for his knocks of 81 and 102! 

Rahane: Feels really special, getting this hundred after 29 or 30 innings. We really needed a partnership going, and the partnership between me and Rahul was really crucial. Before this I played county games, and I thought that really helped me. I would like to dedicate this hundred to all those who backed me in those one or two years. First day of the game, the wicket was really damp, and West Indies bowled really well. We knew if we stayed there, runs would come automatically. Same in the second innings. We needed one good partnership. Plan was to just bat, bat and bat.

Well, that didn’t last long. Abysmal finish to an ordinary game for WI – that it took their No 10 and 11 scoring half the team’s runs to get them to 100 says everything. 

Lots of records – WI registering their lowest Test score against India, India winning a Test outside Asia by more than 300 runs for the first time, Virat Kohli becoming the Indian captain with the most wins in away Tests. 

West Indies weren’t expected to be the biggest threat India would face, but they did have India struggling at 25/3 inside 40 minutes on the opening day – but that was about all that went well for them in this game. 

A flying start to India as they begin their journey in the World Test Championship, but the biggest positive of the game has to be Ajinkya Rahane – back among the runs, with two innings as crucial as they were delightful to watch.

Indian captains with 100-plus international wins:

MS Dhoni​

Mohammad Azharuddin​

VIRAT KOHLI*

Indian pacers taking all 10 wickets in a Test innings in West Indies:

Bridgetown, 1997
North Sound, 2019*

Largest wins for India in away Tests – by runs:

318 v West Indies, North Sound, 2019*

304 v Sri Lanka, Galle, 2017

279 v England, Leeds, 1986

Lowest totals for West Indies v India in Tests:

100, North Sound, 2019*
103, Kingston, 2006
108, Gros Islet, 2016
127, Delhi, 1987
127, Hyderabad, 2018 

Most Test wins for Indian captains:

27 – MS Dhoni
27 – VIRAT KOHLI*
21 – Sourav Ganguly 
14 – Mohammad Azharuddin 

Most Test away wins for Indian captains:

12 – VIRAT KOHLI*
11 – Sourav Ganguly 
6 –  MS Dhoni

After 27 overs,West Indies 100/10 ( Miguel Cummins 19 , )

West Indies are all out and it’s an emphatic victory by 318 runs for India in their World Test Championship opener.

OUT!

The short ball does the trick. Kemar Roach slashes hard and gathers a heavy edge, skying the ball where Pant covers some yards to take a catch. Roach top-scores for his team with 38

FIFTY

Kemar Roach is saving some face for his team and drawing a few cheers now. He slogs a full-length delivery down long-on for six and brings up the fifty run stand with Miguel Cummins. The highest partnership for the Windies this innings is for the 11th wicket. What a day!

After 26 overs,West Indies 94/9 ( Kemar Roach 32 , Miguel Cummins 19)

Shami bangs it just short of a length and Cummins misreads the length. He ducks under but the ball hits him on his helmet. He dismisses the doctors and goes on the charge thereon, a flurry of hits to close out the over with 12 runs being gathered. West Indies are nearing the 100 run mark.

SIX!

A blow on the helmet and Cummins is a changed man. Needed more of those for the entire top and middle order of the West Indies. Slammed short ball for four down long-on followed by a hoist off a full-pitched delivery for six.

After 25 overs,West Indies 82/9 ( Kemar Roach 32 , Miguel Cummins 7)

Kohli persists with Jadeja for reasons which no one would be interested in debating upon. There isn’t much strategy left to debate now. It’s all a matter of time.

FOUR!

Miguel Cummins finally goes for the long hoik. The balls grabs the edge off the toe of his bat and skittles past the keeper’s legs for four. Jadeja continues to go for runs.

After 24 overs,West Indies 74/9 ( Kemar Roach 31 , Miguel Cummins 0)

Shami bowls to Cummins, into the body. Cummins keeps it down somehow and isn’t going for his shots. Don’t know what he’s batting for though. Maybe to wait out the scolding they’ll likely receive from their coach.

After 23 overs,West Indies 74/9 ( Kemar Roach 31 , Miguel Cummins 0)

Jadeja is going for some runs here. A rare failure with the ball for him. He has now conceded 24 runs off his 3 overs this innings. Who would have thought? However, India won’t care about that stat. They are on the cusp of their first win in the World Test Championships.

SIX!

Roach is enjoying himself with the long handle. Strikes a couple of lusty blows down the wicket for a brace of sixes. Jadeja is going for runs here. Roach seems to have caught the Ben Stokes bug during the TEA interval.

After 22 overs,West Indies 56/9 ( Kemar Roach 13 , Miguel Cummins 0)

Shami steams in to Cummins and the Windies end is inevitable. What these last two batsmen can do is entertain this sparse Antiguan crowd in attendance who would be dejected with the abject lack of a fight shown by the home team. Shami beats the outside edge and Cummins survives.

After 21 overs,West Indies 56/9 ( Kemar Roach 13 , Miguel Cummins 0)

A short of a length delivery. Roach gets across and hops on one leg as he looks to play it off his hips. Misses the ball and it hits it on his pads. An India appeal sees the umpire give in but Roach reviews and saves himself. There’s some action left here and Roach isn’t in a hurry to return to the hotel.

After 20 overs,West Indies 50/9 ( Kemar Roach 7 , )

India are on the verge of finishing off this match emphatically. The seam bowlers have impressed and we’ll see if Ishant Sharma can get his third wicket this innings.

OUT!

Don’t know what he was trying to do there. Gabriel looking to punch hard off the back foot but the ball goes past in a jiffy and grabs his outside edge. Shami gets his second wicket and there’s just one wicket left to play with for the Windies.

OUT!

There was an air of sarcasm as the crowd cheered their team reaching the 50 run mark and Mohammed Shami complements that with a peach of a delivery. He takes a leaf out of Bumrah’s book, getting it to pitch around off and then going away, beating the outside edge but smashing into the stumps. The top scorer for the Windies in the first innings, Roston Chase does it again. Top scores with 12 in the second but it won’t be enough by a long haul.

After 19 overs,West Indies 49/7 ( Roston Chase 12 , Kemar Roach 6)

Jadeja is pulled out of the attack, Ishant Sharma replaces him for his second burst. The in-swingers keep coming effortlessly for him. Chase blocks them well and finds the one that is staying its course to put his bat out and dab the ball for a single down cover. Roach does well to dig under a surprise yorker from Sharma and takes a single off the final ball to retain the strike.

After 18 overs,West Indies 46/7 ( Roston Chase 11 , Kemar Roach 4)

Mohammed Shami comes into the attack and we get a peek in at his beautiful wrist position. He pitches at good length and the ball, as usual, skids along, hurrying the batsman in bringing their bat down but narrowly missing the edge off Chase’s bat. It’s a maiden for Shami.

After 17 overs,West Indies 46/7 ( Roston Chase 11 , Kemar Roach 4)

Jadeja runs through his routine without batting an eyelid, hitting the right areas, straying a bit and gets hit for four by Kemar Roach who plays Mohammed Shami’s role in this Windies batting order. A somewhat expensive over from Jadeja as he goes for nine off his second over.

Indian pacers with a five-for in Tests in West Indies:

Ishant Sharma (3)
Kapil Dev (2)
Venkatesh Prasad 
Abey Kuruvilla 
Bhuvneshwar Kumar 
Jasprit Bumrah*

FOUR!

Roach doesn’t see much merit in holding back, now that the captain is back in the hut. He lofts a fullish delivery for a hoist over long-off against Jadeja’s spin.

What an absolutely ripping spell of fast bowling this has been from India’s best find of this decade. Returning to the fold after a break, and we’re seeing the magic of some time-off. 

Eight unchanged overs either side of the tea break, and he has been at his unplayable best. WI might not have done themselves a lot of favours, but not many teams around world cricket right now would fare much better in the face of such fiery, well-directed pace bowling. 

Earning an extra day’s rest for his teammates on his own return from a much-needed breather.

After 16 overs,West Indies 37/7 ( Roston Chase 6 , Kemar Roach 0)

Kohli persists with Bumrah, who already has four wickets in his kitty today, from the other end. Bumrah then makes it five, rattling Holder’s off stump with a searing yorker. Appeals for lbw against three balls later, and Kohli goes upstairs after it’s turned down by umpire Kettleborough. Hawk-Eye shows the ball to be missing leg, resulting in the Indians losing one of their reviews, which will only get reset 64 overs later, if West Indies are able to survive that long.

BOWLED EM! Bumrah’s showing amazing consistency at rattling the off-stump, this time hitting the base of the stump with a sharp yorker that nips away from the batsman in the last second. Holder was also beaten for pace here, and little answer to that peach of a delivery. And that completes Bumrah’s five-for, his figures currently reading 7.2-2-7-5! WI 37/7

Holder b Bumrah 8(19)

After 14 overs,West Indies 30/6 ( Roston Chase 6 , Jason Holder (C) 1)

A run of the mill over here. Bumrah acing his line and length. Roston Chase doing well to get behind the ball and play defensively, even as the bat spins in his hands. Just the one run off a leg bye.

After 13 overs,West Indies 29/6 ( Roston Chase 6 , Jason Holder (C) 1)

DROPPED! Ishant Sharma bowls short and the ball goes to Holder’s midriff, prompting him to play a flick off the hips. It goes straight to Vihari at backward square leg but he spills it. The trap was set. Virat Kohli had stationed himself at mid-off, in constant touch with Ishant Sharma as he walked back to his mark. Too bad they couldn’t ace the final touch. Holder survives.

After 12 overs,West Indies 28/6 ( Roston Chase 6 , Jason Holder (C) 0)

Bumrah troubles Holder at the outset. The ball pitching around off and staying its course. Holder is left in two minds and ultimately draws his bat back in time to save the edge. Holder gets off strike with a leg bye and Chase survives the final ball.

A bowling masterclass on display at Antigua at the moment

And now proving Bumrah can send the right-hander's stumps cartwheeling too.

Fast bowling masterclass on show.#WIvIND #INDvWI

— Suneer (@suneerchowdhary) August 25, 2019

OUT!

This is proving to be a frequent sight now. Bumrah’s nonchalance as he takes wickets with remarkable ease. Pitches it around off and gets the ball to move just the hint away, beating the outside edge and disturbing the off-stump. Hope goes for 2 and Bumrah gets his fourth. 

After 11 overs,West Indies 27/5 ( Roston Chase 6 , Shai Hope (W) 2)

A vicious in-swinger from Ishant Sharma splits Shai Hope wide open. There’s a loud appeal from the Indian fielder but the umpire is not convinced. Kohli decides against the review and Hope negotiates the remaining two deliveries in the over which goes for a maiden.

After 10 overs,West Indies 26/5 ( Roston Chase 6 , Shai Hope (W) 1)

The Indian bowlers are extracting a lot more swing with the new ball here than the Windies bowlers. That could be attributed to the seam movement and a better technique perhaps. Bumrah bowls fuller and Chase does well to get behind it and not looking to drive.