West Indies
222/10 (74.2)
India
343/7 (112.3)
India won by 318 runs
Player of the Matchwould be Rahane. But let's see
Commentary
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overs in the second innings to swat aside Windies. The Test championship has got off to a cracking start. Ashes see sawing, Sri Lanka overhauling New Zealand and the Rahane-Bumrah special at Antigua. The purists wanted context and they are getting plenty of it.Virat Kohli: Even last time we played here, the first Test was very good for us. This time it was even more hard work, Jinks was very good in both the innings. It was more of a grind. We had to come back into the game three or four times. That's where our temperament has been good in Tests. Managing player workloads is very important for us and that's why he didn't play any white-ball cricket after the World Cup. We wanted him fresh for this Test series. He (Bumrah) will be a key player for us as far as the Test championship is concerned. We know how good a player he is. Those three are bowling well as a group. We are pretty settle
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overs in the second innings to swat aside Windies. The Test championship has got off to a cracking start. Ashes see sawing, Sri Lanka overhauling New Zealand and the Rahane-Bumrah special at Antigua. The purists wanted context and they are getting plenty of it.Virat Kohli: Even last time we played here, the first Test was very good for us. This time it was even more hard work, Jinks was very good in both the innings. It was more of a grind. We had to come back into the game three or four times. That's where our temperament has been good in Tests. Managing player workloads is very important for
overs in the second innings to swat aside Windies. The Test championship has got off to a cracking start. Ashes see sawing, Sri Lanka overhauling New Zealand and the Rahane-Bumrah special at Antigua. The purists wanted context and they are getting plenty of it.
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Ishant to Roach, no run, short ball, well directed as that was well outside off. Roach tried to fetch it on to the on-side and missed it
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Ishant to Roach, no run, ugly slog across the line but ended up inner halving it to the fielder at mid-on
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Ishant to Roach, no run, slower delivery at the sticks, knocked out into the on-side
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Shami to Miguel Cummins, 2 runs, scythes this one through the off-side and gets a brace. That was just outside off and Miguel Cummins gave himself room to power it away. 12 off the over. This pair now has 44 to their credit
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Shami to Miguel Cummins, no run, slower delivery, Miguel Cummins was backing away and almost ended up gifting a catch to the man at gully. Was edged away but landed well short
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Shami to Miguel Cummins, no run, bangs the ball short, Miguel Cummins ducks under it
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Shami to Miguel Cummins, SIX, clears his front foot and slams it over long-on for a sixer. Take that Shami says Miguel Cummins. Of course metaphorically. That was in the slot and Miguel Cummins had a free swing