India inflicted an embarrassing 318-run defeat on the West Indies in the first Test as Jasprit Bumrah dismantled the hosts with a five-wicket haul after Ajinkya Rahane scored his first century in two years, on Sunday.
West Indies were chasing a mammoth 419-run target, but the Indian pacers led by Bumrah demolished the hosts, who were bowled out for a mere 100 in 26.5 overs in the final session of the fourth day.
It was a Bumrah show in perfect weather conditions as he sent the wickets cart-wheeling thrice during his eight-over spell in which he conceded just seven runs.
The win also made Virat Kohli the joint-most successful Indian Test captain along with MS Dhoni as it was his 27th win as skipper in the longest format of the game. Kohli is now the most successful overseas Test captain for India as he went past Sourav Ganguly’s tally of 11 wins on the road.
Here’s how Twitter reacted:
Emphatic victory for India! Excellent effort by our pacers, especially @ImIshant in the 1st innings and @Jaspritbumrah93 in the 2nd innings. #INDvWI pic.twitter.com/bQBW7Kaghd
— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) August 26, 2019
Happy for Rahane. But Jasprit Bumrah in the second innings was absolutely unplayable. Fiist Asian bowler to take a 5-for in all 4 countries – Australia, South Africa, England and West Indies .#INDvsWI
— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) August 25, 2019
Well done @ajinkyarahane88 well played.. 🏏100 👌
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) August 25, 2019
Bumrah's O-M-R-W is currently 8-4-7-5. I'm going to make this my ATM PIN.
— Ramesh Srivats (@rameshsrivats) August 25, 2019
Jassi jaisa koi nahi wah shera what a spell @Jaspritbumrah93 5 wickets 👊 💥 Boom
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) August 25, 2019
Well played @ajinkyarahane88, Test century was long overdue.
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) August 25, 2019
That reaction said it all.. Hope the wait for a big knock is never this long ever again. Well played @ajinkyarahane88 #INDvsWI
— Jatin Sapru (@jatinsapru) August 25, 2019
Class eventually rises to the top. #Rahane
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) August 25, 2019
India do a wonderful job of managing Jasper Bumrah’s workload so far in his career. What a wonderful exponent he is. Archer, Afridi, Rabada, Cummins, Lockie Ferguson. Quite exciting for world cricket!!!
— Ian Raphael Bishop (@irbishi) August 25, 2019
Jasprit Bumrah is the first Indian bowler in Test history to take five-wicket hauls in Australia, England, South Africa and West Indies.
And he does it on just his first tours to this countries and he's played only 11 Tests yet! #WIvInd
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) August 25, 2019
It's a 💯 for our man, @ajinkyarahane88
He has shown some real substance when India needed it the most!
Well played, Champ!#INDvsWI #WIvIND pic.twitter.com/bDeA0f7XR0
— 100MB (@100MasterBlastr) August 25, 2019
For his 183 runs scored across the Test, Ajinkya Rahane is the Player of the Match!#WIvIND pic.twitter.com/JFo8pknnBv
— ICC (@ICC) August 25, 2019
Jasprit Bumrah's fifer helps India beat Windies by 318 runs!#WIvIND #1stTest pic.twitter.com/hu8xSuTtin
— CricketTimes.com (@CricketTimesHQ) August 26, 2019
As Ian Bishop said the nicest guy in the sport gets an gritty amazing 100. Well played @ajinkyarahane88 . #INDvsWI
— Vikram Sathaye (@vikramsathaye) August 25, 2019
It’s been a Super Sunday 4 a sports lover.Firstly @Pvsindhu1 winning d #BadmintonWorldChampionships 👏and den @benstokes38 Unbelievable match winning knock. One of d greatest innings in test cricket 4 sure👍 After dat @ajinkyarahane88 10th hundred 👏 Congratulations everyone 😊
— MANOJ TIWARY (@tiwarymanoj) August 25, 2019
