KOLKATA, India – A dramatic batting collapse after tea under the pressure of high quality swing bowling from Mohammad Shami sent West Indies crashing to an innings and 51-run defeat in the first Test against India today here.
None of the Windies batsman looked safe at the crease once Shami returned after the break for a third spell from the High Court End (south) and got the ball to reverse swing prodigiously, as the visitors were all out for 168 in their second innings about 20 minutes before the scheduled close on the third day at Eden Gardens.
A handful of the West Indies’ batsmen got starts, but no one carried on – Darren Bravo’s 37 was the top score, Kieran Powell made 36, Chris Gayle hit 33 and Shivnarine Chanderpaul was not out on 31 – as Shami collected 5-47 from 13.1 overs to finish with the second-best match figures by an Indian on Test debut of 9-118 and off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin captured 3-46 off 19 overs.
The result was formalised when tail-ender Sheldon Cottrell, playing his first Test, was bowled with another sharp in-ducker from Shami for five to a deafening roar from a crowd that built to close to capacity by the time the match was completed.
The victory gave India a 1-0 lead in the two-Test series with the final match starting this coming Thursday at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, the home city of the hosts’ batting megastar Sachin Tendulkar, who will be playing the 200th and final Test for his homeland.
A report and full scorecard are available here: http://www.windiescricket.com/news/heavy-wi-loss-after-shamis-fiver.
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West Indies captain Darren Sammy spoke to the Media following play.
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