India vs West Indies, 1st Test: 5 things that went unnoticed from the game

After three dominant days of Test cricket, it was the Indian cricket team that got better of its opponents as they registered a win by an innings and 272 runs. The hosts were subjugating right from the start as they won the toss and asked the opponents to field first.

Former U19 world cup winning captain Prithvi Shaw was making his debut as he got his Test cap before the match. The young debutant made his bow in style as he scored a scintillating century on the inaugural day of the Test match.

The day was further followed by Cheteshwar Pujara’s knock of 86 runs. India ended up scoring 364/4 by the end of Day 1. Young Rishabh Pant kicked off the second in a stupendous way.

What followed Pant’s blitz of 92 runs in 84 balls was the Indian Captain's 24th test century. Virat Kohli’s 139 was superseded by the Local Boy Ravindra Jadeja’s maiden test ton which took India’s total to 649. The Windies came out to bat on the second day itself.

Howbeit, they had a horrendous start as they lost a total of 6 wickets on the score of 94 runs by the end of 2nd day. Day 3 was yet another day where the Indian team kept dominating as it bundled the West Indian team out in the first session itself and enforced the follow-on.

The carnage didn’t stop even after the follow-on as the Indian bowling line-up bowled out the opponents under 200 for the second time in a day and won the match by an innings and 272 runs.

Here are some points which might have gone unnoticed from the Test match:

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#5 Kuldeep Yadav’s first Fifer in Test cricket

Kuldeep picked up his maiden fiver

Kuldeep Yadav is going through one of the best phases of his cricket career. The 23-year old has undoubtedly been India’s backbone in the white ball setup. He has single-handedly won quite a few games for his team. However, his place in Test cricket was still under the scanner. His performance with the red ball hadn’t been up to mark.

But the Kanpur-born lad, today, put a full stop to all the debates as he took his first fifer in a white jersey. The Chinaman, with the figures of “14 overs, 57 runs, 5 wickets” became the 2nd Indian after Bhuvaneshwar Kumar to register a 5-wicket haul in every format and the first player to do so in the same calendar year.

#4 India’s biggest Test victory in terms of margin (by innings)

India beat the Windies by an innings and 272 runs

It was quite an easy win for India on Saturday as they finished the 5-day match in just under three days. An all-round performance from the hosts made the path very easy as they prevented the West Indian team from breaching the 200-run mark in both the innings. Such a blistering win made sure that the records and stats start raining.

One of those records was that the Indian team, with this win, registered it’s biggest test win in terms of margin. India won the match by an innings and 272 runs which made this game a memorable one.

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#3 India recorded their biggest win in consecutive Test matches on Indian soil

India's previous biggest win was against Afghanistan in their last home game only

Records started to rain as India finished the first match of the test series on Saturday. The team managed to win the game by a mouth-watering margin of an innings and 272 runs. This was not only their biggest Test win in terms of runs but also their biggest win in consecutive matches at their home.

The last Test which India played on the Indian soil was against Afghanistan where they won the match by an innings and 262 runs. And now this victory clearly meant that the team registered it’s the biggest win in consecutive home Tests.

#2 Kuldeep Yadav being introduced in the 9th over

The captain showcased his faith in the young Chinaman

Pacers are known to give a start to their team. On most of the occasions, Seamers are asked to start the proceedings for their team and are given the bowl for at least a spell of 10 overs.

But the tables turned today when the Young Chinaman Kuldeep Yadav was given the ball in the 9th over. This was the earliest he bowled in Test Cricket surpassing his own record of bowling the 12th over at Pallekele, Sri Lanka.

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#1 Virat Kohli became the second quickest to score 24 test centuries

Records keep on tumbling for this man

Records just follow when Virat Kohli comes out to bat. The Indian captain on Friday scored his 24th test century which earned him quite a lot of achievements. With this knock, Kohli became the second quickest man after Don Bradman (63) to score 24 test centuries.

He achieved this landmark in 123 innings. After India won the Test match, Kohli has a total of 41 centuries in winning cause which is also the third highest. He also became the first Indian to score 1000+ Test runs in three consecutive calendar years.