Ace spinner Ravichandran Ashwin dismissed West Indies debutant Alick Athanaze to end his amazing presentation on Day 1 of the First Test at Windsor Park in Dominica on Wednesday (July 12).
However, the left-hander holed out to Shardul Thakur at wide mid-on ensuing to scoring 47 off 99. The incident occurred during the 55th over of the West Indies innings. The veteran off-spinner bowled a crease-up conveyance, short enough that Athanaze moulded for the draw. The 24-year-old hit high on the bat to Thakur, who committed no error.
The youth left with dissatisfaction as the hosts were diminished to 129-8 after 55 overs. For the unenlightened, Athanaze’s hit up to the public crew followed his great execution for the West Indies A side during their visit through Bangladesh.
He amassed 220 runs in three Tests as WI-A dominated the three-match informal Test series 1-0. The Dominica-conceived player has scored 1,825 runs in 30 five-star games, including two tons and 12 half-hundreds of years.
West Indies bundled out for 150 in the first innings as R Ashwin finishes fifer
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West Indies commander Kraigg Brathwaite’s choice to bat initially misfired, as the hosts were packaged out for 150 after 64.3 overs on Day 1. Other than Athanaze, no other hitter got moving.
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For India, Ashwin arose as the pick of the bowlers, with figures of 5-60, while Ravindra Jadeja stowed three wickets. Shardul Thakur and Mohammed Siraj scalped one each. With his fifer, Ashwin (702*) has now become just the third bowler to finish 700 wickets in worldwide cricket for India.
The 36-year-old is behind previous India chief Anil Kumble (956) and Harbhajan Singh (711). Other than Tests, the off-spinner has likewise scalped 151 and 72 wickets in 113 ODIs and 65 T20Is. He likewise went past Britain’s James Anderson in the rundown of most fifers (33).
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