Jasprit Bumrah led a devastating fast bowling assault in routing the West Indies for 100 to earn India a crushing 318-run victory in the first Test at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua on Sunday.
Set an improbable target of 419 after Virat Kohli declared the tourists’ second innings at 343/7 in mid-afternoon, the hosts were demolished in 26.5 overs for their lowest Test innings total ever against India with Bumrah returning the outstanding figures of five for seven off eight overs.
Ishant Sharma supported Bumrah brilliantly with the new ball, taking 3/31 to finish with eight wickets in the match.
With 60 World Test Championship points in the bag, India will be seeking to double that tally and sweep the brief series when the second Test begins in Jamaica on Friday.
The victory saw the Indian team and its players achieve some incredible feats. From Kohli’s milestone as a captain to Bumrah’s stunning spell, there were several records set in Antigua on Sunday.
Here are all the statistics:
Most Test wins by Indian captains:
— Rajneesh Gupta (@rgcricket) August 25, 2019
27* Virat Kohli (47 Tests)
27 MS Dhoni (60 Tests)
21 Sourav Ganguly (49 Tests)
14 Mohammad Azharuddin (47 Tests)
9 Tiger Pataudi (40 Tests)
9 Sunil Gavaskar (47 Tests)#WIvsIND #WIvIND #INDvsWI #INDvWI
Most wins as Indian captain in away Tests:
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) August 25, 2019
12 Kohli (26 Tests)
11 Ganguly (28)
6 Dhoni (30)
5 Dravid (17)
Most wins overall:
27* Kohli (47)
27 Dhoni (60)
21 Ganguly (49)
14 Azharuddin (47)#WIvInd
Winning most Tests as captain away from home (Asian captains)
— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) August 26, 2019
26 - Misbah-ul-Haq
12 - Virat Kohli
11 - Sourav Ganguly
7 - Wasim Akram/Waqar Younis/Mahela Jayawardene
6 - Salim Malik/MS Dhoni#INDvWI#INDvsWI#WIvInd
Winning most Tests as captain outside Asia (Asian captains)
— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) August 26, 2019
8 - Misbah-ul-Haq
7 - Virat Kohli
6 - Sourav Ganguly
4 - Mushtaq Mohd/Javed Miandad/Wasim Akram/Salim Malik/MS Dhoni#INDvWI#INDvsWI#WIvInd
100th win as captain for Virat Kohli in 152 International matches!
— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats) August 25, 2019
He is 3rd Indian & only the 12th with 100 International wins as skipper.
Only Ricky Ponting (134), Steve Waugh (150) & Hansie Cronje (151) had 100 International wins as captain in fewer games than Kohli. #WIvIND
Indian captains with 100-plus international wins:
— Umang Pabari (@UPStatsman) August 25, 2019
MS Dhoni
Mohammad Azharuddin
VIRAT KOHLI*#WIvsIND
India's biggest Test wins (by runs):
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) August 25, 2019
337 v SA, Delhi, 2015 - under Kohli
321 v NZ, Indore, 2016 - Kohli
320 v Aus, Mohali, 2008 - Dhoni
318 v WI, Antigua, 2019 - Kohli
304 v SL, Galle, 2017 - Kohli
4 of the 5 biggest wins have come under Virat Kohli's leadership! #WIvInd
India are now unbeaten for 22 Tests against the West Indies - their longest unbeaten streak against ANY opponent in Test cricket.
— Rajneesh Gupta (@rgcricket) August 25, 2019
On the other hand, the 22-Test streak is West Indies' longest ever win-less streak against ANY opponent.#WIvsIND #WIvIND #INDvsWI #INDvWI
India dismissing opponents in fewest overs:
— Rajneesh Gupta (@rgcricket) August 25, 2019
25.1 ov, South Africa (Jo'burg, 2006)
26.2 ov, England (Mumbai, 1981)
26.4 ov, Bangladesh (Chittagong, 2004)
26.5 ov, West Indies (North Sound, 2019*)
27.5 ov, Afghanistan (Bengaluru, 2018)
*last pair lasted for 6.5 overs#WIvIND
The fun ends!
— Victor Tarapore (@VictorTarapore) August 25, 2019
Lowest totals India has bowled out an opponent in Tests (all 10 wkts): -
79 v SA, 2015
82 v SL, 1990
83 v AUS, 1981
84 v SA, 2006
91 v BAN, 2000
93 v AUS, 2004
94 v NZ, 2002
100 v NZ, 1981
100 v WI, 2019👈#MakeStatsGreatAgain #INDvWI #WIvIND https://t.co/1WHhi5gNik
Biggest winning margin for India in away Tests (by runs)
— Deepu Narayanan (@deeputalks) August 25, 2019
318 v WI North Sound 2019 *
304 v SL Galle 2017
279 v Eng Leeds 1986
278 v SL Colombo PSS 2015
272 v NZ Auckland 1967/68#WIvIND
Here's something that @ImIshant will be happy to see!
— Victor Tarapore (@VictorTarapore) August 25, 2019
Best Test bowling avg in WI (min. 30 wkts)
18.35 - Ishant Sharma👈
19.71 - Colin Croft
20.06 - Malcolm Marshall
20.29 - Angus Fraser
20.70 - Glenn McGrath
That's some serious company.#MakeStatsGreatAgain #INDvWI #WIvIND
Test Best match figures by Ishant Sharma
— Victor Tarapore (@VictorTarapore) August 25, 2019
10/108 v WI, Bridgetown, 2011
9/162 v NZ, Auckland, 2014
8/74 v WI, North Sound, 2019👈
8/86 v SL, Colombo, 2015#MakeStatsGreatAgain #INDvWI #WIvIND #Ishant
Jasprit Bumrah in this inns so far:
— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats) August 25, 2019
b. John Campbell
b. Darren Bravo
b. Shai Hope
b. Jason Holder
He is now the first Indian pacer with 4 wickets via bowled in an inning in Test cricket. #WIvIND
He's not only the first Indian, but the FIRST ever bowler from ASIAN countries to take five-wicket hauls in all these 4 countries.
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) August 25, 2019
Waqar, Wasim, Kapil, Murali, Kumble, Harbhajan... none of them could do so!
In Test cricket history only 11 bowlers have the distinction of claiming a five or more wicket haul in an innings, while conceding less than 10 runs - four are from Australia, two each from Eng/SAf/WI and now one from India (Jasprit Bumrah)#IndvWI #IndvsWI #WIvInd
— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) August 26, 2019
Cheapest Test 5-fers by an Indian: -
— Victor Tarapore (@VictorTarapore) August 25, 2019
5/7 - Jasprit Bumrah v WI, North Sound, 2019👈
6/12 - Venkatapathy Raju v SL, Chandigarh, 1990
5/13 - Harbhajan Singh v WI, Kingston, 2006#MakeStatsGreatAgain #INDvWI #WIvIND #Bumrah
(Inputs from AFP)
