India [649/9d] beat West Indies [181 & 196] by an innings and 272 runs in the first Test

[Abdullah719]

India: 1 KL Rahul, 2 Prithvi Shaw, 3 Cheteshwar Pujara, 4 Virat Kohli (capt.), 5 Ajinkya Rahane, 6 Rishabh Pant (wk), 7 R Ashwin, 8 Ravindra Jadeja, 9 Umesh Yadav, 10 Mohammed Shami, 11 Kuldeep Yadav

West Indies (possible): 1 Kraigg Brathwaite, 2 Kieran Powell, 3 Shai Hope, 4 Sunil Ambris, 5 Shimron Hetmeyer, 6 Roston Chase, 7 Shane Dowrich (wk), 8 Jason Holder (capt), 9 Keemo Paul, 10 Devendra Bishoo, 11 Shannon Gabriel

 

[alized]

Prithvi Shaw will score a debutant century today (if IND bat first)!!

MARK MY WORDS!!

 

[aloo paratha]

Interested to see how west Indies do, don't really know what to expect. Excited to see Gabriel bowl.

 

[aloo paratha]

West Indies have a good group of players, and they've been improving slowly. I just hope they are competitive.

 

[Chief Destroyer]

Good selection from Windies. Probably the best they can do atm. They need to hunt their domestic and see if they can find a genuine spinner. Guyana or Trinidad would be the places to look.

 

[Rahul1]

I hope we win the toss for once.

 

[Sanzcool]

India batting first

 

[saintgrace]

Kohli did.

 

[Oligochaetes]

More like West Indies lost the toss, Kohli didnt have to make a call.

 

[Sanzcool]

KL still in Eng hangover, gone for a duck

 

[Tyler Durden]

The love affair of KL Rahul & LBWs continues...

 

[austerlitz]

Rahul falling over again!

 

[Asif321]

Yadav playing ahead of Siraj lol

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Attack should have been Yadav and siraj. Don't know what siraj has to do to get into this lineup.

 

[Tyler Durden]

Teams have worked out KL Rahul very well. All they do is bowl stump to stump and target his pads.. Hope he shows up well in the 2nd Innings atleast...

 

[axis]

Kohli, Pujara, Rahane.. please score now.. Minnow is here and home bullies can finally make their mark.

 

[austerlitz]

Pujara again disrupting shaw's momentum with blockathon.

 

[charlie007]

Kohli, Pujara, Rahane.. please score now.. Minnow is here and home bullies can finally make their mark.

Kohli - home bully??

 

[axis]

Kohli - home bully??

As a batting unit they are.

 

[MenInG]

KL Rahul lbw b Gabriel 0 ( 4b 0X4 0X6) SR: 0.00


India 27/1 after winning toss

 

[Zerotohero]

Prithvi Shaw is not batting like a debutant..what confidence and his back foot punches are looking good

 

[Oligochaetes]

Wow, spin in the 9th over. Handled decently by Shaw. Nice start from Bishoo though..

 

[MenInG]

A new ground rules if you dont want to see posts deleted or you banned

Don't mess with player names and dont get personal with each other, use report abuse button if any issue

 

[Oligochaetes]

An 18 year old scoring 32 (32) in debut test. Wow. As NS Sidhu would say, exuberance of youth!

 

[Rahul1]

Kohli, Pujara, Rahane.. please score now.. Minnow is here and home bullies can finally make their mark.

I think the same minnow defeated Pakistan in a test in uae once.

 

[Bangalorean]

Kohli, Pujara, Rahane.. please score now.. Minnow is here and home bullies can finally make their mark.

Hope you were in abyss when Kohli scored 550+ runs in Eng Tour !

 

[alized]

Can this Pujara get OUT so we can see Kohli and Shaw together on the pitch?

 

[Oligochaetes]

Omg shaw!

 

[Bangalorean]

Can this Pujara get OUT so we can see Kohli and Shaw together on the pitch?

Patience brother, this is not T20 or ODI, every batter will get chance 5 days more to go

 

[Oligochaetes]

: :50: on DEBUT

 

[Mamba Red]

All well and good on this ****** pitch against a minnow.

 

[Justcrazy]

up by India.

 

[karthikc]

All well and good on this ****** pitch against a minnow.

Yeah..I mean I really would have liked to see Shaw against a better bowling attack. This looks like net practice for him.

 

[Justcrazy]

Shaw will seal a place for Australian Tour for himself.

 

[LastManstanding]

Hope Shaw doesnt score a century today. Last time a debutant scored a century against WI, turned out to be a bad investment for us.

 

[Justcrazy]

Shaw will get a debut hundred here.

 

[WengerOut]

Batsmen taking small water bottles out of their pocket and drinking when they need. New to me.

 

[munaf4u]

Pujara carrying water bottle in his right pocket while batting. Surprising

 

[BlackShadow]

All well and good on this ****** pitch against a minnow.

A good bowling attack though. Gabriel and Bishoo are fine bowlers, destroyed Pakistan in UAE and won a Test. Sherman Lewis is an exciting pacer too.

 

[Justcrazy]

WI lack bowlers who can be effective here , India likely to go for an innings win here

 

[karthikc]

KL Rahul wasted a chance to make a century

 

[Mamba Red]

A good bowling attack though. Gabriel and Bishoo are fine bowlers, destroyed Pakistan in UAE and won a Test. Sherman Lewis is an exciting pacer too.

Not saying Shaw is a crap player the kid is very young and a great start for him, hope he becomes a gun.

 

[Oligochaetes]

Hope Shaw doesnt score a century today. Last time a debutant scored a century against WI, turned out to be a bad investment for us.

Going by your logic, he should have made his debut against Pakistan... =D

 

[Rahul1]

Hope Shaw doesnt score a century today. Last time a debutant scored a century against WI, turned out to be a bad investment for us.

What kind of logic is this?

 

[Justcrazy]

West Indies have not been able to keep runs down also. Poor bowling.

 

[Bangalorean]

All well and good on this ****** pitch against a minnow.

Some teams drop test to this minnow (WI) in home pitch

On topic, good start for Shaw's test career

 

[Zerotohero]

All well and good on this ****** pitch against a minnow.

Ahhhh the burn...can smell through the screen.. its ok pls appreciate a good innings and a test match

 

[WengerOut]

If the water bottle drops on the stumps, would that be out?

 

[Justcrazy]

133 . 1

lunch

 

[RamLakhan]

KL Rahul wasted a chance to make a century

Wasting chance has become a fashion for him! No surprise!

 

[alized]

If the water bottle drops on the stumps, would that be out?

if helmet drops on stumps would that be out?

 

[Oligochaetes]

At Lunch

India 133-3 (25)
Shaw 75(74)*
Pujara 56(74)*

 

[jnaveen1980]

On this pitch he is going to thrash Anderson, Broad anyone. But the good thing is unlike a typical debutant he backs himself. Can't help think about Sehwag who made a quick century under pressure in SA against very good bowling attack.

 

[WengerOut]

if helmet drops on stumps would that be out?

Hit wkt, if not wrong

 

[WengerOut]

At Lunch

India 133-3 (25)
Shaw 75(74)*
Pujara 56(74)*

Gave 3 wickets for WI out of sympathy Bro?

 

[Oligochaetes]

Gave 3 wickets for WI out of sympathy Bro?

Sorry typo

 

[Zerotohero]

Gave 3 wickets for WI out of sympathy Bro?

Rather 2 extra wickets

 

[Swashbuckler]

Shaw the 18 year old kid looks fantastic, I feel we have unearthed a gem here. Hope he gets a daddy 100 and seals a spot for Australia tour.

 

[Dark_Horse]

Just want to know is it wi a team or b team

 

[RamLakhan]

Just want to know is it wi a team or b team

WI d team (dead team! Dead long back in 90s!)

 

[OyeOye]

P.shaw scored 4 and 150 at rajkot on his debut in Ranji trophy at rajkot.he was given out on 99 but was NO BALL.

HE need 25 more to reach magic 100 on debut

 

[OyeOye]

Youngest opener to score 50 on debut
===============================
17 y-302d - Hanif Mohd.vs India
18y-105d-j.Stollmeyer vs Eng
18y-290d-T.Iqbal vs NZ
18y-294d-I Farhat vs NZ
18y-329d- p.Shaw vs WI.


Debut 50 for India
Yuvraj of patiala ( anyone know his name?)
Abbas Ali Baig
Gavaskar
Parthsarthi Sharma
Vihari
Shaw

???

 

[OyeOye]

Trailor 75*) before lunch but real picture will starts after Lunch

 

[alized]

Shaw and Kohli both in batting line-up. That’s so scary!

India would white wash Pakistan if there was a Test series in any ground in the world. Yes! Including Karachi, Lahore, Multan, Peshawar, Faisalabad, Rawalpindi

 

[WengerOut]

Hooper still has so much swag!

 

[RyanRyan10]

Youngest opener to score 50 on debut
===============================
17 y-302d - Hanif Mohd.vs India
18y-105d-j.Stollmeyer vs Eng
18y-290d-T.Iqbal vs NZ
18y-294d-I Farhat vs NZ
18y-329d- p.Shaw vs WI.


Debut 50 for India
Yuvraj of patiala ( anyone know his name?)
Abbas Ali Baig
Gavaskar
Parthsarthi Sharma
Vihari
Shaw

???

Yuvraj of Patiala=Yadvindra Singh

 

[Bangalorean]

Hooper still has so much swag!

Looks cool in casual outfit

 

[alized]

Come on Shaw! Hit those three figures with sixes

 

[austerlitz]

Prithvi shaw!!

 

[Oligochaetes]

Shaw batting on 84 with 13 boundaries...WOW

 

[alized]

This guy doesn’t look like a debutant. He has more skillz than 100 match veterans. Imagine how much he improves over times

 

[BlackShadow]

Future legend enters 90s.

 

[Swashbuckler]

Indian batting bench is so talented and full of swag, yet we get these useless TTFs in our ODI/T20 middle order.

 

[alized]

Let’s see his work with the 90s. Is he calm or nervous?

 

[karthikc]

Indian batting bench is so talented and full of swag, yet we get these useless TTFs in our ODI/T20 middle order.

Shaw should be put in the ODI team man..more than enough time till World Cup

 

[BlackShadow]

Shaw scoring too fast. Probably wants an ODI selection too.

 

[alized]

Shaw scoring too fast. Probably wants an ODI selection too.

There’s no such thing as “too fast”!!!

 

[BlackShadow]

Pujara always scores freely with an ATG on the other end.

Pujara scoring freely today.

ATG confirmed.

 

[Oligochaetes]

Pujara always scores freely with an ATG on the other end.

Pujara scoring freely today.

ATG confirmed.

Nail hit on the head. Pujara batting freely implies Shaw is a TOP talent

 

[cricketindiafan]

Comeon youngman. Convert this into a big 100, you will not get better opportunities to score a daddy hundred.