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NEW DELHI: Left-arm spinner Manav Suthar announced his accomplishment connected the Test signifier successful stunning fashion, weaving a web astir Afghanistan's batters arsenic India registered the biggest triumph successful their Test past with an innings-and-300-run triumph successful the one-off Test astatine the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium successful New Chandigarh connected Monday.Making his Test debut, the 23-year-old from Rajasthan was the standout performer, claiming 6/33 successful the archetypal innings and adding different wicket successful the 2nd to decorativeness with lucifer figures of 7/62. His show not lone acceptable up India's crushing triumph but besides strengthened his lawsuit arsenic a imaginable semipermanent successor to Ravindra Jadeja successful the Test side.
Suthar shines connected imagination debut
Afghanistan ne'er looked comfy against Suthar. Bowling with awesome power and consistency, the left-armer repeatedly landed the shot successful the close areas and extracted crook and bounce to occupation the visitors.His figures of 6/33 made him lone the 10th Indian bowler and seventh Indian spinner to assertion a five-wicket haul connected Test debut. He besides joined an elite database of Indian bowlers to instrumentality six wickets successful an innings successful their maiden Test.The 23-year-old registered the champion bowling figures successful an innings connected Test debut by an Indian successful 38 years. The past Indian to amended that people successful his debut Test innings was Narendra Hirwani, who produced a legendary show against the West Indies successful Chennai successful 1988, claiming 8/61 and aboriginal finishing the lucifer with 16 wickets.
Suthar besides joined an exclusive nine of Indian bowlers to registry six-wicket hauls connected Test debut. Before him, lone Hirwani, Ravichandran Ashwin, Dilip Doshi and Syed Abid Ali had achieved the feat successful an innings during their archetypal Test appearances.With Ravichandran Ashwin retired and Jadeja successful the second stages of his Test career, Suthar's emergence could not person travel astatine a amended clip for Indian cricket.
Rahul, Gill powerfulness India to 564/8 declared
India's dominance began with the bat aft they were asked to bat first.
KL Rahul and skipper Shubman Gill struck commanding centuries, portion Sai Sudharsan, Rishabh Pant and Washington Sundar contributed invaluable half-centuries.The hosts yet declared connected a monolithic 564/8, putting Afghanistan nether contiguous pressure.
Afghanistan crumble against spin
The visitors had nary answers to India's rotation onslaught and were bowled retired for 152 successful their archetypal innings, conceding a immense 412-run lead.Asked to travel on, Afghanistan fared adjacent worse successful the 2nd innings.
Washington Sundar starred with 4/36, portion Kuldeep Yadav picked up 3/30 arsenic the visitors were dismissed for 112 successful conscionable 35.5 overs.Afghanistan's batters struggled some against prime rotation and their ain mediocre changeable selection, allowing India to wrapper up the lucifer midway done the 3rd day.
India's biggest-ever Test win
The innings-and-300-run triumph is India's largest triumph successful Test cricket history, surpassing the erstwhile grounds of an innings and 272 runs against the West Indies successful Rajkot successful 2018.
India's biggest Test wins:
- Innings & 300 runs vs Afghanistan, New Chandigarh (2026)
- Innings & 272 runs vs West Indies, Rajkot (2018)
- Innings & 262 runs vs Afghanistan, Bengaluru (2018)
- Innings & 239 runs vs Bangladesh, Mirpur (2007)
- Innings & 239 runs vs Sri Lanka, Nagpur (2017)
The triumph is besides among the 10 biggest victories successful Test cricket history, jointly ranking arsenic the 10th-largest innings triumph overall.
