IND vs AFG 2018: The Wicket was Little Slow - Umesh Yadav
Published - 15 Jun 2018, 10:22 PM | Updated - 22 Aug 2024, 11:52 PM
It proved to be a disastrous Test debut for Afghanistan, as they were annihilated by an innings and 262 runs by the No 1 team in the world at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.
It was a thoroughly professional performance by the home team in all three departments. The visitors will surely learn from this match and what it takes to play top class Test-playing a nation in Tests. It was for the first time that India managed to beat their opposition inside the 2nd day of a Test match in India.
On the opening day of the Test match, it was superb innings from the blade of Shikhar Dhawan and Murali Vijay which got them off to a brilliant start. After a 168-run opening partnership, India lost Dhawan.
However, it wasn’t before the southpaw became the 1st Indian to smash a century inside lunch of the opening day of a Test match. He scored 107 for 96 deliveries which studded with 19 fours and three sixes.
Hardik Pandya scored 71 on the 2nd day morning, as India managed to score 474 in their 1st innings. The Indian bowlers were all over Afghanistan from the word go.
After the run-out of Mohammad Shehzad, the Indian bowlers kept chipping away with the wicket on regular intervals. Ishant Sharma began the slide, but Ravichandran Ashwin was the wrecker-in-chief for India in the 1st innings.
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The off-spinner bagged four wickets while Jaddu and Ishant also chipped in with a couple each. The story in the 2nd innings was no different for Afghanistan either.
They kept losing wickets from the word go. Umesh Yadav in the process bagged his 100th Test wicket after bagging the first wicket in the 2nd innings. It was some superb bowling by the pacers.
In the 2nd half, it was Ravindra Jadeja who took the onus on himself to finish off the job for the hosts. He bagged four wickets while Ishant chipped in with a couple. Umesh also bagged a wicket and bowled in right areas. He revealed in a post-match interview that the wicket was a bit on the slower side.
Umesh says India can carry confidence to England tour,
“It is easier to swing the new ball first up, so I was just sticking to my basics. The wicket was a little slow and we wanted to bowl up to the stumps to swing the ball.
We knew that we have only one Test before England so this was a trial run. It finished quickly and couldn’t get many overs in, but we can carry the confidence of this Test match to England for sure,” Umesh said.
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