Winning the toss and electing to bat against inexperienced Indian attack on the Kotla graveyard turned into the key factor of the test. On first day while WI lost just 5 wickets, Day 2 saw 17 wickets falling, with India being bowled out and conceding 95 run lead. Day 3 saw WI setting a difficult target of 276 runs to win the match. With 2 more days remaining, India scored 152/2. 4th day saw India using 36 more overs to score 124 runs more losing 3 more wickets. The top order and middle order saw India home comfortably.
Kotla Test Record
Indian Test Record in Delhi
Match Facts of First Test
Ashwin received Player of the Match award on debut, as India won convincingly by 5 wickets.
West Indies 1st innings
- Brathwaite st Dhoni b Ojha 63 runs 212 balls 4 4s
Kieran Powell lbw b Ojha 14 runs 40 balls 3 4s
Kirk Edwards c & b Ojha 15 runs 40 balls 2 4s
Darren Bravo b Ashwin 12 runs 21 balls 2 4s
Chanderpaul lbw b Sharma 118 runs 196 balls 7 4s 2 6s
Samuels c Dhoni b Ashwin 15 runs 22 balls 3 4s
Baugh lbw b Ojha 27 runs 71 balls 3 4s
Sammy lbw b Ojha 5 runs 4 balls 1 four
Rampaul lbw b Ashwin 12 runs 21 balls 2 4s
Edwards c Sehwag b Ojha 10 runs 21 balls 2 4s
Bishoo not out 0
Extras (b 4, lb 8, nb 1) 13
Total (108.2 overs) 304
Fall of wickets
- 1-25 (Powell, 11.6 ov), 2-45 (KA Edwards, 23.3 ov), 3-72 (Bravo, 32.5 ov), 4-180 (Brathwaite, 69.5 ov), 5-200 (Samuels, 77.2 ov), 6-269 (Baugh, 98.6 ov), 7-281 (Sammy, 100.3 ov), 8-281 (Chanderpaul, 101.2 ov), 9-304 (Rampaul, 107.3 ov), 10-304 (FH Edwards, 108.2 ov)
Bowling
- Ishant Sharma 25 runs 5 maidens 80/1
Umesh Yadav 19 runs 5 maidens 52/0
Ojha 34.2 ov 9 maidens 72/6
Ashwin 27 ov 4 maidens 81/3
Sehwag 2 ov 5/0
Yuvraj Singh 1 ov 2/0
India 1st innings
- Gambhir run out 41 runs 41 balls 7 4s
Sehwag st Baugh b Bishoo 55 runs 46 balls 9 4s
Dravid c Sammy b Rampaul 54 runs 111 balls 3 4s
Tendulkar lbw b Edwards 7 runs 18 balls 1 four
Laxman c Baugh b Bishoo 1 run 5 balls
Yuvraj Singh c Fidel Edwards b Sammy 23 runs 39 balls 2 4s 2 6s
Dhoni b Sammy 0
Ashwin c Baugh b Sammy 0
Ishant c Baugh b Samuels 17 runs 41 balls 2 4s
Ojha not out 3 runs 7 balls
Yadav b Rampaul 0
Extras (b 5, w 1, nb 2) 8
Total (52.5 overs) 209
Fall of wickets
- 1-89 (Gambhir, 12.3 ov), 2-100 (Sehwag, 15.4 ov), 3-113 (Tendulkar, 20.6 ov), 4-120 (Laxman, 23.2 ov), 5-152 (Yuvraj Singh, 32.2 ov), 6-152 (Dhoni, 32.6 ov), 7-154 (Ashwin, 34.6 ov), 8-203 (Sharma, 49.2 ov), 9-209 (Dravid, 52.4 ov), 10-209 (Yadav, 52.5 ov)
Bowling
- Fidel Edwards 11 ov 1 maiden 57/1
Rampaul 14.5 ov 2 maidens 44/2
Sammy 8 ov 1 maiden 35/3
Bishoo 14 ov 55/2
Samuels 5 ov 13/1
West Indies 2nd innings
- Brathwaite lbw b Ojha 2 runs 41 balls
Powell c Gambhir b Ashwin 0
Kirk Edwards b Yadav 33 runs 80 balls 4 4s
Darren Bravo lbw b Ashwin 12 runs 39 balls 1 four
Chanderpaul lbw b Ashwin 47 runs 58 balls 7 4s
Samuels b Ashwin 0
Baugh c Dhoni b Yadav 7 runs 26 balls
Sammy b Ashwin 42 runs 37 balls 5 4s 1 six
Rampaul c Ojha b Ashwin 18 runs 31 balls 2 4s 1 six
Bishoo not out 9 runs 17 balls 1 four
Extras (b 1, lb 8) 9
Total (57.3 overs) 180
Fall of wickets
- 1-0 (Powell, 1.4 ov), 2-17 (Brathwaite, 13.1 ov), 3-26 (FH Edwards, 16.1 ov), 4-53 (KA Edwards, 26.6 ov), 5-63 (Bravo, 29.2 ov), 6-63 (Samuels, 29.6 ov), 7-84 (Baugh, 38.1 ov), 8-124 (Chanderpaul, 45.6 ov), 9-157 (Sammy, 51.5 ov), 10-180 (Rampaul, 57.3 ov)
Indian Bowling
- Ojha 14 ov 4 maidens 37/1
Ashwin 21.3 ov 5 maidens 47/6
Yuvraj Singh 1 ov 2/0
Ishant Sharma 14 ov 2 maidens 49/1
Umesh Yadav 7 ov 36/2
India 2nd innings (target: 276 runs)
- Gambhir lbw b Samuels 22 runs 32 balls 3 4s
Sehwag b Sammy 55 runs 55 balls 5 4s 2 6s
Dravid b Fidel Edwards 31 runs 101 balls 3 4s
Tendulkar lbw b Bishoo 76 runs 148 balls 10 4s
Laxman not out 58 runs 105 balls 6 4s
Yuvraj Singh b Sammy 18 runs 40 balls 2 4s
Dhoni not out 0
Extras (b 1, lb 14, nb 1) 16
Total (80.4 overs) 276/5
Fall of wickets
- 1-51 (Gambhir, 9.5 ov), 2-95 (Sehwag, 18.1 ov), 3-162 (Dravid, 47.1 ov), 4-233 (Tendulkar, 63.5 ov), 5-275 (Yuvraj Singh, 79.2 ov)
Bowling
- Fidel Edwards 15 ov 3 maidens 51/1
Rampaul 10 ov 34/0
Sammy 16 ov 56/2
Samuels 16 ov 57/1
Bishoo 22 ov 2 maidens 56/1
Brathwaite 1.4 ov 7/0
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