Ashwin picks 4 to send Windies crashing for 181
October 06, 2018 10:47
WI 159-9 (44 ovs) vs India: 649-9d | Scorecard
Kuldeep overpitches as Chase hammers the spinner through the covers for a four. A single each to the two batsmen -- Chase and Devendra Bishoo -- before the former hits another boundary off Kuldeep through the off-side to complete his fifty in style from 66 balls.
Umesh follows it up with a maiden before Kuldeep, who was hit for 43 runs in his six over spell on Day 3, makes way for Ashwin.
The off-spinner is unlucky not to bag the wicket of Chase in his opening over as wicketkeeper Pant puts down the catch after the right-hander had edged Ashwin.
Chase turns the fifth ball through midwicket for a single before Bishoo blocks the last ball.
But Ashwin gets his man in the very next over as Chase is bowled through the gate. He went for the drive through the covers but was deceived in the air, as he failed to get to the pitch and got a thick inside edge which crashed into the stumps.
Chase walks back after scoring 53 as Windies are reduced to 159 for eight, in the 44th over.
Ashwin beats debutant Sherman Lewis two balls in a row as he gets some sharp turn into the right-hander. The third ball then spins away as Lewis plays down the wrong line, trying to defend, but watches it go straight on and crash into the off-stump.
Shannon Gabriel also attempts a suicidal heave and is beaten all ends by Ashwin but is lucky that the ball missed the stumps and he also collects four byes in the process. Wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant continues to struggle behind the stumps, especially against the spinners.
Ravindra Jadeja from the other end. Bishoo slog sweeps the second ball for a boundary through midwicket as Jadeja tosses it outside the off-stump.
Pant puts down another catch, as Bishoo gets an edge but the wicketkeeper fails to pouch it for his second drop of the day. The deflection also ensures that the ball goes away from Rahane in the slip, if not the ball would have come straight to him.
Bishoo slog sweeps Ashwin this time around for a boundary through midwicket and then gets a leg bye off the last ball.
Bishoo continues to chance his arms. This time he top edges the sweep off Jadeja but it falls safely behind square on the leg side and goes for a four.
He lofts the fourth ball down the ground but only for a single to long-on before Gabriel miscues the last ball on the off-side but it falls between two fielders.
Ashwin finishes off the West Indies as Gabriel is done in by the carrom ball as he drags his feet outside the crease and wicketkeeper Pant completes a quick stumping.
West Indies are bowled out for a lowly 181 in 48 overs in their first innings.
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