Afghanis find first 'Test paper' too tough for them

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Bengaluru: Afghanistan tasted Indian curry in its first Test. After South Africa, Afghanistan has become the second team to lose its maiden Test inside two days as India thumped visitors by an innings and 262 runs in the one-off Test at the M Chinnaswamy stadium here on Friday.

It is also Indian Cricket team's biggest innings win and the country has become the first Asian side to wrap out a game in two days.

Afghanistan bowling, however, fought the one-sided battle but batting display was more than disappointing.

The second innings of Afghanistan was the translation of its first innings.

India lived up to its billing as the No.1 ranked Test side, by riding on a collective team effort that saw it posting a commanding 474 in its first innings before the bowlers joined the party to dismiss the rookie visitors twice in two consecutive sessions.

After being bowled out for a paltry 109 in the first innings, the visitors were once again skittled out in a single session for 103 in their second essay.

Left-hander Hashmatullah Shahidi (36 not out) waged a lone battle, showing great resilience against a disciplined Indian bowling unit but failed to find support from the other batsmen who still seem to be in the T20 mould.

Left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja (4/17) and pacer Umesh Yadav (3/26) were the wreckers-in-chief in the second innings as the duo exposed the inexperienced Afghan line-up not once but twice in the same day.

Umesh started the onslaught in the second innings by ripping through the Afghan top order, which saw Mohammed Shahzad (13), Javed Ahmadi (3) and Mohammad Nabi (0) back in the hut with just 22 runs on the board.

Umesh's fellow pacer Ishant Sharma then struck with the wicket of Rahmat Shah (4) before Jadeja joined the party with the wickets of skipper Asghar Stanikzai (25), stumper Afsar Zazai (1) and Rashid Khan (12) in no time.

Ishant then jolted the visitors again by breaking through the defences of Yamin Ahmadzai (1) as the Afghans started looking down the barrel.

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Jadeja then came back to pack Mujeeb Ur Rahman (3) while last man Wafadar fell for a duck to offie Ravichandran Ashwin, giving India a handsome win within two days.

Earlier, in the first innings, star off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin led from the front with four wickets to bowl Afghanistan out for a meagre 109, the lowest total at the Chinnaswamy Stadium.

Ashwin was well supported by Jadeja and Ishant, who picked up two wickets each to dismiss the visitors inside the second session.

Earlier, No.1 ranked India rode on centuries from Shikhar Dhawan (107) and Murali Vijay (105) and fluent half centuries from Lokesh Rahul (51) and all-rounder Hardik Pandya (71) to post a commanding 474 in their first innings.

India managed to add 127 runs to their overnight total of 347/6 on the second morning, thanks to Pandya's third Test half century and coupled with some cameos from the tailenders.

For Afghanistan, pacer Yamin Ahmadzai was the pick of the bowlers with three wickets while fellow quick Wafadar and wrist spinner Rashid Khan chipped in with two wickets each.

Check complete scorecard in the next slide:

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Following is the scorecard of the one-off Test between India and Afghanistan, which the hosts won by an innings and 262 runs here on Thursday.

India 1st innings: (overnight 347/6)

Hardik Pandya c Afsar Zazai b Wafadar 71

Ravichandran Ashwin c Afsar Zazai b Yamin Ahmadzai 18

Ravindra Jadeja c Rahmat Shah b Mohammad Nabi 20

Ishant Sharma lbw b Rashid Khan 8

Umesh Yadav not out 26

Extras 16 (b 1, lb 12, nb 1, w 2)

Total: 474 all out (in 104.5 overs)

Fall of wickets: 1-168 (S Dhawan, 28.4 ov), 2-280 (M Vijay, 51.5 ov), 3-284 (KL Rahul, 52.1 ov), 4-318 (AM Rahane, 66.3 ov), 5-328 (CA Pujara, 69.5 ov), 6-334 (KD Karthik, 74.5 ov), 7-369 (R Ashwin, 85.5 ov), 8-436 (RA Jadeja, 98.5 ov), 9-440 (HH Pandya, 99.2 ov), 10-474 (I Sharma, 104.5 ov)

Bowling: Yamin Ahmadzai 19-7-51-3, Wafadar 21-5-100-2, Mohammad Nabi 13-0-65-1, Rashid Khan 34.5-2-154-2, Mujeeb Ur Rahman 15-1-75-1,

Asghar Stanikzai 2-0-16-0.

Afghanistan 1st Innings:

Mohammad Shahzad run out (Pandya) 14

Javed Ahmadi b Ishant Sharma 1

Rahmat Shah lbw b Umesh Yadav 14

Afsar Zazai b Ishant Sharma 6

Hashmatullah Shahidi lbw b R Ashwin 11

Asghar Stanikzai b R Ashwin 11

Mohammad Nabi c Ishant Sharma b R Ashwin 24

Rashid Khan c Umesh Yadav b R Jadeja 7

Yamin Ahmadzai c R Jadeja b R Ashwin 0

Mujeeb Ur Rahman st Dinesh Karthik b R Jadeja 15

Wafadar not out 6

Extras 0

Total 109 all out (in 27.5 overs)

Fall of wickets: 1-15 (Mohammad Shahzad, 3.6 ov), 2-21 (Javed Ahmadi, 5.2 ov), 3-35 (Rahmat Shah, 8.2 ov), 4-35 (Afsar Zazai, 9.1 ov), 5-50 (Asghar Stanikzai, 12.3 ov), 6-59 (Hashmatullah Shahidi, 16.4 ov), 7-78 (Rashid Khan, 21.3 ov), 8-87 (Yamin Ahmadzai, 24.5 ov), 9-88 (Mohammad Nabi, 26.3 ov), 10-109 (Mujeeb Ur Rahman, 27.5 ov)

Bowling: Umesh Yadav 6-1-18-1, Ishant Sharma 5-0-28-2, Hardik Pandya 5-0-18-0, Ravichandran Ashwin 8-1-27-4, Ravindra Jadeja 3.5-1-18-2.

Afghanistan 2nd Innings (following on)

Mohammad Shahzad c Dinesh Karthik b Umesh Yadav 13

Javed Ahmadi c Shikhar Dhawan b Umesh Yadav

Rahmat Shah c Ajinkya Rahane b Ishant Sharma

Mohammad Nabi lbw b Umesh Yadav 0

Hashmatullah Shahidi not out 36

Asghar Stanikzai c Shikhar Dhawan b R Jadeja 25

Afsar Zazai b R Jadeja 1

Rashid Khan b R Jadeja

Yamin Ahmadzai b Ishant Sharma

Mujeeb Ur Rahman c Umesh Yadav b R Jadeja 3

Wafadar b Ashwin 0

Extras 5 (b 4, lb 1)

Total 103 all out (in 38.4 overs)

Fall of wickets: 1-19 (Mohammad Shahzad, 3.6 ov), 2-22 (Javed Ahmadi, 5.1 ov), 3-22 (Mohammad Nabi, 5.5 ov), 4-24 (Rahmat Shah, 6.3 ov), 5-61 (Asghar Stanikzai, 23.4 ov), 6-62 (Afsar Zazai, 25.3 ov), 7-82 (Rashid Khan, 29.2 ov), 8-85 (Yamin Ahmadzai, 32.5 ov), 9-98 (Mujeeb Ur Rahman, 35.6 ov), 10-103 (Wafadar, 38.4 ov)

Bowling: Ishant Sharma 7-2-17-2, Umesh Yadav 7-1-26-3, Hardik Pandya 4-2-6-0, Ravichandran Ashwin 11.4-3-32-1, Ravindra Jadeja 9-3-17-4.

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