West Indies succumb to heaviest defeat against India
West Indies lost 14 wickets on the third day in Rajkot to lose by an innings and 272 runs
04/10Result
1st Test, West Indies tour of India at Rajkot, Oct 4-6 2018
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![India]( "India")
649/9d -
![West Indies]( "West Indies")
181 & 196 (50.5 ov) (f/o)
Player of the Match
04/10Result
1st Test, West Indies tour of India at Rajkot, Oct 4-6 2018
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![India]( "India")
649/9d -
![West Indies]( "West Indies")
181 & 196 (50.5 ov) (f/o)
Player of the Match
Day 3
Kuldeep Yadav craves red-ball success
The left-arm wristspinner, who became the seventh bowler to pick up a five-wicket haul in all three formats, says Test cricket is "very close to my heart"
Kohli wants more water breaks in extreme heat
The umpires cracked down on unscheduled drinks breaks in Rajkot, where temperatures touched 40 degrees celsius
West Indies' terrible run with bat in India continues
Stats highlights from the first Test in Rajkot, which ended inside three days
Kraigg Brathwaite wants West Indies batsmen to trust their defence
R Ashwin said he was "surprised" by the visitors' high-risk shots against the spinners
Day 2
Ravindra Jadeja's all-round entertainment highlights India's dominance
Kohli brought up yet another hundred, Pant dominated a beaten and bruised attack, and Jadeja walloped a maiden Test ton before West Indies' top order crumbled in the heat of Rajkot
Kohli second only to Bradman in getting 24 Test centuries
Virat Kohli now has 30 centuries as captain in international cricket, going past the number of centuries he has as non-captain
Kohli's focus the next lesson for carefree Pant
The pitch, the opposition, the heat were all peripheral to Kohli's single-minded pursuit of runs - while Pant made batting fun to watch
Bowlers didn't build enough pressure, says West Indies bowling coach Corey Collymore
He said they let the game slip away on the first day, allowing India "a fantastic start"
'This boy will end up playing for India' - What Tendulkar thought of a young Shaw
Also, what advice did Sachin Tendulkar give a young Prithvi Shaw when he asked him about the technical quirks of his batting?
Calm self-belief takes Ravindra Jadeja to long-awaited milestone
Batting with the confidence of a man who averages 50 over the last two years, the hometown hero shepherded the tail expertly to reach his maiden Test hundred
Day 1
Prithvi Shaw's punchy debut hundred headlines India's dominance
Cheteshwar Pujara and Virat Kohli backed him up with fifties against a depleted West Indies attack that struggled for consistency
'Looks like India have another superstar'
Praise for 18-year-old Prithvi Shaw after he became India's youngest debut Test centurion
Jason Holder injured ankle in West Indies' pre-season camp - Nic Pothas
West Indies' captain pulled out on the morning of the first Test, leaving Shannon Gabriel to lead a highly inexperienced pace attack
All the records Prithvi Shaw broke on debut
Prithvi Shaw, 18, burst on to the Test scene with a rapid hundred against West Indies in Rajkot. Here are the big numbers from his innings
Should have kept batting after the hundred - Prithvi Shaw
India's youngest debut Test centurion dedicated the innings to his father
Boy wonder Shaw's joyride continues
His punches belong in a boxing ring. He cuts with glee. And his flicks are 'tracer bullet' stuff
'I wanted to dominate as much as I could' - Prithvi Shaw
The 18-year-old opener, who became youngest India player to make a century on Test debut, dedicated his 154-ball 134 to his father
Others
Young West Indians 'eager to play Test cricket' - Jason Holder
The West Indies captain believes the longest format will endure 'for a very very long time'
Kohli wants solidity in top order; distances himself from Nair controversy
With India set to field a new-look opening pair in Rajkot, Kohli said that apart from the top order, everything in the Test side 'looks settled'
Quiz - How well do you know India's teenage Test debutants?
Prithvi Shaw's debut at Rajkot will make him the 30th teenager to play Test cricket for India. How well do you know these teenage sensations?
West Indies' batting in the spotlight as Prithvi Shaw debuts
Brathwaite, Hope and Chase form a settled core and Hetmyer and Ambris are full of promise. How far can they stretch India's bowling attack?
