India vs Afghanistan Test: New Chandigarh (Day three of five)
India 564-8 declare (Gill 126, Rahul 100; Saleem 6-140)
Afghanistan 152 (Rahmat 60; Suthar 6-33) and 112 (Sundar 4-36, Kuldeep 3-30)
India won by an innings and 300 runs
Scorecard
As India thrashed Afghanistan by an Innings and 300 runs to claim their biggest Test win, debutant Manav Suthar took seven wickets in the match. In the Afghanistan’s first innings in the one-off Test at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh Stadium in New Chandigarh.
With the support of centuries from opener KL Rahul and skipper Shubman Gill, India to post a mammoth 564-8 declared in their first innings, In reply, Afghanistan were quickly in trouble.
Afghanistan began day three on 113-5 and, in spite of Rahmat Shah achieving his half-century, were swiftly bundled out for 152 as left-arm spinner Suthar finished his maiden five-wicket haul.
Having been asked to follow-on, Afghanistan started good but collapsed from 74-1 to 112 all out.
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Among the Indian bowlers, Off-spinner Washington Sundar was the pick second time around, taking 4-36, before left-arm wrist-spinner Kuldeep Yadav wrapped up a comprehensive win with two wickets in two balls.
Shubman Gill, who registered his 11th Test hundred on day one told “A complete win, ticked all the boxes so very happy,”
India who surpasses their hammering of West Indies by an innings and 272 runs in Rajkot in 2018 with this record win.
