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R Ashwin did a big feat in the first test match, took 12 wickets in a single match… beat all the bowlers

The Indian team won the first match against the West Indies by an innings and 141 runs. Playing in the first innings in this match, the West Indies team collapsed and returned to the pavilion on 150 runs. In response, the Indian team scored 421 runs at the loss of 5 wickets in the first innings. India got a lead of 271 runs after the first innings. The West Indies team could only manage 130 runs in the second innings and the Indian team won the match by 141 runs.
 
During this match, Indian team’s veteran spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has taken 12 wickets in both the innings. Along with taking 12 wickets, he has made a big record in his name. Ashwin took five wickets in the first innings of this match. And took seven wickets in the second innings. Ashwin has done the feat of taking five wickets in an innings for the 34th time in his career. At the same time, he has done the feat of taking more than 10 wickets in a Test match for the eighth time. Now he has reached equal to Anil Kumble. Both Ashwin and Anil Kumble are fifth in the list of players who have taken 10 wickets.
 
Please tell that Sri Lankan bowler Muttiah Muralitharan has so far taken more than 10 wickets in Test matches 12 times. He is followed by Shane Warne of Australia, who has taken so many wickets 10 times. Whereas Richard Headley and Rangana Herath have done this feat nine times each.
 
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India had taken a lead of 271 runs by declaring the first innings at 421 for five wickets on Friday. The Caribbean team, which scored 150 runs in the first innings, was bundled out for 130 runs in 50 overs in the second innings. Ashwin, who took five wickets in the first innings, scored 21. Took 7 wickets for 71 runs in 3 overs. He has done the feat of taking five or more wickets in an innings for the 33rd time. Yashasvi Jaiswal was also instrumental in India’s victory, who scored 171 runs in the very first Test. Virat Kohli scored 76 runs in 182 balls but his innings was not fluid and he had to struggle a lot to score runs. Apart from this, he also got two life sentences. The second and final Test will be played at Port of Spain from 20 July. India have not lost a Test in the West Indies since 2002 and will be eyeing a clean sweep to pick up crucial World Test Championship points. West Indies’ second innings started badly and their four wickets fell for 32 runs.

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