Sunday,
October 13, 2002, Chandigarh, India
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Harbhajan spins India to victory
Man
of the Match Virender Sehwag during the prize distribution ceremony
at the Wankhade Stadium in Mumbai on Saturday. |
The
four musketeers of the Indian team (from left) Rahul Dravid,
Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag
and Saurav Ganguly during the prize distribution ceremony
after India won the first Test match against West Indies at the
Wankhade Stadium on Saturday. —
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Mumbai, October 12
Harbhajan Singh fashioned India’s first-ever innings victory over West Indies with a mesmerising seven-wicket haul that skittled out the tourists for 188 in their second innings on the fourth day of the first cricket Test here today. India, who had bowled out West Indies for 157 in the first innings after scoring 457, thus registered an innings and 112 run victory, their biggest against the Caribbeans, to go 1-0 up in the three-match Test series. Harbhajan Singh, who had taken just one wicket in the first innings, had figures of seven for 48 from 28.3 overs in the second innings while his spin partner Anil Kumble bagged the remaining three wickets to finish with seven wickets from the match. West Indies, who were placed comfortably at 105 for one this morning, saw a sudden collapse after the dismissal of Chris Gayle in the sixth over of the
day. Gayle, who was caught by Saurav Ganguly off Harbhajan Singh, top-scored with 42.
West Indies simply crumbled after that, the batsmen finding it increasingly difficult to negotiate the uneven bounce of the pitch. Shivnarine Chanderpaul once again proved to be a tough nut to crack for the Indians and remained unbeaten on 36 but with no support from the other end, his contribution was hardly sufficient for the West Indies. India (1st innings) 457 West Indies (1st innings) 157 West Indies (2nd innings) Gayle c Ganguly b Harbhajan 42 W Hinds b Harbhajan 40 Sarwan c Sachin b Kumble 17 Chanderpaul not out 36 Hooper c and b Harbhajan 1 R Hinds c Sehwag b Kumble 2 Jacobs c Ganguly b Kumble 0 Nagamootoo c Ganguly b
Harbhajan 18 Dillon c Dravid b Harbhajan 0 Collins c Dravid b Harbhajan 8 Cuffy c and b Harbhajan 0 Extras (b-8, lb-15, nb-1) 24 Total: (all out ) 188 FoW: 1-60, 2-105, 3-107, 4-110, 5-117, 6-117, 7-158, 8-158, 9-184. Bowling: Srinath 4-2-19-0, Zaheer 4-0-26-0, Bangar 6-1-20-0, Harbhajan 28.3-12-48-7, Kumble 25-8-50-3, Tendulkar 1-0-2-0.
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