of India dominion over afghann continued on Day 3 of the one-off Test at Mullanpur as a debutant spinner Manav Suthar created a spell to remember. After impressing with three crucial wickets on the second day, the Rajasthan all-rounder returned on Monday morning and further cemented his growing reputation with a sensational bowling display.
Afghanistan continued their innings hoping to reduce the huge deficit Rehmat Shah leads the resistance with a certain stroke. However, Suthar proved very difficult to handle as he troubled the visitors time and again with his accuracy, drift and sharp turn.
Manav Sutar dismisses Rehmat Shah to seal a memorable five
Already deleted Sharafuddin Ashraf earlier in the session, Suthar went into his next over needing one more wicket to complete a five-wicket haul on debut. The highlight came against Rahmat, who fought hard for Afghanistan and delivered a valiant half-century while trying to hold the batting together.
Suthar bowled a full delivery that was pitched around the leg stump, prompting Rahmat to play a wide shot. He could not get under the ball properly because he turned sharply after hitting the shot. Completely beaten by flight and length, Rehmat missed the shot completely before the ball hit the stumps.
The dismissal brought an end to Rahmat’s 60 innings and led to emotional celebrations from the debutant spinner. Teammates quickly surrounded Suthar as he completed a memorable five-wicket haul in his Test debut. The keeper then highlighted the youngster’s composure and control under pressure, with Afghanistan finding no answer to his relentless accuracy throughout the innings.
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Suthar’s six-wicket haul helps India to victory
The door of mercy was not the end of Süthar’s heroism. The left-arm spinner struck again to finish with impressive figures of 6/33 from 22 overs, recording the second-best bowling figures by an Indian on his Test debut. Only of Narendra Hirwani against the legendary 8/61 West India It overtakes him in 1988.
Afghanistan were eventually bowled out for just 152 in reply to India’s first innings declaration of 564/8. Formerly, Capt Shubman Gill He led the batting with 126 points KL Rahul Scored 100 points and Rishabh pants contributed an entertaining 81 to put the hosts in a commanding position.
After Suthar’s 6 for 33 helped to reduce Afghanistan to 152 in the first innings, India imposed the follow-on with a lead of 412. Afghanistan put up a brief resistance through Atal in their second attempt but could never recover from the pressure. Washington Sundar and Kuldeep Yadav He led the charge in the second innings, picking up crucial wickets as Afghanistan folded again. Washington claimed 4 for 36 and Kuldeep 3 for 30 to complete the bottom order. India completed a dominant win by an innings and 300 runs in New Chandigarh.
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