India recorded their biggest Test win; crushing Afghanistan by an innings and 300 runs

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NEW DELHI: India recorded their biggest win in Test cricket on Monday when they defeated Afghanistan by an innings and 300 runs on the third day of the one-off Test in New Chandigarh.The win eclipsed India’s previous biggest Test win margin (Inns & 272 runs vs WI, Rajkot, 2018) and was built on a dominant bowling performance that saw them take 15 wickets in Afghanistan on day three. India wins the biggest innings

  • Inns & 300 runs vs AFG, Mullanpur, 2026*
  • Inns & 272 runs vs WI, Rajkot, 2018
  • Inns & 262 runs vs AFG, Bengaluru, 2018
  • Inns & 239 runs vs BAN, Mirpur, 2007
  • Inns & 239 runs vs SL, Nagpur, 2017

  • The only bigger innings victory on Indian soil was West Indies’ 336-run innings win over India at the Eden Gardens in 1958.
  • Among Asian teams, only Pakistan’s 324-run win over New Zealand in Lahore in 2002 was bigger.

India bowled out Afghanistan for 152 in their first innings and then wrapped up the second innings with ease after forcing the follow on. While left-arm debutant Manav Suthar led the way with six wickets in the first innings, Washington Sundar and Kuldeep Yadav shared seven wickets in the second innings.Afghanistan resumed the day on 113/5 but could not recover. Prasidh Krishna removed Azmatullah Omarzai early on before Suthar went through the lower order to finish with figures of 6/33 in 22 overs.The 23-year-old Rajasthan spinner dismissed Sharafuddin Ashraf (11), ended Rahmat Shah’s resistance after the batsman scored 60 off 135 balls, and completed a five-wicket haul on Test debut. He later trapped Mohammad Saleem Safi leg and took the wicket of Ziaur Rahman Sharifi to end the innings.Suthar’s figures are the second-best by an Indian bowler on Test debut, behind Narendra Hirwani’s 8/61 against the West Indies at Chennai in 1988. He also became the 10th Indian bowler and seventh Indian bowler to take five wickets in his first Test appearance.When Afghanistan were asked to bat again, India quickly stiffened the match. Washington Sundar and Kuldeep Yadav shared seven wickets between them as Afghanistan’s batting struggled again.India eventually completed an innings and 300-run victory, the largest in the country’s Test history.Quick Score:India 1st innings: declared 564/8 in 127 overs.Afghanistan: 152 and 112 all out in 35.5 overs. (Sediqullah Atal 42, Rahmanullah Gurbaz 24; Washington Sundar 4/36, Kuldeep Yadav 3/30).