India crush Windies by innings & 272 runs in biggest ever Test win

Rajkot: India recorded their biggest Test win ever as they humiliated the West Indies by an innings and 272 runs in the first Test here on Saturday, wrapping up one of the most ludicrous mismatches of recent times without breaking a sweat. India dominated the game, amassing 649 for nine in their first innings before bowling out the West Indies twice on day three, to take a 1-0 lead in the two-match series.

The Windies were bundled out for 181 in 48 overs before lunch and were expectedly forced to follow-on. They did not fare any better in the second innings, crumbling to 196 all out in 50.5 overs in the final session. Previously, the innings and 262-run win over Afghanistan in June this year was India's best in terms ever innings victory.

While Ravichandran Ashwin (4/37) was the pick of the bowlers in the morning, Kuldeep Yadav (5/57) was all over the opposition batsmen in the second innings on his way to a maiden five-wicket haul in Tests. The feat makes Yadav the first player to have a five-wicket haul in all three formats of the game.