The Calypso collapse

Hyderabad, October 14

India thumped West Indies by 10 wickets inside three days to complete a 2-0 series sweep here today after Umesh Yadav’s stellar bowling effort set up their comprehensive victory in the and second and final Test. 

West Indies skipper Jason Holder’s 5/56 limited India’s first-innings lead to 56 in the morning, but their abject second-innings batting left the hosts needing only 72 to win. Openers Prithvi Shaw and Lokesh Rahul, both of whom remained unbeaten on 33 each, completed the formalities in 16.1 overs to inflict on West Indies their second successive defeat inside three days. Umesh, who was twice on a hat-trick in the match, claimed 4/45 to become only the third Indian paceman after Kapil Dev and Javagal Srinath to claim 10 wickets in a home Test. “I felt really happy for him,” India coach Ravi Shastri said of Umesh, who has often had to warm the bench because of the competition in the pace bowling department.

“It can be frustrating when you sit on the reserve bench like he did in four Test matches in England. He got his opportunity here and he grabbed it with both hands... He’s given us a (selection) headache and it’s a very good headache,” the coach said. 

After India resumed Day 3 on 308/4, Rishabh Pant fell on 92 for the second successive innings and Ajinkya Rahane also missed his century as Holder and Shannon Gabriel restricted India to 367. Holder surprised Rahane, who made 80, with extra bounce and, two balls later, trapped Ravindra Jadeja lbw for a duck. Rahane featured in a 152-run stand with Pant, who failed to reach the triple-figure mark thanks to a brilliant catch by Shimron Hetmyer.

Abject surrender 

The West Indies batsmen, however, could not complement the lion-hearted effort of their bowlers. The tourists got off to a nightmarish start with opener Kraigg Brathwaite and Kieran Powell both departing for ducks. Brathwaite blocked the first delivery from Umesh to deny him a hat-trick spread across two innings, though fell caught behind off the very next ball.

Umesh dismissed Roston Chase and Shane Dowrich with the last ball of his eighth over and the first of his ninth but a hat-trick eluded him for the second time in the match. Sunil Ambris’s 38 was the top score in a poor batting display by his team. India’s spin trio, led by Ravindra Jadeja (3/12), shared six wickets among them, but had to be, for once, content playing second fiddle to paceman Umesh, who was chosen Man of the Match. — Reuters

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10-for: Umesh joins Kapil, Srinath

Umesh Yadav took 10/133 in the match to join Kapil Dev and Javagal Srinath as Indian pace bowlers to take 10 or more wickets in a Test in India

• 13/132 Javagal Srinath’s match figures against Pakistan in Kolkata in Feb 1999. Result: India lost by 46 runs
• 11/146 Kapil Dev’s first 10-for at home, against Pakistan in Chennai in Jan 1980. Result: India won by 10 wkts
• 10/133 Umesh Yadav’s figures vs WI at Hyderabad in Oct 2018. Result: India won by 10 wkts
• 10/135 Kapil Dev’s effort vs WI at Ahmedabad in Nov 1983. Result: India lost by 138 runs

Shastri sees sachin, Viru, lara in Shaw 

Hyderabad: India coach Ravi Shastri feels there’s a bit of Sachin Tendulkar, Brian Lara and Virender Sehwag in Prithvi Shaw. “He is born to play cricket. He’s been playing since the age of eight in the maidans of Mumbai, and you can see all that hard work in his game. He’s a spectator’s delight,” said the delighted coach.  “There’s a bit of Sachin there, a bit of Viru in him and when he walks, there’s a bit of Lara as well... he has a bright future.” 

Man of the Series in debut series

• S Ganguly vs Eng, 1996
• R Ashwin vs WI, 2011
• Rohit Sharma vs WI, 2013
• Prithvi Shaw v WI, 2018

His scores

134  |  70  |  33*

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Holder says

Batting let us down 

"A little disappointed with the way we batted in the second innings. I thought we fought our way back into the game after the fightback yesterday, and we tried to push forward today. But credit to India, they played commendably and did the basics better than us."

Hard to take 

"Honestly, it’s hard to take it. I am trying to understand the reasons why it is happening. It’s a case where we all need to put our heads together -- the management, the selectors and the players... We got to come together a little bit more and find ways and solutions to deal with the problems that we have at the moment"