IND vs WI, 1st Test : Twitter reacts as Rahane and Bumrah's brilliance helps India register a big win

India have kicked off their ICC World Test Championship campaign in style with a resounding 318-run win over the hosts, West Indies. When the Windies bowlers had reduced India to 25-3 in the first Test innings, it looked like the fans would witness a close battle at Antigua. However, some fine performances from Ajinkya Rahane, Ishant Sharma and Jasprit Bumrah ensured that Virat Kohli's men won the Test on the 4th day itself.

Speaking of Rahane's performance first, the Indian vice-captain, who had not scored a Test ton since August 2017, started off the West Indies tour on a positive note. He scored 81 runs in the first innings to guide India to a respectable score.

The Maharashtra-born batsman then ended his drought of centuries with a 102-run knock in the 2nd innings. Rahane showed an incredible amount of patience in the 2nd innings as he smashed only 5 boundaries during his 242-ball stay in the middle.

Half-centuries from Ravindra Jadeja, Hanuma Vihari and Virat Kohli in the Test match allowed India to set a massive target of 410 runs for the West Indies. Windies could only score 222 runs in the 1st innings, courtesy Ishant Sharma's 5-wicket haul.

In the 2nd innings, Gujarat-born right-arm quick, Jasprit Bumrah took the charge and scalped 5 wickets in his 8-over spell to send Jason Holder's men packing. Bumrah dismissed both the openers in the space of 2 overs while Darren Bravo, Jason Holder and Shai Hope were his next victims. Though there was a 50-run partnership for the 11th wicket, the Indian Team managed to register their biggest win outside home.

Ajinkya Rahane received the Man of the Match award for his batting performances. Here's how Twitter reacted to India's win:

Emphatic victory for India! Excellent effort by our pacers, especially @ImIshant in the 1st innings and @Jaspritbumrah93 in the 2nd innings. #INDvWI pic.twitter.com/bQBW7Kaghd

— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) August 26, 2019

Congratulations Team India 🇮🇳 Win Number 12 For Virat Kohli Just Surpassing The Great Saurav Ganguly As The Captain To Win The Most Number Of Overseas Test Games ✌🏻✨So Finally India Makes An Entry Into The World Test Championship Table 🔥🇮🇳🔥#INDvsWI #INDvWI #bumrah

— Dr Khushboo 👩🏻‍⚕️ (@khushikadri) August 25, 2019

Bumraaaaaah. 5/7. Yeah...in the fourth innings of a Test match on a slow pitch.... #WIvIND #Incredible

— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) August 25, 2019

Class eventually rises to the top. #Rahane

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) August 25, 2019

Well played @ajinkyarahane88, Test century was long overdue.

— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) August 25, 2019

100th win as captain for Virat Kohli in 152 International matches!He is 3rd Indian & only the 12th with 100 International wins as skipper.Only Ricky Ponting (134), Steve Waugh (150) & Hansie Cronje (151) had 100 International wins as captain in fewer games than Kohli. #WIvIND

— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats) August 25, 2019

The monkey’s off Rahane’s back ! #IndvsWI

— Vikrant Gupta (@vikrantgupta73) August 25, 2019

8⃣ overs3⃣ maidens7⃣ runs5⃣ wicketsIndia pacer @Jaspritbumrah93 was on 🔥 against West Indies! pic.twitter.com/KDOAr2Zt2p

— ICC (@ICC) August 26, 2019

Pretty good day for @rajasthanroyals. Hundreds for Rahane and Stokes! 😅

— Saurabh Malhotra (@MalhotraSaurabh) August 25, 2019

In Test cricket history only 11 bowlers have the distinction of claiming a five or more wicket haul in an innings, while conceding less than 10 runs - four are from Australia, two each from Eng/SAf/WI and now one from India (Jasprit Bumrah)#IndvWI #IndvsWI #WIvInd

— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) August 26, 2019

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