KOLKATA, India:Darren Sammy said his side could learn a lot from India, particularly from the pair of Rohit Sharma and Mohammad Shami, whose performances were key to their side’s victory.
KOLKATA, India:Darren Sammy said his side could learn a lot from India, particularly from the pair of Rohit Sharma and Mohammad Shami, whose performances were key to their side’s victory.
But the West Indies captain remained optimistic that his side could put up a much stronger fight in the second and final Test starting this coming Thursday at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
A dramatic batting collapse after tea under the pressure of high-quality swing bowling from Shami sent the Windies crashing to an innings and 51-run defeat in the first Test against the Indians yesterday at Eden Gardens.
None of the Windies batsmen looked comfortable at the crease once Shami got the ball to reverse swing prodigiously and the visitors were all out for 168 in their second innings, about 20 minutes before the scheduled close on the third day.
Shami collected 5-47 from 13.1 overs to finish with the second-best match figures by an Indian on Test debut of 9-118.
Sharma, whose 177 anchored the home team to 453 in their first innings and a lead of 219, was named Man of the Match.
The victory gave India a 1-0 lead in the two-Test series, with the final Test expected to be a grand affair in the home city of India’s batting megastar Sachin Tendulkar, who will be playing his 200th and final Test for his homeland.
“This was a disappointing loss for us,” said Sammy. “We are a much better team than how we played, but all credit must go to India. The way they used the old ball, especially Shami, I think he got the ball reversing quite well and our batsmen were not patient enough, starting with me.
“I remember prior to the match saying hopefully the Indian batsmen might still be in the one-day mode and play a lot of shots, but it was our batsmen playing the loose shots. There is much for us to think on, but all is not lost. We have another Test in Mumbai to show and we have to come back much stronger than what we showed over the last three days.”
Sammy added: “As a batting group, we have not batted well at all. A lot of rash shots were played, irresponsible shots. It started with me as captain, especially in the first innings, but it is something each individual has to pick up on their selves, be responsible for the runs for the team. As a group, we did not do that in any of the innings.
“One of our goals is to bat at least 130 overs in the first innings. In the first innings, we batted 78 and in the second innings we batted 54, so we are not occupying the crease and Test cricket is about being patient.
WEST INDIES 1st Innings 234
(M. Samuels 65; Mohammad Shami 4-71)
INDIA 1st Innings
(overnight 354 for six)
S. Dhawan b Shillingford 23M. Vijay st Ramdin b Shillingford 26C. Pujara c wkpr Ramdin b Cottrell 17S. Tendulkar lbw b Shillingford 10V. Kohli c Powell b Shillingford 3R. Sharma lbw b Permaul 177+M.S. Dhoni c wkpr Ramdin b Best 42R. Ashwin b Shillingford 124B. Kumar c Gayle b Shillingford 12
Mohammad Shami st Ramdin b Permaul 1
P. Ojha not out 2
Extras (b4, lb8, w1, nb3) 16
TOTAL (all out) 453
Fall of wickets: 1-42 (Dhawan), 2-57 (Vijay), 3-79 (Pujara), 4-82 (Tendulkar), 5-83 (Kohli), 6-156 (Dhoni), 7-436 (Sharma), 8-444 (Ashwin), 9-451 (Kumar).
Bowling: Best 17-0-71-1; Cottrell 18-3-72-1 (w1); Shillingford 55-9-167-6 (nb3); Permaul 23.4-2-67-2; Sammy 12-1-52-0; Samuels 4-0-12-0.
Overs: 129.4
WEST INDIES 2nd Innings
C. Gayle c Kohli b Kumar 33K. Powell lbw b Ashwin 36D.M. Bravo c Sharma b Ashwin 37M. Samuels lbw b Shami 4S. Chanderpaul not out 31
+D. Ramdin c Vijay b Mohammad Shami 1
D. Sammy b Mohammad Shami 8S. Shillingford b Mohammad Shami 0V. Permaul run out (+Dhoni) 0T. Best c Ojha b Ashwin 3S. Cottrell b Mohammad Shami 5
Extras (lb10) 10
TOTAL (all out) 168
Fall of wickets: 1-33 (Gayle), 2-101 (Powell), 3-110 (Samuels), 4-120 (Bravo), 5-125 (Ramdin), 6-152 (Sammy), 7-152 (Shillingford), 8-152 (Permaul), 9-159 (Best).
Bowling: Kumar 6-1-20-1; Mohammad Shami 13.1-0-47-5; Ashwin 19-2-46-3; Ojha 13-3-27-0; Tendulkar 3-0-18-0.
Overs: 54.1
Result: India won by an innings and 51 runs
Series: India lead two-match series 1-0
Man of the Match: R. Sharma (India)
Umpires: R. Kettleborough (England), N. Llong (England)
TV umpire: V. Kulkarni (India)
Match referee: A. Pycroft (Zimbabwe)
Reserve umpire: S. Das (India)
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