New Delhi: India registered their biggest win in Test cricket by defeating Afghanistan by an innings and 300 runs on the third day of the one-off Test at New Chandigarh on Monday.The win eclipsed India’s previous biggest Test victory margin (ins and 272 runs vs WI, Rajkot, 2018) and was set up by a strong bowling performance that saw Afghanistan take 15 wickets on day three. India’s biggest innings win
- Innings and 300 runs vs AFG, Milanpur, 2026*
- Innings and 272 runs vs WI, Rajkot, 2018
- Innings and 262 runs vs AFG, Bengaluru, 2018
- innings and 239 runs vs BAN, Mirpur, 2007
- Innings and 239 runs vs SL, Nagpur, 2017
- The West Indies’ only major innings win on Indian soil was an innings and 336-run win over India at Eden Gardens in 1958.
- Among Asian teams, only Pakistan’s innings and 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 enforcing the follow-on. While debutant left-arm spinner Manu Suthar took six wickets in the first innings, Washington Sundar and Kuldeep Yadav took seven wickets in the second innings.Afghanistan resumed the day at 113/5 but could not hold on. Parsed Krishna removed Azmatullah Umarzai early on before Sutrar ran away from the lower order with figures of 6/33 in 22 overs.The 23-year-old Rajasthan spinner dismissed Sharafuddin Ashraf (11), ended Rahmat Shah’s resistance as the batsman hit 60 off 135 balls, and took five wickets on Test debut. Later, he trapped Mohammad Saleem Safi on the leg and took the wicket of Ziaur Rahman Sharifi to end the innings.Behind Narendra Hirwani’s 8/61 against the West Indies in Chennai in 1988, Sothar’s figures are the second best on Test debut by an Indian bowler.With Afghanistan asked to bat again, India quickly took control of the match. Washington Sundar and Kuldeep Yadav shared seven wickets between them, as Afghanistan’s batting struggled once again.India eventually completed an innings and 300-run victory, the country’s biggest in Test history.Short Score:India 1st innings: 564/8 declared in 127 overs.Afghanistan: 152 in 35.5 overs and 112 all out. (Sadiqullah Atul 42, Rehmanullah Garbaz 24; Washington Sundar 4/36, Kuldeep Yadav 3/30).
