Had you told anyone in the 70s,80s and even in the early 90s that Indian fast bowlers are faster than West Indian fast bowlers, people would have laughed at you and called you crazy. But today it is a fact. West Indies does not have the bowlers who are even close to the standards of Andy Roberts, Joel Garner, Marshall, Hall, Griffith etc. In the 70s the West Indian team had so many good fast bowlers that a great bowler like Sylvester Clarke had to sit out.
In stark contrast today the West Indies hardly has any top class fast bowlers leave out world class ones. Their batting is way below the the batting standards of the teams of 70s and 80s. Very few of them average above 40. Add to that there are internal problems in WICB and talented players like Chris Gayle, Andre Russel, Dwayne Bravo, Dwayne Smith, Lendel Simmons are not a part of the current West Indian side which is a shame. West Indies needs them.
The Indian team on the other hand outclassed West Indies in every department be it fielding, bowling or batting. Except for the first few overs by Shannon Gabriel, no West Indian bowler threatened Indian batting. The Indian batsmen were merrily making runs and the pitch was also good to bat on although the outfield was a bit slow on the first day.
Virat Kohli helped himself to his first Test double century. Ashwin got his century as well and Mishra cashed in on the situation and got a nice fifty for himself. Indians just had to bat only one innings and that was enough. India enforced follow on after getting the Windies early and in the second innings West Indian batting did not improve, in fact the likes of Bishoo and Holder batted way better than the top order. Although Indian bowlers were tired the did get the 10 wickets in the second innings thanks to the 7 wicket haul by Ashwin.
In the first innings the pitch aided fast bowling Shami and Umesh made most of the situation picking up 4 wickets each, Mishra got 2 wickets. Ishant bowled well in patches in both the innings however in the entire Test Match he managed to get only one wicket. The match was completely dominated by the Indians and it was over in 4 days with about 120 overs to spare.
If the weather stays well in rest of the matches we may see a complete whitewash of the West Indian team by India. As an Indian cricket fan I will love to see that happening.
In stark contrast today the West Indies hardly has any top class fast bowlers leave out world class ones. Their batting is way below the the batting standards of the teams of 70s and 80s. Very few of them average above 40. Add to that there are internal problems in WICB and talented players like Chris Gayle, Andre Russel, Dwayne Bravo, Dwayne Smith, Lendel Simmons are not a part of the current West Indian side which is a shame. West Indies needs them.
The Indian team on the other hand outclassed West Indies in every department be it fielding, bowling or batting. Except for the first few overs by Shannon Gabriel, no West Indian bowler threatened Indian batting. The Indian batsmen were merrily making runs and the pitch was also good to bat on although the outfield was a bit slow on the first day.
Virat Kohli helped himself to his first Test double century. Ashwin got his century as well and Mishra cashed in on the situation and got a nice fifty for himself. Indians just had to bat only one innings and that was enough. India enforced follow on after getting the Windies early and in the second innings West Indian batting did not improve, in fact the likes of Bishoo and Holder batted way better than the top order. Although Indian bowlers were tired the did get the 10 wickets in the second innings thanks to the 7 wicket haul by Ashwin.
In the first innings the pitch aided fast bowling Shami and Umesh made most of the situation picking up 4 wickets each, Mishra got 2 wickets. Ishant bowled well in patches in both the innings however in the entire Test Match he managed to get only one wicket. The match was completely dominated by the Indians and it was over in 4 days with about 120 overs to spare.
If the weather stays well in rest of the matches we may see a complete whitewash of the West Indian team by India. As an Indian cricket fan I will love to see that happening.
