The Indian team won the only test match against Afghanistan within 3 days without any problem. Team India defeated Afghanistan by a margin of innings and 300 runs in the match played in Mullanpur. The star of this biggest victory of India in Test cricket was Manav Suthar, who made his international debut in this match itself. The left arm spin all-rounder took the maximum of 7 wickets and became the player of the match. Then Suthar revealed that this match taught him how important it is to bowl at the same place continuously.
Suthar became the star of the match
This test match played in Mullanpur ended with India’s easy victory on Monday, 8 June. On the third day itself, Team India destroyed both the innings of Afghanistan. Afghanistan were asked to follow-on after being bowled out for 152 runs in the first innings. After this, in the second innings also, the spinners dealt with the Afghan batsmen in a jiffy and reduced them to 112 runs.
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23 year old Manav Suthar played a big role in this victory of Team India. Suthar, who was making his Test debut, took 6 wickets in the first innings and 1 wicket in the second innings, while also scoring 28 runs. He was chosen Player of the Match, where he told that his heartbeats decreased a bit while batting before bowling. Suthar said, “When I went to bat, after playing 3-4 balls, I started feeling good and gradually I started getting settled. This also helped me understand how the pitch is and what it has for the spinners.”
This lesson was learned in the debut test
Suthar played an innings of 28 runs and made a half-century partnership with Washington Sundar. But the real miracle was done by his bowling, where he took a wicket in the very first over and then played the biggest role in eliminating Afghanistan by taking 6 wickets. The performance was excellent but Suthar said that he learned from this match how important it is to bowl on the same pitch continuously and he will have to bowl with patience because Test cricket is a game of patience.
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