India beats Afghanistan by an innings and 262 runs in debut Test

India beat Afghanistan by an innings and 262 runs in the one-off Test in Bangalore on Friday.The dream became a nightmare in a matter of just two days as India handed debutants Afghanistan a humiliating innings and 262 runs defeat in the one-off Test at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.

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If the loss wasn’t embarrassing enough, the fact that the Indian bowlers cleaned them up twice on a single day added further insult to the injury. The Afghanistan batsmen could bat all of 66.3 overs, two innings combined, as the match ended inside two days. This is only the third time that a Test match has ended in two days with India being at the receiving end once and Zimbabwe facing the humiliation twice. India added another feather in their cap as they became the first Asian team to win a Test within two days.

Brief Scores:

India 1st innings: 474 allout in 104.5 overs (Dhawan 107, Vijay 105, Pandya 71; Ahmadzai 3/51, Wafadar 2/79).

Afghanistan 1st innings: 109 all out in 27.5 overs (Nabi 24; Ashwin 4/27) and 103 all out in 38.4 overs (Shahidi 36 not out; Jadeja 4/17, Umesh 3/26).