India vs West Indies 1st Test: Complete List of Awards, Man of the Match, Match Stats

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India have started their WTC 2023-25 campaign with a resounding victory over West Indies on Friday (July 14).

The Indian team won the match by an innings and 141 runs at the Windsor Park in Roseau, Dominica and now have taken a 1-0 lead in the two-match Test series.

It has been a thoroughly impressive performance by the visitors who bundled out the hosts for just 150 runs in the first innings. Debutant Yashasvi Jaiswal scored a century while captain Rohit Sharma also got his 10th Test hundred as India put 421 for 5 in their first innings.

In the second innings, West Indies were bundled out for just 130 runs as the Indian team won the match within three days.

India vs West Indies 1st Test Awards

Player of the Match: Yashasvi Jaiswal

The Indian batter Yashasvi Jaiswal scored 171 runs on his Test debut and was awarded as the Player of the Match.

"Preparation was pretty good. We were having a nice session. Spoke a lot to Rahul Dravid sir. Would like to thank all the selectors and Rohit (Sharma) bhai for having faith in me. It's really nice, I have been working for this. I've been focusing on preparing well and having discipline," Jaiswal said.

"Playing Test cricket for India is very special and emotional for me. A lot of people helped me through my journey and I want to thank each and everyone of them. It was tremendous batting with the senior players. I look forward to learning more from them. I think it's really nice and I am just focusing on doing well in the next match," he added.

India vs West Indies 1st Test Match Stats

• Yashasvi Jaiswal scored 171 runs on his Test debut and also became the first Indian batter to score a Test century on debut in West Indies.
  
  
• Ravichandran Ashwin picked up 12 wickets in the match. He had figures of 5/60 in the first innings, whereas picked up 7/71 in the second innings.
  
  
• Rohit Sharma scored his 10th Test century in the match, which is also his 1st century in West Indies.
  
  
• Ravichandran Ashwin also became the 3rd Indian bowler to pick 700+ wickets. He has 709 international wickets to his name.