India Dominate Lunch Session as West Indies Struggle at 90/5 in Ahmedabad Test

The opening Test between India and West Indies is being staged at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, where Indian bowlers had reduced the team to half by lunch. Mohammed Siraj gave the team's initial breakthrough and has taken 3 wickets till now, while Jasprit Bumrah and Kuldeep Yadav each took a wicket. West Indies had reached 90 runs for the loss of 5 wickets at lunch. Captain Roston Chase was left 22 not out, although the lunch interval had been called before a replacement batsman was announced.

Earlier, Roston Chase won the toss and decided to bat first. Indian captain Shubman Gill lost his sixth consecutive toss. John Campbell and Tegnarayan Chanderpaul opened the innings. In the fourth over, Mohammed Siraj struck first, dismissing Chanderpaul for 0. During this period, Dhruv Jurel displayed excellent wicketkeeping, stopping several excellent deliveries that were going wide of first slip.

In the seventh over, Jasprit Bumrah struck back at West Indies, dismissing Campbell off Dhruv Jurel. Campbell faced 19 balls and scored 8 runs. Mohammed Siraj then dismissed Brandon King and Alick Athanase. Kuldeep Yadav dismissed Shai Hope in the 24th over, dismissing half the West Indies team. Athanase made 12 and Shai Hope made 13.

So far, Mohammed Siraj has been the most successful bowler, taking 3 wickets for 22 runs in 8 overs. Bumrah also bowled 8 overs and took 1 wicket for 24 runs. Nitish Kumar Reddy and Ravindra Jadeja have also bowled but have not found success so far. Kuldeep Yadav took 1 wicket for 12 runs.