On the day three of the second and final Test between India and Windies at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium (Uppal, Hyderabad), India secured an easy 10-wicket victory and also won the Test series by the 2-0 margin.

On the opening day of the Test match, Windies skipper Jason Holder decided to bat first. With the help of Roston Chase’s brilliant century, Windies put 311 runs on the board before getting all-out. In reply, India managed to score 367 runs with the help of three 50+ knocks. At the end of both first innings fights, India was 56 runs ahead.

In their second innings, Windies was bundled out for just 127 runs and put only 72 runs target in front of the hosts. India reached the target without losing any wickets as the hosts won the match by 10 wickets.

Brief Scores: Windies – 311 (Roston Chase 106, Jason Holder 52; Umesh Yadav 6/88) & 127 (Sunil Ambris 38, Shai Hope 28; Umesh Yadav 4/45)

India – 367 (Rishabh Pant 92, Ajinkya Rahane 80; Jason Holder 5/56) & 75/0 (Prithvi Shaw 33*, KL Rahul 33*)

Result – India won by 10 wickets

Some important stats of day 3 of Hyderabad Test between India and Windies

i) Indian batsmen Ajinkya Rahane and Rishabh Pant put a 152-run partnership for the fifth wicket during India’s first innings.

• The third highest fifth-wicket Test partnership for India against Windies on the Indian soil.

India’s top-three fifth-wicket Test partnerships against West Indies/Windies in India

Also read: The Day 1 stats of The Hyderabad Test

ii) During India’s first innings, Windies skipper Jason Holder finished with the bowling figure of 23-5-56-5.

• The fourth best bowling figure in a Test innings by an opposition captain against the hosts India.

Best bowling figure in a Test innings by an opposition captain against the hosts India

iii) Windies was bowled out for just 127 runs in their second innings.

• Joint lowest completed total in a Test innings for Windies on the Indian soil. Earlier, during the Delhi Test in 1987, West Indies was bundled out for 127 runs in the second innings of the match.
• Joint third lowest completed Test innings total for Windies against India.

West Indies/Windies’ lowest completed Test innings total against India

Also read: The Day 2 stats of The Hyderabad Test

iv) In this game, Indian pacer Umesh Yadav had an overall bowling of 38.5-6-133-10.

• Fourth time when an Indian pacer claimed 10-wicket haul in a home Test match.

Indian pacers’ 10-wicket haul in a home Test match

v) After the 61-run partnership in the first innings, the Indian openers Prithvi Shaw and KL Rahul put another unbroken 75-run partnership in their second innings.

• The seventh time when the Indian openers put 50+ partnerships in both innings of a Test match against Windies.

vi) At the age of just 18 years and 339 days (age at the start of the match), Indian opener Prithvi Shaw hit the winning run.

• The second youngest batsman to hit the winning run in Test cricket history. The youngest one is Australian cricket Pat Cummins who achieved this feat at the age (at the start of the match) of just 18 years and 198 days (against South Africa at Johannesburg in 2011).

vii) India won by 10 wickets.

• India’s largest Test victory (by wickets) against Windies. The previous record was winning by 8 wickets at Chennai in 2002.
• India’s eighth Test victory by 10 wickets.