Jadeja, Ashwin dominate as India XI bowl WICB XI out for 180

Basseterre ( St Kitts), July 15: I The spin troika of Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin and Amit Mishra bowled out the inexperienced West Indies Board President’s XI for a paltry 180 on the first day of the final warm- up game, here on Thursday.

At stumps, India XI were 93/ 3 in reply in 25.3 overs with K. L.

Rahul ( 30 batting) looking solid while Cheteshwar Pujara ( 28) was fell off the last ball of the day.

Regular openers Murali Vijay ( 23) and Shikhar Dhawan ( 9) were dismissed quickly by the West Indies new ball bowlers.

But the day belonged to the Indian spinners with Jadeja recording miserly figures of 3/ 16 in 13 overs as he stifled the batsmen with accurate bowling.

Ashwin ( 3/ 62 in 19.5 overs) though rusty, and Mishra ( 2/ 45 in 10 overs), who was a bit expensive, nevertheless complemented Jadeja by picking up crucial wickets with the home team were all out in 62.5 overs after opting to bat.

Mohammed Shami was a bit wayward with the new ball and did not bowl after his first five- over spell in the morning.

Rookie Shardul Thakur ( 1/ 24) was impressive with his line and length and often beat the batsmen. He got the early breakthrough, with skipper Leon Johnson ( 3) caught by a diving Stuart Binny at mid- off.

Binny ( 1/ 8) was the firstchange bowler and added to the wickets’ column, removing Shai Hope ( 11). He too bowled an initial spell of five overs, as most of the work during the day was trusted to the three spinners who didn’t disappoint.