India vs West Indies, highlights: Mohd Shami takes five-wicket haul on debut, India win Eden Test by innings and 51 runs

India beat West Indies by an innings and 51 runs on Day 3 of first Test at Eden Gardens in Kolkata to take an unassailable 1-0 lead in 2-match series. Catch all the highlights from the game here: (Match Scorecard | Text Commentary | Match report)

FACTOID: MS Dhoni becomes the first Indian captain to win 25 Tests and the 11th skipper in the world to do so.

Man of the Match for his 177 on debut Rohit Sharma: "It can't get better than this. It is such a memorable Test and we are really proud. Ashwin and I wanted to stick together and capitalise on the loose balls. We rotated the strike regularly. Today morning was going to be important. We wanted to take enough lead and put them under pressure. That's exactly what happened. The bowlers did a fantastic job. I really love the Eden Gardens. The crowd is always fantastic and I'm going to take back something special today."

MS Dhoni after win: "This was a fantastic performance. I felt the second day was the worst to bat. As it went on, despite a few spots, it was easy to bat as the ball came to the bat slower. Shami bowled great lines and lengths. His good seam position is the reason behind his 9 wickets. He's able to swing it both ways. Rohit was set to make his debut long before but he injured his ankle and missed out. He is enjoying his cricket now and is taking a lot more responsibility. If your 8, 9 and 10 can contribute, it helps a lot. Ashwin can bat like a batsman. He batted very well with Rohit. He bowled beautifully too and it helps others as well if you are not giving away runs."

Darren Sammy after loss: "We keep singing the same song. We keep getting ourselves in good positions in Test matches but we give it away. Even when India was batting, we were in a good position for a while. Getting bowled out in less than 60 overs is never any good for any Test side. One of our goals is to bat long and last beyond the second new ball. Shillingford bowled very well. He's able to bowl long spells. We have to improve, myself included. We thought two spinners was the way to go here. We will try to come up with the best combination for Mumbai."

15:57 (IST) Match Presentation - Sachin Tendulkar being felicitated by Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee, CAB chief Jagmohan Dalmiya and the police commissioner of Kolkata. A silver miniature banyan tree with 199 leaves presented to Sachin.

15:53 (IST) Sachin FACTOID: Playing his 199th Test, Sachin Tendulkar tasted his 71st victory for India.

15:47 (IST) FACTOID: With four wins against Australia and one against West Indies, India have won five Tests in-a-row for the first time in their history.

15:44 (IST) FACTOID: Mohd Shami, with 9 for 118 now has second best figures for any Indian on debut. Narendra Hirwani 16/136 has best match figures for an Indian on debut.

15:38 (IST) It's all over, Mohd Shami clean bowls number 11 Sheldon Cottrell to pick up a maiden five-wicket haul. West Indies all out for 168 in the second innings. India win by innings and 51 runs, take unassailable 1-0 lead in 2-match series.

15:35 (IST) Under pressure Shivnarine Chanderpaul finds the gap through the covers and hits Shami for four. WI 168/9, trail by 51 runs. India need one wicket to win.

15:24 (IST) WICKET! Tino Best takes the arial route and is taken at deep mid-wicket by Pragyan Ojha off R Ashwin. WI 159/9, trail by 60 runs. India one wicket away from win.

15:20 (IST) FACTOID: Mohd Shami now has 8 wickets in the match, the most by any Indian pacer on debut. Narendra Hirwani took 16 wickets on debut and R Ashwin took 9 wickets on debut.

15:15 (IST) After seeing Mohd Shami do reverse swing prodigiously, Sourav Ganguly says, "I have seen the best of Waqar Younis, this bowling by Shami is the best that I have seen."

15:10 (IST) WICKET! An appeal for a run out is turned down but excellent presence of mind by Dhoni helps run out Veerasammy Permaul (0). WI 152/8, trail by 67 runs. India two wickets away from a win.

15:08 (IST) WICKET! Another bowled by Shami, this time Shane Shillingford, out for 0. WI 152/7, trail by 67 and looking down the barrel for them.

15:04 (IST) WICKET! Mohd Shami breaks through the defences of Darren Sammy, who is bowled by an in-dipper. Sammy made 8 off 29 balls and had no answer to take brilliant peace of reverse swing and seam bowling by Shami. WI 152/6, trail by 67 runs.

15:00 (IST) One hour gone in the third session of play on Day 3 and WI has lost two wickets since tea. WI 152/5 after 48 overs, trail by 67 runs.

14:53 (IST) DROPPED! Darren Sammy is dropped by Murali Vijay for 7. It was a tough chance at forward short-leg off R Ashwin. WI 147/5, trail by 72.

14:52 (IST) First four by Darren Sammy, nicely leans on that extra cover drive, smothering the spin off R Ashwin. WI 147/5, trail by 72.

14:44 (IST) Excellent spell by Mohd Shami comes to an end - 7-0-18-2. WI 136/5, trail by 83 runs.

14:34 (IST) Mohd Shami getting the ball to reverse prodigiously and this time Darren Sammy is in trouble, loud appeal for LBW but is turned down. WI  136 for 5 after 42 overs, trail by 83 runs.

14:22 (IST) WICKET! Another wicket down and Windies lose half their side, Denesh Ramdin (1) is caught at short leg by Murali Vijay off Mohd Shami. The bowler got it to reverse it in to the bat and it was smartly taken by Vijay under the helmet. WI 125/5 after 38 overs, trail by 94.

14:17 (IST) During the tea break, 199 balloons with Sachin Tendulkar's photo were released into the sky by the Cricket Association of Bengal officials as a mark of respect to the Master Blaster, who is playing his penultimate Test.

14:09 (IST) WICKET! Darren Bravo is gone and R Ashwin removes a set batsman. Bravo goes for a cut after Ashwin extracts extra bounce and is sharply taken by Rohit Sharma, lunging forward at point. Bravo made 37 off 78 balls. WI 120/4, trail by 99 runs.

14:03 (IST) Play starts in the post-tea session and Shivnarine Chanderpaul takes strike against Mohd Shami. Chanderpaul, using his bottom-hand to good effect, flicks Shami toward mid-wicket for four.

13:56 (IST) After seeing R Ashwin hit his second hundred, his wife Prithi says, "Ashwin never gets nervous, I was very very nervous when he was in the 90s. He's a quiet and happy person, I make it a point that we do not discuss cricket at home. I'm very proud of him today. He promised me that he'll do the same in Wankhede as well."

13:49 (IST) Sourav Ganguly during tea break: "Despite the turn, it is still a very good batting surface. West Indies are not fully out of this. They will have to work hard for their runs and apply themselves."

13:41 (IST) It's tea time and India have hit back with the late wickets of Kieran Powell and Marlon Samuels. West Indies 112/3 after 33 overs, trail by 107 runs in the second innings. Darren Bravo 35* off 75, given company by Shivnarine Chanderapul 0*. R Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Mohd Shami have taken a wicket each.

13:37 (IST) WICKET! Mohd Shami gets rid of Marlon Samuels again, for 4 off 5 balls. The ball came in with the reverse swing and struck him on the front pad in front of the leg stump, looked like going down leg but umpire Nigel Llong raised the finger. WI 3 down for 110.

13:29 (IST) WICKET! Kieran Powell plays down the wrong line and is out LBW to R Ashwin. Powell played back to a ball he should have been forward too and it stayed low, missed the bat and is plumb. WI 101/2, trail by 118 runs.

13:22 (IST) Mohd Shami has replaced Sachin Tendulkar at the bowling crease. WI 97/1 after 30 overs, trail by 122.

6th ball - one run to Powell.

5th ball - one run to Bravo

4th ball -wrong one by Sachin but hit fine by Bravo toward long leg for 4.

3rd ball - Bravo hits square, for 2 runs

2nd ball - back to over the wicket, tossed up to Bravo, hits the pads and Sachin appeals but no success.

13:15 (IST) 3rd over on-the-trot for Sachin: 1st ball - from round the wicket, Powell drives to long for a single.

13:13 (IST) Fifty of the partnership is up between Darren Bravo and Kieran Powell. WI 84/1 after 27 overs, trail by 135 runs.

6th ball - Flighted on off stump, hit straight back to the bowl.

5th ball - Googly from Sachin, off the back of the hand, single taken by Bravo.

4th ball - Plenty of air given by Sachin and Bravo gets a single.

3rd ball - Bravo smothers the spin outside off stump.

2nd ball - Defended by Darren Bravo, no run.

13:07 (IST) 2nd over for Sachin: 1st ball - short and pulled to square leg for two.

13:04 (IST) Kieran Powell cuts Ojha past cover point for four. Next ball, he times it well straight to the bowler but it ricochets off Ojha's hand and knee and hurries to the extra cover fence. WI 77/1, trail by 142.

6th ball - defended by Darren Bravo. Ajinkya Rahane is on the field in place of Virat Kohli, who is getting some medical attention off the field by the physio.

5th ball - again hit to Kohli at extra cover but a bad bounce has the fielder in trouble.

4th ball - hit straight to extra cover, where Kohli is fielding.

3rd ball to Bravo - juicy half volley and drilled past extra cover for 4 by Bravo.

2nd ball to Darren Bravo - lobbed to mid-wicket, fielded on one bounce.

First ball to Powell - a leg spinner, hit to mid on for a single.

12:55 (IST) Seems like Eden Gardens has woken up as Sachin Tendulkar will bowl now.

12:45 (IST) Slow going by the West Indies here as they try to dig in. Kieran Powell is 14* off 53 balls and Darren Bravo is 8* off 32 balls. WI 55/1 after 20 overs.

12:32 (IST) Fifty up for the visitors as Kieron Powell drives Ashwin down the ground, beating Sachin Tendulkar at mid-on for four. WI 52/1, trail by 167.

12:28 (IST) DROPPED! Bhuvneshwar Kumar puts down a simple catch off Kieran Powell after the left-hander miscued a sweep shot off Pragyan Ojha. WI 47/1, trail by 172.

12:26 (IST) Sachin FACTOID: Sachin once fielded as a substitute for Pakistan in a practice game at the Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai.

12:24 (IST) Left-handers in action now as Pragyan Ojha will bowl to Darren Bravo and Kieran Powell. WI 45/1, trail by 174 in 2nd innings.

12:17 (IST) After getting off the mark on his 31st ball, Kieran Powell punches Bhuvneshwar Kumar down towards mid-on for four.

12:11 (IST) WICKET! Chris Gayle throws it away, miscues a pull and is caught by Virat Kohli at square leg off Bhuvneshwar Kumar. This, just after he had hit Bhuvi for couple of fours in the 10th over. WI 33/1 after 10 overs, trail by 186 balls.

12:02 (IST) R Ashwin into attack now, in the 7th over. Can he transfer his batting form onto the bowling crease? In fact, he just creates a chance, Kieran Powell gets a leading edge and almost carries to R Ashwin. West Indies 23/0 after 7 overs.

11:57 (IST) Chris Gayle looking to punish anything that is remotely loose - hammers Mohd Shami for two fours past the extra cover region. West Indies 23/0 after 6 overs, trail by 196 runs.

11:48 (IST) Chris Gayle's scores in his last 6 Tests (latest innings first): 18, 101, 4*, 40, 20*, 25, 19, 24, 8, 8, 64*, 150.

11:40 (IST) Nothing tentative about this one as he thumps Mohd Shami down the ground past mid-off for four. Next ball, Gayle drives towards mid-on where Sachin is fielding and a huge roar by the Eden crowd. WI 9/0 after 2 overs, trail by 210 runs.

11:39 (IST) First four for the West Indies, little tentative outside off stump is Gayle and he gets an edge past gully for four. WI 5/0, trail by 214.

11:32 (IST) All in readiness as the visitors stare at a 219-run deficit. Chris Gayle to take strike and Bhuvneshwar Kumar to bowl.

11:30 (IST) Sunil Gavaskar during lunch break: "I won't be surprised if MS Dhoni opens the bowling with R Ashwin against the two West Indian left-handers."

11:20 (IST) FACTOID: Rohit Sharma's 177 on debut is the seventh highest score by a batsman on Test debut and second highest by an Indian. Below is the list:

RE Tip Foster (ENG) - 287 vs Australia in Sydney 1903

Jacques Rudolf (SA) - 222* vs Bangladesh at Chittagong 2003

Lowrence Rowe (WI) - 214 vs New Zealand in Kingston 1972

Matthew Sinclair (NZ) - 214 vs West Indies in Wellington 1999

Brendon Kuruppu (SL) - 201* vs New Zealand in Colombo 1987

Shikhar Dhawan (IND) - 187 vs Australia in Mohali 2013

Rohit Sharma (IND) - 177 vs West Indies in Kolkata 2013

11:13 (IST) Crowd slowly building up at the Eden Gardens. However, it is nowhere close to half full after the end of first session.

11:07 (IST) Rahul Dravid during lunch break: "It is still a good wicket to bat on. India are in a good position. It was really good to see the way Rohit Sharma came out to bat today. He had that hunger and desire to pile the runs. He stuck it out, when the pressure was on, the ball was turning. Much more mature and disciplined knock by him."

11:00 (IST) FACTOID: Shane Shillingford's 6 for 167 is his fifth 5-wicket haul in Tests. It is also his fourth consecutive five-wicket haul in Tests.

10:52 (IST) WICKET! Mohd Shami comes down the track and misses, an easy job for Denesh Ramdin to stump him, Veerasammy Permaul takes his second wicket and India are 453 all out at lunch. A lead of 219 for India.

10:46 (IST) WICKET! Shane Shillingford picks up his sixth as Bhuvneshwar Kumar is out caught by Chris Gayle at first slip. Bhuvneshwar made 12 from 20 balls. Umpires had a doubt whether or not the catch was taken cleanly, they went upstairs and it was given out. India 452/9, lead by 218 runs.

10:38 (IST) WICKET! R Ashwin is out bowled by Shane Shillingford for 124 off 210 balls. Ashwin went for a sweep but exposed his leg stump and the ball went through the gate. Shane Shillingford picks up his 5th five-wicket haul.

10:35 (IST) Bhuvneshwar Kumar hits his first four, sweeps Permaul past fine-leg. India 444/7.

10:25 (IST) WICKET! Rohit Sharma is gone, out lbw after not offering a shot to Veerasammy Permaul for 177 from 301. India 436/7, lead by 202 runs.

10:16 (IST) Rohit Sharma (172*) slowly approaching a double hundred here. He is 15 runs away from Shikhar Dhawan's 187 on debut.

10:06 (IST) That's it! Rohit Sharma and R Ashwin have now registered the best 7th-wicket stand for India in Test cricket, going past Laxman and Dhoni's unbeaten 259 vs South Africa in 2010.

10:05 (IST) FACTOID: Rohit and Ashwin are now the second Indian pair to record a 250-plus stand for the second wicket. The previous pair to do so was VVS Laxman and MS Dhoni, when they shared 259* vs South Africa on the same ground on February 14, 2010.

10:01 (IST) The first hour of play on Day 3 has belonged to the hosts, who have scored 59 runs so far without losing a wicket. India 413/6, lead by 179 runs over West Indies (234).

09:56 (IST) The 250-run stand is up between Rohit Sharma 158* and R Ashwin 115*. They need 10 more runs to record the highest 7th-wicket stand for India in Test cricket.

09:49 (IST) As India stretch their lead, here is a pics gallery on R Ashwin's second Test ton.

09:40 (IST) Rohit Sharma brings up his 150, becomes second Indian after Shikhar Dhawan to post a 150-plus score on Test debut. India 394/6, lead by 160 runs.

09:34 (IST) Rohit Sharma and R Ashwin have now recorded the best 7th-wicket stand for India against West Indies in Tests. They have gone past the 224-run stand between MS Dhoni and VVS Laxman.

09:24 (IST)

Most Test 100s at no 8 by Indians: 2 by Kapil, Harbhajan, Dhoni & now R Ashwin #IndvsWI

- Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) November 8, 2013

09:16 (IST) R Ashwin you beauty, reaches a hundred via a fluent cover drive to the man in the deep and reaches his second Test ton, off 159 balls. India 368/6, lead by 134 runs.

09:05 (IST) First four of the day and the 200-run stand is up. Ashwin flays Tino Best over point for four. India 362/6, lead by 128.

08:50 (IST) Gavaskar also feels that R Ashwin is a potential future India captain. Read here.

08:45 (IST) Sunil Gavaskar says Mumbai Indians captaincy changed Rohit Sharma's career. Read here.

08:27 (IST) Ravi Shastri on Shane Shillingford: "His strengths are that he's accurate and has subtle variations. He uses his wrists well to fox the batsman, but with just a bit of flex."

08:16 (IST)

Today in 1999: Sachin Tendulkar & Rahul Dravid were involved in an ODI world record stand of 331 runs (2nd wkt) vs the Kiwis at HyderabadLBS

- Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) November 8, 2013

08:05 (IST) Hello and welcome to our live coverage of first Test between India and West Indies. Rohit Sharma and R Ashwin are nearing a double century stand and the latter is nearing a second Test hundred.

Rohit Sharma stamped his class by hitting a sparkling century on debut as India recovered from a top-order collapse to take a firm grip of the first Test against the West Indies with a 120-run first-innings lead.

STAT - Rohit Sharma's 127 not out off 228 balls is the highest score by an Indian batsman on Test debut against the West Indies. In fact, he became the first Indian batsman to record a hundred on Test debut against the West Indies. Overall, Rohit is the 14th Indian batsman to accomplish the aforesaid feat on Test debut. (Click here for more stats)

Sachin Tendulkar-signed Eden tickets a collector's item

Match tickets for the ongoing India versus West Indies Test at the Eden Gardens here have turned into a collector's item as it has Sachin Tendulkar's photographs and autograph printed on it. To salute Tendulkar's immense contribution to the Indian cricket, the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) has printed the legendary batsman's images and autographs on all five-day tickets. Read.

Sachin fan Shah Rukh Khan likely to attend Kolkata Test

Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan, who is an ardent fan of Sachin Tendulkar, plans to watch the Master Blaster's second innings of his 199th Test match at Eden Gardens in Kolkata. Since Shah Rukh is banned from entering Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai (following an alleged scuffle with the ground staff there), he will try and catch Sachin's match in Kolkata. (Read here)

Sachin Tendulkar cut short by dubious LBW decision

The party at Eden Gardens came to a grinding halt when Sachin Tendulkar -- despite his two confident shots to the fence -- was dismissed for 10 by West Indian off-spinner Shane Shillingford in the first session of play on Day 2 of the first Test in Kolkata. The dismissal had a large hint on controversy especially after TV replays showed the ball was climbing and perhaps would have missed the off-stump. There is no provision of Decision Review System in this series because India hates it. (Read more)

Teams:

India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Murali Vijay, Cheteshwar Pujara, Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli, R. Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Pragyan Ojha, Amit Mishra, Ajinkya Rahane, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Rohit Sharma, Ishant Sharma.

West Indies: Darren Sammy (Captain), Tino Best, Darren Bravo, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Sheldon Cotterell, Narsingh Deonarine, Kirk Edwards, Chris Gayle, Veersammy Permaul, Kieran Powell, Denesh Ramdin, Kemar Roach, Marlon Samuels, Shane Shillingford, Chadwick Walton.

Umpires: Nigel Long (England) and Richard Kettleborough (England)

Third umpire: Vineet Kulkarni (India)

Sachin Tendulkar: A passage through Eden Gardens

For the man who has scored more runs than anyone else in the world, Kolkata's Eden Gardens hasn't exactly been a happy hunting ground. However, that's just by the Sachin Tendulkar's standards. The Master Blaster's record at Eden is actually better than many other former Indian Test batsmen like Sunil Gavaskar, Dilip Vengsarkar, Mohammad Azharuddin and Kolkata's cricket son Sourav Ganguly.

He may not have set Eden Gardens on fire, but one of Sachin's two Test hundred in the City of Joy came against the same side he will play in the penultimate match of his career, West Indies. In 2002, Sachin made 176 in the 2nd innings of the Kolkata Test, and went on to save the match for India, helping India claim a 2-0 series win.

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* Miss You Sachin - an album by a city-based artist - will be played at the ground during the course of the 1st Test match against West Indies.

* A photo exhibition of 100 images depicting highlights of Tendulkar's career was unveiled on Monday.

* Three light aircrafts will shower 199 kgs of rose petals after the proceedings on the final day of the Test. The player, on arrival in the city, was greeted with 199 roses as well.

* Tendulkar will be presented by a silver 'banyan' tree with 199 gold leaves at a function.

* A specially designed gold coin - with Tendulkar's head shot - will be used for the toss. Permission yet to be sought for it.

* A huge wax statute of Tendulkar has been placed just outside the dressing room.

* Massive cut-outs of Tendulkar have been put up around the Eden Gadens.

* A famous sweet shop in the city has made a 2.3 kg shondesh showing Tendulkar with his bat. Another restaurant has a menu named after the player.

* A tableau in honour of Tendulkar was flagged off on Sunday and this will travel all around the city till the final day of the Test match.

* It has been planned that 200 giant screens will be placed all around the city.

* Special placards will be placed on every seat and when raised together by spectators, will show a giant Tendulkar image from an aerial view.

* Match tickets have been printed with image of the legendary cricketer.

* Brochures highlighting Tendulkar's achievements will be distributed at the venue on the opening day of the Test.

* Some reports suggest plans of 199 night lanterns floating in the air on Day 3 of the Test.