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

Basseterre St Kitts Indian spin troika of Ravindra Jadeja Ravichandran Ashwin and Amit Mishra kept their stranglehold on the inexperienced West Indies Board Presidents XI to bowl them out for a paltry 180 on the first day of the final warmup game here todayIndian cricketer Ravichandran Ashwin C celebrates dismissing WICB Presidents XI batman John Campbell during the threeday tour match between India and WICB Presidents XI squad at the Warner Park stadium in Basseterre Saint Kitts PicAFPAt stumps India were 93 for 3 in reply in 253 overs with KL Rahul 30 batting looking solid while Cheteshwar Pujara 28 was dismissed of 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 Jadejarecording miserly figures of 316 in 13 overs as he stifled the batsmen for runs with accurate bowlingAshwin 362 in 195 overs although rusty and Mishra 245 in 10 overs who was a tad bit expensive nevertheless complemented Jadeja by picking up crucial wickets with the home team were all out in 625 overs after opting to bat When India started bowling Mohammed Shami was a bit wayward with the new ball and did not bowl after his firstfiveover spell in the morningRookie Shardul Thakur 124 meanwhile was impressive with his line and length and often beat the batsmen He got the opening breakthrough with skipper Leon Johnson 3 caught by a diving Stuart Binny at midoff Binny 18 was the firstchange bowler and added to the wickets column removing Shai Hope 11 He too bowled the initial spell of five overs only as most of the bullwork during the day was trusted to the three spinners who didnt disappointAshwin seemed to have recovered completely from his injuryscare before departing from here as he worked out a nice length after initial rustiness thereafter during his 195 overs Although the pitch was slow he used the bounce beautifully Opener John Campbell 34 was stumped charging Ashwin and later the offspinner also removed Rahkeem Cornwall 41 and Gudakesh Motie 8Cornwall was the topscorer for the Board Presidents side hitting seven fours in his 56ball stay The burly batsman looked to be on the attack against the spinners and had an interesting duel with Amit Mishra 245 whom he hit for a six But the real star of the day was Ravindra Jadeja who picked up wickets in two lengthy spells spanning 13 overs and ran through the middle orderHe bowled Jermaine Blackwood 36 and then struck quick blows after lunch to remove Vishaul Singh 3 and Montcin Hodge 6 Jadeja used the bounce on offer to good effect and was nearly unplayable at times on account of his accuracy Once Cornwall was dismissed off Ashwin the end came quickly for the hosts after tea leaving almost an entire session for the Indians to batVijay then opened with Dhawan and the duo put on 34 runs for the opening wicket The righthander looked at ease during his stay and the only mistake he made was when he chased a wide delivery to be caught behind off Chemar Holder 18 Earlier Dhawan too showed some patience at the crease and was outscored by his partner Just when he looked to be opening up he played a loose stroke to be caught at backward point off Jason Dawes 115Rahul who hit two fours was sent in to bat at No 3 and Pujaraput on 59 runs for the third wicket They didnt look in any hurry and wanted to just spend time in the middle Towards close of play there were a couple hiccups in terms of running between the wickets Pujara was then bowled in the last over of the day trying to turn one off Cornwall117 onto the legside