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Afghanistan succumbed to top-ranked India by an innings and 262 runs inside two days of its maiden cricket Test on Friday, reports AP.
India completed its first innings in the morning on 474 then bowled out the Afghans for 109 and 103.
It was the fourth instance in Test history of a team being bowled out twice in one day.
Left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja took six wickets, including 4-17 in the second innings, and Ravichandran Ashwin claimed five, including 4-27 in the first.
India stand-in skipper Ajinkya Rahane believed better days were ahead for Afghanistan.
“Afghanistan have some good bowlers and in time they will be able to trouble the opposition more,” Rahane said.
“The more matches they play, the more they will learn. This is just the beginning so you cannot really blame them.
Test cricket is about attitude and patience. If two or three batsmen can spend some more time in the middle, it will help their batting.”
Most sides have struggled in their first test.
South Africa made 84 in its very first test innings and, more recently, Ireland 130. But they made their (losing) test debuts at home, and didn’t face world No. 1 India in India.