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Harbhajan bowls India to innings victory over West Indies BOMBAY, Oct 12 (Reuters) - Off-spinner Harbhajan Singh picked up seven wickets as India defeated West Indies by an innings and 112 runs on the fourth day of the first Test on Saturday. The 22-year-old from Punjab bowled out the visitors, who needed 301 to make India bat again, for 188 just 50 minutes after lunch on the fourth day. West Indies had started the day 91 for one. It was the 10th career five-wicket innings for Harbhajan in only 29 Tests and takes his tally to 127. He finished with seven for 48 from 28.3 overs as India registered their first innings win in 76 Tests against West Indies. Leg-spinner Anil Kumble added three wickets on a Wankhede Stadium wicket where the ball had started to turn and bounce prodigiously. Kumble, India's most successful contemporary bowler with 340 wickets, had picked up four in the paltry West Indies first innings of 157. India had earlier compiled 457 with centuries from Virender Sehwag and Rahul Dravid. The win also marked a huge reversal of form for India in Bombay, where they had lost to both Australia and South Africa in less than three days on their last two outings. The wily Harbhajan, lethal in home conditions when he gets an early wicket, started the day by dismissing opener Chris Gayle (42) when he mishit an attempted drive to captain Saurav Ganguly in the covers. Kumble dismissed Ramnaresh Sarwan (22) driving straight to Sachin Tendulkar at cover then deceived captain Carl Hooper (1) in the air with his flight and held a simple return catch. Hooper, playing his 100th test, had top-scored with 579 runs in his team's 2-1 test series win over India in the Caribbean earlier this year. With their best batsman Brian Lara out of the series due to hepatitis, the West Indies had little chance after that against the Indian spinners. |
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