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Coach Anil Kumble praises Team India after Kanpur Test win

Coach Anil Kumble praises Team India after Kanpur Test win

| | 26 Sep 2016, 04:05 pm
Kanpur, Sept 26 (IBNS): Indian coach Anil Kumble congratulated the team for winning the first Test match of the series against New Zealand here on Monday.

"Well done Team for the amazing performance in #IndvNZ. Perfect result for the #500thTest @BCCI," Kumble tweeted.

Virat Kohli and his men did the inevitable by winning the first Test match against New Zealand by 197 runs here on Monday, the fifth day of the match.

The New Zealand team were bowled out for 236 runs.

After a four-wicket haul in the first innings, Indian spinning ace Ravichandran Ashwin followed it up with with six wickets in the ensuing innings, to leave the visitors reeling.

Ashwin, who recently reached the 200th Test wicket mark, becoming the second fastest in the world to do so, also picked up his 19th five-wicket haul in Test cricket while registering his 5th 10-wicket haul in a match.

The Kanpur Test gained importance as it was the 500th Test match played by the Indian national team in the history of the game.

 

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