1st test in Antigua - India beat West Indies by an innings and 92 runs

Indian cricket comes of age as they deliver an innings defeat to West Indies on their home ground in Antigua. Batting first India posted a massive total of 566 for 8 with captain Virat Kohli scoring 200 runs with Ravichandra Ashwin chipping in with a 113.
West Indies was unable to overhaul that score in site of getting two innings. They could score 243 in 1st innings and 231 in 2nd innings.
India won by an innings and 92 runs with Ashwin being declared Man of the Match for his 113 run knock in 1st innings and haul of 7 wickets in 2nd innings.
This has been reported in timesofindia.indiatimes.com dated 25 July 2016.

It was an all-round performance by both the batsmen and the bowlers. While Umesh Yadav 4/41 and Mohammad Shami 4/66 were the main bowlers in 1st innings, it was Ashwin (7/83) all the way in 2nd innings.
As to West Indies, it was only Carlos Braithwaite who put up some resistance - he scored 74 runs in 1st innings and followed it up 51 in 2nd innings. K Braithwaite captured 3/65.


Image courtesy wikimediacommons.org

Efforts on by Odisha to get UNESCO Heritage tag for Bhitarkanika national park

Alitalia pilot refused to fly from Beirut to Rome because he was tired - passengers stuck for 16 hours at Beirut

Wildfire in California spreads over 11,000 acres - residents evacuated


Didi not happy seeing urchins in Howrah Station (satire)

Lord Shiva stumped by the sea of humanity on 21st (satire)

Moody embraces yoga, his medics could embrace poverty (satire)

Lone wolf attack in Munich mall kills 10 including the attacker

Youth attacks train commuters with an axe - leaves more than 20 injured, some seriously

ISIS carries out suicide attack in Kabul - 80 killed, death toll could rise


Sir Michael Caine forced to change his name because of ISIS

Irrfan Khan meets Arvind Kejriwal before release of his film 'Madaari'

Kissing scenes in movies – why this fad has never caught on in Bollywood

1st test Antigua advantage India - scores 302/4 with captain Virat Kohli on 143 not out

The first day of the 1st Test match in Antigua against West Indies was advantage India with India scoring 303/4 and Captain Virat Kohli remaining not out on 143. This has been reported in timesofindia.indiatimes.com dated 21 July 2016.

Captain Kohli scored an unbeaten 143 off 197 balls on day one of the opening Test match of the four-match series at North Sound, Antigua - this helped India post a score of 302 for the loss of four wickets at stumps. Virat Kohli in the company of Shikhar Dhawan put on 105 runs for the third wicket. Kohli reached a personal milestone of 3000 Test runs in his 73rd innings, the eighth Indian batsman to achieve the feat. He reached his 13th Test fifty off just 75 balls.
Shikhar Dhawan also looked set for his fifth Test century, but an ill-advised sweep shot led to his dismissal on 84 in the last over before tea.
As to the bowling of West Indies - on a slow Antigua track, 28-year-old fast bowler Shannon Gabriel extracted enough pace and bounce to unsettle India's opening duo of Murali Vijay and Shikhar Dhawan. Murali Vijay (7) departed to a rising delivery from Gabriel. Other 3 wickets were taken by legspinner Devendra Bishoo (3/108).


Image courtesy wikimediacommons.org

Boost to religious tourism - 2.3-Km permanent bridge planned from Beyt Dwarka to Okha mainland

Boeing celebrates 100-years of manufacturing aircraft

Spanish Talgo trying to impress the lovers of Bullet trains with its peformance


Yoga and khadi gel with Baba and Moody (satire)

Didi wants to promote small scale industries (satire)

Lord Shiva feels rains are the best option for cleaning (satire)


80 killed and over 100 injured in Nice as truck rams into revelers celebrating Bastille Day

Failed coup attempt in Turkey - 161 people killed and 1,440 wounded

Synthetic marijuana sees 33 people collapse simultaneously on the streets of New York


Leonardo DiCaprio to donate USD 15.7 million to help solve environmental issues

Shah Rukh Khan could make a movie on tennis star Sania Mirza

Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr rejoin to bring back the era of The Beatles