Umesh crushes Windies

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Umesh crushes Windies
Paceman Umesh Yadav claimed a match haul of 10 wickets to lead India to a series sweep against the West Indies with a win inside three days in the second Test on Sunday.

The hosts chased down their 72-run target in just 16.1 overs in an extended final session to win by 10 wickets.

Prithvi Shaw and Lokesh Rahul, both on 33, remained unbeaten.

The 18-year-old Shaw hit the winning boundary as the world's top Test side registered their 10th successive series triumph on home soil.

India have not lost a Test series at home since 2012, when they went down to England 1-2.

Yadav, who returned overall match figures of 10-133 -- his maiden 10-wicket haul in 40 Tests -- taking four wickets in the West Indies' second innings.

"Not many people realise but he is a very, very talented bowler. He can bowl you unplayable deliveries every now and then which we experience in the nets all the time," skipper Virat Kohli said of the paceman.

"It's just that he is gaining more confidence about his own game."

Sunil Ambris top-scored with 38, offering some resistance with skipper Jason Holder for the seventh-wicket, but the tourists were bowled out for just 127 in the final session.

Ravindra Jadeja ended their stand, getting Holder caught behind for 19 and then trapping Ambris lbw.

Yadav had rattled the West Indies top order earlier, sending back opener Kraigg Braithwaite on the second delivery of the innings.

Shai Hope then scored a gritty 28 before falling to Jadeja's guile.

There was promise for the West Indies at one stage in the match, after they bowled out India for 367 and limited the hosts' first innings lead to 56.

Holder, who returned after missing the opening game in Rajkot that also ended in three days, returned figures of 5 for 56 with his pace bowling in the first innings.

SCORES IN BRIEF

WEST INDIES: First innings 311

INDIA: First innings 367 (Shaw 70, Kohli 45, Rahane 80, Pant 92, Ashwin 35; Gabriel 3-107, Holder 5-56, Warrican 2-84)

WEST INDIES: Second innings 127 (Hope 28, Hetmyer 17, Ambris 38, Holder 19; Umesh 4-45, Ashwin 2-24, Jadeja 3-12)

INDIA: Second innings 75 no loss (Rahul 33 not out, Shaw 33 not out)

Result: India won by 10 wickets and clinched two-match series 2-0.

Player-of-the-match: Umesh Yadav.

Player-of-the-series: Prithvi Shaw.
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