- India established highest-ever Test victory margin.
- Debutante Manav Suthar delivered six-wicket haul on debut.
- Afghanistan collapsed for 152, India enforced follow-on.
IND vs AFG Test Highlights: The India national cricket team established their highest-ever victory margin in Test cricket history by wrapping up a monumental standalone bilateral fixture against the Afghanistan national cricket team on Day 3. Left-arm spinner Manav Suthar dismantled the touring top-order at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, converting a massive runs advantage into a record-shattering innings and 300-run triumph in New Chandigarh.
Suthar Scripts History On Debut
The 23-year-old debutant spinner delivered a brilliant exhibition of tight tactical bowling to secure remarkable first-innings analytical figures of 6 wickets for 33 runs across 22 overs.
Suthar maintained a heavily restrictive economy rate of 1.50, registering 10 maiden overs while consistently extracting sharp lateral turn and variable drift from a deteriorating Mullanpur pitch surface on Monday morning.
Stubborn Afghan Resistance Broken Completely
The extraordinary bowling spell accurately rewrote the domestic record books, placing the young rookie directly behind legendary bowler Narendra Hirwani for the best individual innings figures on Test debut.
Experienced top-order batsman Rahmat Shah offered the absolute solitary piece of defiance for the visitors, compiling a patient 60 runs from 135 balls before misjudging a standard sweep.
Follow-On Enforced At Lunch
Shah received minor lower-order assistance from an injured Sharafuddin Ashraf, who managed 11 runs whilst hobbling heavily with a severe hamstring strain before edging Suthar to Rishabh Pant.
Fast bowler Prasidh Krishna heavily accelerated the terminal lower-order slide by executing a rapid spell of short-pitched bowling, cleaning up Azmatullah Omarzai for a 0-run duck.
Massive Deficit Stares At Visitors
The entire Afghanistan opening innings completely folded for a paltry 152 runs in 58.4 overs, trailing the hosts’ formidable declared total of 564 for 8 by 412 runs.
India captain Shubman Gill immediately enforced the mandatory follow-on, leaving the batting unit to reach lunch at 18 for 0 while still requiring 394 runs to escape defeat.
