Twitter Reactions: Ashwin's all-round heroics help India win the first Test in 4 days

The Day 4 of the West Indies v India Test marked the end of the match as the visitors gained an emphatic win by an innings and 92 runs. Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin was declared the man of the match for his century with the bat followed by a 7-wicket haul in the second innings.

The day began with Darren Bravo getting out to a stunning catch by Ajinkya Rahane at gully. This was followed by a rain delay due to which Lunch was taken earlier. While Marlon Samuels and Rajendra Chandrika were doing well, Ashwin turned the tables in India’s favour as he took 7 wickets to end this memorable match.

Leg-spinner Amit Mishra also supported him well with another couple of wickets. Earlier after the Ashwin blitz, West Indies were left reeling at 132/8. However, as a result of some inspired batting by Carlos Brathwaite and Devendra Bishoo, they managed to drag the game till the third session.

While Brathwaite scored his third half century in Tests, Bishoo registered his best Test score. Ashwin got the better of Bishoo in the end as India wrapped up the Test match inside four days. This is India’s first Test win outside the subcontinent since their victory at Lord’s in 2014.

Twitter kept everyone entertained with some splendid tweets throughout the course of the test match. While some lauded Ashwin for his brilliant all round performance some trolled Kumble and his camera obsession. Here are some of the amazing Twitter reactions that took place during Day 4 of the India-Windies Test match:

Last Indian spinner before Ashwin to win a Man of the Match award outside Asia was Anil Kumble in 2007 vs England at The Oval. #WIvIND

— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats) July 24, 2016

Man of the Match is @ashwinravi99 for his 113 runs and 7 wickets for 83 today which defeated West Indies #WIvInd pic.twitter.com/wO6bxOtaUI

— ICC (@ICC) July 24, 2016

India records it's biggest ever overseas win by an innings & 92 runs to go 1-0 up in the Test series. #WIvIND pic.twitter.com/UtwxAY69Fd

— Circle of Cricket (@circleofcricket) July 24, 2016

Thumping win for India. Near flawless performance. Ashwin & Kohli stellar performers but entire bowling attack coming good is biggest gain..

— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) July 24, 2016

Anil Kumble probably the first coach to mark his first win by taking a photo #WIvIND

— Daniel Brettig (@danbrettig) July 24, 2016

Such a dull session of commentary. Times when you miss @bhogleharsha. #WIvIND

— Sameer Allana (@HitmanCricket) July 24, 2016

https://twitter.com/holdingwilley/status/757280402083938304

Time to stage a walk-out West Indies. This time for the good of the entire cricketing world.

— Alagappan Vijaykumar (@IndianMourinho) July 24, 2016

When you have a performer like AshWin,
You Win and also do Ash. Congratulations@ashwinravi99 on having an outstanding match, great win G N

— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) July 24, 2016

Rohit Sharma + R Ashwin:

vs WI: 9 inngs | Avg 96.57 | 5 100s
vs Rest: 69 inngs | Avg 26.05 | 0 100s#WIvIND

— Deepu Narayana (@deeputalks) July 24, 2016

Ravichandran Ashwin:

Test Century ✔
Test Five wicket haul ✔

What else you want captain? pic.twitter.com/cczRyOYVjb

— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket) July 24, 2016

@ashwinravi99 will perhaps treasure the 5 wicket haul in this innings more than his century. Hasnt had much bowling success overseas earlier

— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) July 24, 2016

Was about to sleep. And now Test cricket keeping me awake. India marching towards victory. #WIvIND @BCCI

— Anurag Thakur (@ianuragthakur) July 24, 2016

Ashwin so pumped you'd think he was playing against someone.#IndvsWI

— Gaurav Sethi (@BoredCricket) July 24, 2016

https://twitter.com/holdingwilley/status/757271251786358784

https://twitter.com/gappistanradio/status/757267614502572032

Reckon Kumble will make it to Gayle's strip club to shoot some wildlife.#IndvsWI

— Gaurav Sethi (@BoredCricket) July 24, 2016

Just as Samuels was bowled Warne was on commentary – alas in the wrong test! #WIvInd #youremember

— Gaurav Kalra (@gauravkalra75) July 24, 2016

Last Indian before Ashwin to score a century while batting in Top 6 & pick 2 wickets in same Test was Virender Sehwag vs SL in 2010. #WIvIND

— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats) July 24, 2016

About 20 mins back it was raining. Such is the weather in Antigua that Mr. Gavaskar has to now put on the shades for his mid-match analysis

— Moulin (@Moulinparikh) July 24, 2016

West Indies played a couple of extra batsmen in this Test…a common mistake made by teams going through a really low phase #WIvInd

— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) July 24, 2016