Nitish’s flying catch, Bumrah’s perfect yorker | WATCH:Jurel dedicates century to Indian Army, Siraj’s Ronaldo-like celebration; top moments from IND-WI 1st Test

India defeated West Indies by an innings and 140 runs in the Ahmedabad Test. India has taken a 1-0 lead in the two-Test series by winning the first match. The Indian team dominated throughout the match. On Saturday, the third day of the match, Nitish Reddy took a spectacular catch of Tagenarine Chanderpaul by leaping into the air. Earlier, on the second day, when KL Rahul, Dhruv Jurel, and Ravindra Jadeja scored centuries, all three celebrated it in different styles. Top Moments from Day 1
Nitish’s flying catch On the third day of the match, Mohammed Siraj gave India their first wicket in the 8th over of West Indies’ second innings. Opener Tagenarine Chanderpaul was out for 8 runs. Nitish Kumar Reddy took a spectacular catch, leaping in the air at square leg. Siraj has dismissed Tagenarine Chanderpaul for the second consecutive innings. BCCI shared the video of Nitish’s ‘Superman’ catch on its X handle. Moments from Day 2 Rahul celebrated by ‘finger in mouth’ gesture On the second day of the Ahmedabad Test, KL Rahul completed his century in India’s first innings in the 65th over. This was his 11th century in his Test career and second in India. He had not scored a single century at home since 2016. After completing his century, Rahul first kissed the tricolour on his helmet and then put his finger in his mouth. Rahul dedicated this celebration to his daughter. His daughter, Ivara, was born on March 24 this year. Jurel dedicated century to Indian Army In the 116th over of the Indian innings, Dhruv Jurel completed his first Test century. He hit a four off the last ball of Roston Chase’s over and completed his century. After scoring the century, Jurel dedicated it to the Indian Army in an army style. Dhruv turned his bat into an army jawan’s rifle and then saluted. Jurel’s father, Nem Chand, is a retired Havildar from the Indian Army. Jurel was out after scoring 125 runs. Jadeja’s sword celebration after the century Ravindra Jadeja completed his century off 168 balls with a single off Jomel Warrican’s delivery. After this, he brandished his bat like a sword and performed the sword celebration. Jadeja often performs this sword celebration after completing a fifty or a century. Moments from Day 1 Siraj’s Ronaldo-like celebration On the first day, the Indian team got their third wicket in the 10th over of West Indies’ first innings. On the last ball of this over, Mohammed Siraj bowled Brendon King. King completely missed Siraj’s inswinging delivery, and the ball uprooted his middle stump. King was out after scoring just 13 runs. After dismissing King, Siraj performed footballer Cristiano Ronaldo’s famous ‘Siuu’ celebration. In the ‘Siuu’ celebration, a player jumps in the air, turns halfway, and lands on the ground with both arms outstretched. Bumrah bowled two batsmen with two yorkers Bumrah dismissed two batsmen with yorkers in two consecutive overs. Justin Greaves was bowled on the last ball of the 39th over. Bumrah bowled a fast yorker, which Greaves couldn’t understand. The ball went under his bat and uprooted the off-stump. Greaves was out after scoring 32 runs. After this, in the 41st over, Bumrah bowled Johan Lane. Bumrah bowled the first ball of the over at a full-yorker length. Debutant Johan Lane was out after scoring one run.