Manav Suthar made the Afghan batters dance to his tunes.
Resuming the day at 113/5 in response to India’s massive first innings score of 564/8 (declared), Afghanistan continued to lose wickets at regular intervals. For the visitors, Rahmat Shah waged a lone battle with a fighting knock of 60.
Suthar was the standout performer for India, returning with six scalps. The left-arm spinner from Rajasthan, who got this opportunity as veteran Ravindra Jadeja was rested for the solitary fixture, bagged the wickets of Abdul Malik, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Rahmat Shah, Afsar Zazai, Sharafuddin Ashraf, and Mohammad Saleem Safi.
Prasidh Krishna picked up three and Washington Sundar accounted for one as Afghanistan’s first innings folded in 58.4 overs.
After the tourists conceded a massive lead of 412 runs, India skipper Shubman Gill enforced the follow-on and Afghanistan went into the lunch break with 18/0 in their second innings.
For his outstanding spell on Test debut, Manav Suthar received rich praise from the cricket fraternity on social media.
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