Umesh Yadav was the pick of the bowlers for India as the pacer picked up his career-best Test bowling figures (6/88) on Saturday. Umesh Yadav’s six-wicket haul helped India dismiss West Indies for 311 runs in their first innings of the second Test at Hyderabad.
With these figures, he also went past former India speedster Zaheer Khan’s 4/69 against New Zealand in 2010 in the best figures for a pacer at the Hyderabad venue. Umesh also became the first Indian pacer to pick six wickets in an innings at home since Javagal Srinath’s 6/45 vs NZ in Mohali in 1999.
Umesh took the wickets of Shai Hope (36), Roston Chase (106), Shane Dowrich (30), Jason Holder (52), Devendra Bishoo (2) and Shannon Gabriel (0). He was ably supported by fellow teammate and spinner Kuldeep Yadav. Kuldeep returned with bowling figures of 3/85.
Windies lost the first Test by innings and 272 runs at Rajkot.
