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West Indies vs India 1st Test: Star speedsters Mohammed Siraj and Jasprit Bumrah unleashed destruction in tandem to bundle out West Indies for 162 runs in 44.1 overs on Day 1 of the first Test of the series at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Thursday.

Courtesy of a dominant bowling performance by the Indian pace duo, West Indies' batting unit was thoroughly tested, and they fell short in the end. 

Opting to bat, the West Indies' flimsy top order pulverised under pressure, losing half their side in the very first session.

The middle order, led by Justin Greaves (32), Roston Chase (24), and Shai Hope (26), offered some resistance, but the Indian bowling attack proved too strong.

Pacers Mohammed Siraj and Jasprit Bumrah shared seven wickets between them. Spinner Kuldeep Yadav snared two wickets while Washington Sundar accounted for one batter.

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An early tea was taken as the West Indies were bundled out in 44.1 overs on a pitch that appeared to have eased out a little compared to the morning session when the new ball was in play.

Siraj returned into the attack post lunch and produced the ball of the innings, squaring up Roston Chase (24), who couldn't fend off an incoming delivery for an outside edge that also kept keeper Dhruv Jurel guessing until the last moment.

With four wickets in the bag, the lionhearted India pacer remained in search of his fifth and nearly had it, if not for a right DRS appeal from Greaves.

Siraj hit the front pad on an angled delivery to the right-handed Greaves, and the on-field umpire adjudged him out leg-before. However, replays showed the ball would have missed the leg stump by a long margin. Later, Siraj also found an outside edge off Greaves' bat later on, but the ball did not carry to the cordon.

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The last of the India bowlers to come into the attack, Washington Sundar (1/9) produced an outside edge off Greaves' bat in the 36th over when he was on 25, but KL Rahul could not hold on to a low catch at first slip.

Undeterred, Sundar then trapped debutant Khary Pierre (11) leg-before with one that drifted into the left-hander sharply and rapped him on the pads in front of of the stumps.

All-rounder Greaves, who top scored with 32 (48 balls, 4 fours) and put on 39 vital runs for the seventh wicket with Pierre, did well to push West Indies' total towards 150. But neither Greaves nor the other debutant Johann Layne (1) could keep out Bumrah's accurate yorkers with both losing their off-stumps.

(With Agency Inputs)