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JE Sports Desk:  Rohit Sharma-led Indian team dominated the first Test and picked up a convincing win by an innings and 141 runs against West Indies in Dominica.

India have taken a 1-0 lead in the two-match Test series as the men in Blue had too much in the bag to get the better of Kraigg Brathwaite's side who were below average in the game.

Despite all the recorded funny stuff in the stump mic, there was another moment that gained the attention of not only the crowd but also viewers all around the world. 

 

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India continued the same dominance in the third day as well first with the bat and then with the ball on the back of some remarkable bowling performance from Ravichandran Ashwin.

However, the instance took place on Day 3 when debutant Ishan Kishan came out to bat and took 20 balls to score his first runs in Test cricket.

The 36-year-old Rohit was spotted on cameras making animated gestures and throwing his hands in frustration in the dressing room, urging Kishan to get on with it.

Skipper Rohit was seen losing his cool over Kishan for taking so long for scoring his first run and decided to have enough and declared the innings after the wicketkeeper-batter got off the mark.

The pitch in Dominica wasn't seemed to be easy for scoring quick runs as Indian batters were seen struggling with their strike rate.

In the post-match presentation ceremony, Rohit explained his animated gesture, revealing that he wanted Ishan to score quickly so that he could declare the first innings.

“I was just letting them know we have an over or so before declaring. I wanted Ishan to get off the mark, wanted to tell him to get his personal mark, and then we had to declare. I could see that he was always eager to bat, it could be frustrating for them," said the Indian skipper.

Former Indian captain Virat Kohli also took 81 balls to smash his first boundary in the game. However, Rohit along with fellow opener and debutant Yashasvi Jaiswal played a memorable innings as the duo went on to score their respective centuries.

 

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Both added 229 runs for the opening wicket to take their team way ahead in the game with Jaiswal playing a marathon innings of 171 runs in his very first innings for India.

On the back of Virat's 76 runs, India reached 421 runs after which Rohit decided to declare, holding a lead of 271 runs.

However, it didn't take long for the Indian team to bundle Windies batting out once again to pick up a massive victory after Ashwin took his second five-wicket haul of the game, making it 12 wickets for him in the match.