India have won the first cricket test against the West Indies by five wickets, taking a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.V V Laxman played the winning stroke and remained unbeaten on 61 at the Feroz Shah Kotla grounds in New Delhi.Yuvraj Singh was bowled on the individual score of 18 when India needed just 1 run to mark the victory.Earlier, after resuming the day on the overnight score of 152 for 2, Team India lost both their overnight batsman Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid in the first hour of the day.Sachin Tendulkar once again fell short of recording his 100th international ton, but not before putting India on the road to victory with a fluent 76, Dravid was bowled at a score of 31.The final scores are, West Indies 302 and 180, India 209 and 276 for the loss of 5 wickets.
News On AIR | November 9, 2011 2:11 PM
India win first test against Windies by 5 wickets