Overview
- India completed a dominant one-off Test at New Chandigarh by an innings and 300 runs, wrapping the match inside three days on Monday.
- Debutant left-arm spinner Manav Suthar received Test cap No. 319, took 6/33 in Afghanistan’s first innings and finished with seven wickets in the match to win Player of the Match.
- Shubman Gill (126) and KL Rahul (100) powered India to 564 for 8 declared, giving the bowlers a huge first-innings lead that forced Afghanistan to follow on.
- Spin and support bowling carried the victory as Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav and Prasidh Krishna took key wickets and Sundar added a four-wicket haul in the second innings.
- Selectors and coaches pointed to Suthar’s rise from Ranji, India A and the IPL as proof of the BCCI pipeline, a development that could shape left‑arm spin succession as India turns quickly to the upcoming ODI series and Rohit’s fitness assessment.