NEW CHANDIGARH, India (AP) 鈥� India spinner Manav Suthar took 6-33 on debut to help bowl out Afghanistan for 152 runs on Monday in the one-off test.
Suthar returned the second-best figures for India on test debut, after Narendra Hirwani鈥檚 8-61 against West Indies in 1988. He also became just the second Indian spinner to take a five-wicket haul in his maiden test innings after Amit Mishra鈥檚 5-71 against Australia in 2008.
After declaring at , India had a 412-run lead when it enforced the follow on. Afghanistan was 18-0 in its second innings at lunch on Day 3, with openers Sediqullah Atal (16 not out) and Abdul Malik (2 not out) batting through four overs to the interval.
Afghanistan had resumed Monday at 113-5 and lost Azmatullah Omarzai 鈥� bowled by Prasidh Krishna (3-37) 鈥� in the fifth over.
Suthar then picked up two wickets in two overs, having Sharafuddin Ashraf (11) caught behind and bowling Rahmat Shah around his legs.
Shah was Afghanistan鈥檚 leading scorer with 60 off 135 balls, including nine fours and a six.
Afghanistan鈥檚 innings was wrapped up soon after, with its last five wickets falling for 39.
It is . India hosted Afghanistan鈥檚 inaugural test in Bengaluru and the home side won by an innings and 262 runs.
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