Ashwin leads India to innings and 141-run win over West Indies
Roseau (Dominica) (PTI): Senior off-spinner R Ashwin picked up yet another five-wicket haul (7/71) to bowl India to an innings and 141-run win over West Indies in the opening Test here on Friday.
India, who had reached 400 for four at lunch, declared their first innings at 421 for five and grabbed a massive lead of 271 runs even before the West Indies came out to bat in their second innings.
In the extended final session, West Indies were bundled out for 130 in their second innings, as the match ended in three days.
Brief scores:
West Indies 150 all out and 130 all out in 50.3 overs (R Ashwin 7/71)
India 1st Innings: 421/5 declared in 152.2 overs (Yashasvi Jaiswal 171, Rohit Sharma 103, Virat Kohli 76).
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Fire in Delhi's Paschim Vihar claims one life, two injured
New Delhi (PTI): A woman was killed and two others were injured after a fire broke out in a residential flat in Paschim Vihar area, an official of Delhi Fire Services said on Monday.
The incident occurred in the new slum flats in Paschim Puri area.
"The fire department received the call at approximately 10:27 pm and dispatched three fire tenders to the scene. The fire, confined to domestic articles in a second-floor flat of the ground-plus-three-storey building, was brought under control," said Delhi Fire Services (DFS) chief Atul Garg.
The DFS chief said the firefighters found the charred body of a woman in the flat.
Her identity is yet to be confirmed. The body was handed over to police for further investigation, he added.
Two others were rescued by the DFS team with burns and were immediately rushed to Acharya Bhikshu Hospital.
The cause of the fire is being investigated.
