India achieved its biggest win so far in a Test match by defeating Afghanistan by an innings and 300 runs. Rajasthan spinner Manav Suthar was the hero of this victory. How many wickets did Manav Suthar take in the Test against Afghanistan? What role did Manav Suthar play in India’s record Test win? Know the answers to such questions.
IND vs AFG Test: India created history by defeating Afghanistan by an innings and 300 runs in the Test match played in New Chandigarh. This is the biggest victory of the Indian team so far in Test cricket. Earlier, India’s biggest Test win was in the Rajkot Test against West Indies in 2018, where Team India won the match by a margin of innings and 272 runs. The biggest hero of this victory was debutant Manav Suthar. He took 7 wickets in both the innings of this match.
Who is Manav Suthar?
23-year-old left-arm spinner Manav Suthar, who hails from Sriganganagar, Rajasthan, got a chance in the Indian Test team for the first time. On the basis of his consistently excellent performance in domestic cricket, he attracted the attention of the national selectors. Even in the camp of the Indian team before the 2023 ODI World Cup, he had impressed veteran players like Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli with his bowling.
Got recognition for his excellent performance in Ranji Trophy
Manav Suthar bowled brilliantly in the Ranji Trophy 2022-23 season and took 39 wickets in the entire season. After this performance, he became a big name in discussion in domestic cricket. After this, he continued his brilliant performance in the Ranji Trophy 2025-26 season also. He caught the attention of the selectors by taking 18 wickets in 5 innings of just 3 matches.
Got a chance in IPL also
After consistently good performance in domestic cricket, Manav Suthar got a chance to showcase his talent in IPL. Gujarat Titans included him in their team for IPL 2024 for Rs 20 lakh. In the same season he made his IPL debut for Gujarat Titans. Expressing confidence in his performance, Gujarat Titans bought him again for IPL 2025 for Rs 30 lakh. After this, the team retained him at his base price for the IPL 2026 season also. Manav Suthar has played a total of 5 IPL matches between 2024 and 2026.
Manav Suthor’s career statistics
- first-class cricket
Match: 29
Wickets: 129
Best performance: 8/33
- List-A cricket
Match: 25
Wickets: 34
- domestic t20 cricket
Match: 29
Wickets: 25
- IPL career
Match: 5
Wickets: 2
Manav Suthar’s big contribution in India’s record victory
There were many heroes of India’s historic victory in the New Chandigarh Test, but Manav Suthar, who took 7 wickets in the debut match, impressed the most. This young spinner from Rajasthan proved that his performance in domestic cricket was no coincidence. His international career has also started on a great note with India’s biggest Test win.
The match ended on the third day
On the third day of the match, Afghanistan team was all out after scoring only 112 runs in its second innings. Earlier, the Indian team had declared its first innings at the score of 564/8. In response to India’s huge score, Afghanistan’s first innings was reduced to only 152 runs. Afghanistan had to play follow-on due to falling behind by a big margin in the first innings, but even in the second innings the team could not stand against the Indian bowlers.
Great performance by Sundar and Kuldeep in the second innings
- Indian bowlers performed brilliantly in Afghanistan’s second innings.
- Washington Sundar took 4 wickets.
- Kuldeep Yadav took 3 wickets.
- Debutant Manav Suthar took 1 wicket.
- Mohammad Siraj also dismissed 1 batsman.
- Manav Suthar took 6 wickets in the first innings. In this way, he left a great impression by taking a total of 7 wickets in his very first test match.