Ahmedabad: Mohammed Siraj and Jasprit Bumrah combined to decimate the West Indies for a paltry 162 before the in-form KL Rahul struck a measured half-century as India expectedly dominated the opening day of the first Test here on Thursday.

At stumps, the hosts reached 121/2 with another 41 runs in arrears. Siraj (4/40) and Bumrah (3/32) were the architects of India’s dominating show on a day when rain caused a brief disruption to the proceedings.

Rahul, who struck the first fifty of the series, was batting on 53 off 114 balls with six fours, accompanied by India captain Shubman Gill on 18 (42 balls, 1x4s).

India lost Yashasvi Jaiswal (36) after his 68-run opening stand with Rahul and B Sai Sudharsan (7) fell soon after, but the hosts largely remained unchallenged on the opening day of

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