One-Off Test: Afghanistan bite dust in their Test debut

India beat Afghanistan by innings in the first one-off Test within just two days of the game as Afghanistan lost all the wickets while chasing the mammoth total.

Openers Shikhar Dhawan and Murali Vijay laid the foundations of the big win during with a 168-run partnership on day one that exposed the inexperience of the Afghan bowlers.

Dhawan, who hit a merciless 107, and Vijay, who made 105, hit the Afghan spinners including teen sensation Rashid Khan to all parts of the ground.

Afghanistan took four Indian wickets late on Thursday to raise hopes of a fightback.

But Hardik Pandya's aggressive 71 kept the hosts in control of the one-off game played in a virtually empty stadium.

Ravindra Jadeja took four wickets to help skittle out Afghanistan for 103 in the final session while following on.

They were bowled out for 109 in their first innings in response to a formidable Indian score of 474.

The second innings lasted just 38.4 overs with Hashmatullah Shahidi top-scoring with an unbeaten 36.

Earlier the Afghans fell for 109 in their first innings, in 27.5 overs, in response to a formidable Indian score of 474.

It was the 21st time that a Test had finished inside two days and just the fourth that a team was bowled out twice in a day.

"I am surprised as we have a very good team," said Afghan skipper Ashgar Stanikzai.

"Test cricket is totally different from T20 and one-day matches. But this was good for us and good for the future," he added.

Afghanistan were only made full members of the International Cricket Council last year along with Ireland, who lost their debut Test to Pakistan last month