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AFGHANISTAN VS WEST INDIES IN INDIA, 2019

Cornwall records career-best figures as Windies dominate day one

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Cornwall picked 7 for 75 - the fifth-best figures by a visiting spinner in India.
Cornwall picked 7 for 75 - the fifth-best figures by a visiting spinner in India. © AFP

Just a few weeks after his international debut in September 2019, Rahkeem Cornwall got run out in a CPL game against Guyana Amazon Warriors that sparked plenty of ridiculing memes on social media platforms. The bizarre part of the aforementioned runout was that Cornwall almost went past the stumps at the striker's end, but forgot grounding his bat whilst causing an uproar among the telly commentators.

He was out cheaply in that game and didn't pick up any wickets. His team - St Lucia Zouks lost the game and were one of the first sides to be knocked out of the playoff race. On occasions, such little things tend to overwhelm your positive approach and one could easily slip into a closet of hibernation given the ruthless mockery of digital media. Hailing from Antigua, Rahkeem Rashawn Shane Cornwall, put all that and the criticism before his debut to rest on Wednesday (November 27) as he recorded the best ever bowling figures on day one by a Windies spinner since 1957 -

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