After Virat Kohli, Ravindra Jadeja Slams a Century on Day 2 of the India vs West Indies Test Match in Rajkot!
So Diwali for the Indians has come early and the Saurashtra Cricket Association, Rajkot is witnessing the fireworks quite closely.
So Diwali for the Indians has come early and the Saurashtra Cricket Association, Rajkot is witnessing the fireworks quite closely. Yesterday it was Prithvi Shaw who walked away with the limelight scoring a century on his debut. He scored 134 runs off 154 and it was Devendra Bishoo who sent him to the pavilion. Today, on the Day 2 of the Test match it was Virat Kohli who got his 24th century and then it was the local boy Ravindra Jadeja who stole the show and won the hearts by scoring a maiden century. Virat Kohli slams a century.
The century came from 132 balls and he scored five sixes and five fours throughout the innings. Ahead of the tea, on Day 2, the Indians declared their innings after they made a mammoth score of 649 runs with the loss of nine wickets. Ravindra Jadeja and Mohammad Shami remained not out. Jadeja and Umesh Yadav brought in a partnership of 55 runs for the team. While Shami and Jadeja brought in 23 runs for the team. Meanwhile, wicket-keeper batsman Rishabh Pant also played really well but unfortunately got out before making a century. He scored 92 runs off 84 deliveries hitting eight fours and four sixes. Virat Kohli Becomes 1st Indian Batsman to Score 1000 Plus Runs for 3 Successive Years in Tests, Fastest to 24 Centuries Since Don Bradman!
From West Indies, it was Devendra Bishoo who got four wickets, whereas Shannon Gabriel snapped one wicket. Sherman Lewis snapped a couple of wickets. R Chase and KC Brathwaite got one wicket each. Now it would be the bowlers who would have to do a lot of work for the Indians to win comprehensively against the West Indies.
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