WI 94/6 in 29 Overs Stumps Day 2 |India vs West Indies, 1st Test 2018, Day 2 Highlight: Indians Have a Great Day in the Field
India vs West Indies 2018, Day 2 Highlights: The Indians had a great outing at the Saurashtra Cricket Association, Rajkot on the Day 1 of the first test match between India and West Indies.
The Indians have had a great day in the field today. First, it was a ton from Virat Kohli and then Ravindra Jadeja got his maiden 100. The bowlers too joined the party sending off half of the West Indies team to the pavilion within the first 30 overs. Now, West Indies trail by 555 runs. Stay with us for the Day 3 of the match!
Within the first 20 overs of the match, the Indians have sent half of the West Indies squad into the pavilion. Ravindra Jadeja who had a great day with the bat has got his first wicket of the match as he tosses up the ball. Ambris gets a thick edge and Rahane makes no mistake. Ambris OUT on 12.Â
R Ashwin gets his second wicket in form of Hetmyer who got run out on the score of 10. An amazing throw by the local boy Ravindra Jadeja and pressure mounting on West Indies. What West Indies need now is a good partnership. Roston Chase out to batÂ
West Indies are in a deep trouble as Shai Hope who looked in an amazing form made way to the pavilion. All thanks to the amazing delivery from R Ashwin. Hope BOWLED on 10. Indian bowlers putting up a great show!Â
The Indian bowlers have once again chipped in with wickets. Mohammed Shami stikes for the team claiming a couple of wickets for the team. Brathwaite and Powell make way to the pavilion quite early in the innings and troubles brewing for West Indies.Â
With blistering performances from the Indians, Virat Kohli and company have finally declared their first inning after they put up the mammoth total of 649 runs for the loss of 9 wickets. Would be interesting to see how the rest of the day goes.Â
Ravindra Jadeja gets a maiden 100 and the local boy just can't stop smiling. First Prithvi Shaw, then the skipper Virat Kohli and now Ravindra Jadeja. He got his 100 from 132 balls hitting 5 fours and 5 sixes.Â
Umesh Yadav who was blazing guns with Ravindra Jadeja finally has walked back to the pavilion. Kraigg Brathwaite got his wicket as Yadav went to lift the ball in the air with a man waiting to grab on long-= off. Umesh Yadav OUT on 22.Â
Ravindra Jadeja brings up his Half- Century in style with a magnificent FOUR. Celebrates the same by wielding a sword. Consecutive fifties for him as he got one in Oval and now his home ground.Â
As Ravindra Jadeja inches closer to his half-century, Kuldeep Yadav gets OUT on 12 via an LBW. No review taken by the Indians Devendra Bishoo strikes again for the West Indies and gets his fourth wicket. Umesh Yadav walks into bat for India.Â
So Ravichandran Ashwin makes way to the pavilion and we have Kuldeep Yadav and Ravindra Jadeja batting on the crease. Ashwin got edged and the wicket-keeper made no mistake in grabbing it. Ashwin OUT on 7. Now, Jadeja is just 10 runs short of getting his half-century. Â
Indian skipper is removed by Lewis in the 124th over. Virat Kohli made 139 runs before getting out on Lewis' delivery, which was caught by Bishoo. India has reached 534 runs in their first innings with Ravindra Jadeja and R Ashwin at the crease.Â
The talismanic Indian cricket captain brings up his 1000 Test runs in 2018 in style. He hits Lewis for a four after resuming his innings post lunch. Kohli has already hit the 24th century of his Test career and is batting at 126.Â
India added 100-plus runs in the first session of Day 2 of the first Test match in Rajkot. They did it at the loss of one wicket that of Rishabh Pant who departed after playing a fiery 92 runs innings. Skipper Virat Kohli is still at the crease, batting at 120 as Ravindra Jadeja joined him after the fall of Pant's wicket. India has crossed 500-run mark and will look to add more runs before declaring the innings.
Rishabh Pant threw his wicket courtesy a callous approach at 92. He was batting well but his innings did see loose shots on several occasions and finally, Bishoo packed him up at 92. Pant missed out on getting second century by a whisker and nobody other than himself is to be blamed.Â
After being bogged down for few overs, Rishabh Pant seems to have broken the shackles. He completed his half-century and now hitting Chase and Bishoo for fours and sixes. Pant is currently batting at 63 runs off 66 deliveries.Â
India cross 400-run total in 95th over after Rishabh Pant picked a single of Lewis' bowling. This has been the most effective over from West Indies side this morning. Meanwhile, Kohli is at 88, waiting to get on the strike and advance to another century.
Runs are easily coming for India as Rishabh Pant and Virat Kohli are currently dealing in boundaries. They are smashing Windies bowling pair of Sherman Lewis and Shannon Gabriel for fours at will. Kohli is currently batting at 88 and smoothly inching towards another fine century.Â
The Indians had a great outing at the Saurashtra Cricket Association, Rajkot on the Day 1 of the first test match between India and West Indies. It wouldnât be wrong to say that the hosts dominated the day and the batsmen put India in the driverâs seat. It was the 18-year old Prithvi Shaw who walked away with the limelight scoring his maiden ton on his debut. The Mumbai lad not only earned several praises for the way he batted after the departure of KL Rahul in the very first over, but also shattered quite too many records. India vs West Indies 2018 Schedule: Full Match Timetable With Dates, Timings, and Venue Details as Windies Set To Play 2 Tests, 5 ODIs and 3 T20Is.
Chesteshwar Pujara also scored 86 runs however, Ajinkya Rahane got out before scoring a half-century. As of now, we have Virat Kohli and Rishabh Pant who are currently batting on 72 and 17 runs respectively and both would want to put up a solid total for India on the board. The day 2 would be quite crucial for the two batsmen. There wouldnât be far too many changes in the pitch as the game progresses but it would be interesting to see if Virat and Pant get their 100s.
India 2-members squad: KL Rahul, Prithvi Shaw, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli (capt), Ajinkya Rahane, Rishabh Pant (wk), R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Kuldeep Yadav, Shardul Thakur
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