India vs West Indies, 2nd Test– Talking Points

let’s go through a quick recap of how the game went on. After going 1-0 down in Dominica, West Indies won the toss in the second Test and elected to bowl first on a flat deck on the opening day. The latest Indian opening combination of Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal provided a brilliant start adding 139 for the first wicket. Rohit scored 80 with Jaiswal hitting his maiden half-century, a brisk 57 in 74 balls. Playing in his 500th international game, Virat Kohli hit a superb 76th international ton with 121 in 206 balls. Ravindra Jadeja (61) and R Ashwin (56) added considerable fifties as well. Jomel Warrican was the pick of the bowlers with 3/89, Kemar Roach bowled a spell of 3/104.

All the Windies batters got good starts but only skipper Kraigg Brathwaite notched up a score of 75, playing 235 deliveries in the cause. Mohammed Siraj registered his best Test figures with his second Test fifer (5/60). Debutant Mukesh Kumar picked up 2 wickets, same as Jadeja with Ashwin getting the prized wicket of the skipper. In response, the openers started batting in T20 fashion with Rohit Sharma hitting his quickest Test half-century, getting there in just 35 balls and finishing with 57. Ishan Kishan was promoted to number 4 and scored his maiden Test fifty remaining unbeaten on 52 in 34 balls as India declared on 181/2 setting 365 runs for the hosts to win the centenary Test between the two teams.

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A rainless couple of days set up a good game but it played spoilsport thrice on the third day and four times on day 4. India only managed to pick a couple of wickets, both scalped by Ashwin removing Brathwaite (28) for the eighth time in Tests. Tagenarine Chanderpaul set his foot in and scored 24 in 98 balls with Jermaine Blackwood (20* off 39). West Indies survived 32 overs scoring just 76 runs. A fifth day could have been decisive with India getting an upper hand on the match but steady rain throughout the morning and afternoon session washed the game away with India taking the series 1-0 and losing out on some important WTC points. West Indies however open their account in the current WTC cycle with 4 points.