IND vs WI 2nd Test, Day 2 Highlights: West Indies trails India by 352 at stumps

West Indies showed the better application to start well against India in the first innings. On a slow surface, both openers - Kraigg Brathwaite and Tagenarine Chanderpaul stitched a 71-run stand for the first wicket before Jadeja gave India the first breakthrough. Debutant Kirk McKenzie looked impressive with his solid defence and some good-looking shots as West Indies ends the day’s play, trailing by 352 runs.

Last over of the day. Kraigg Brathwaite did not offer any shot for the first two balls when Jadeja kept the line at outside off stump. He defended the next three balls of the front foot before he missed one which went to Kishan, and it would have been a close stumping call but Brathwaite was inside that deny India the second wicket on the last delivery of the day 2.

McKenzie looks good while he is defending against Ashwin. Confident approach from the young man as one run comes from the over.

Jadeja to McKenzie, FOUR! The debutant has some quality shots in his kitty! Fuller, on off and driven nicely for a boundary.

Ashwin to McKenzie, SIX! What a shot. Creamed it over long-off for a maximum. Seven off the after McKenzie keeps the strike with a single.

A maiden follows from Ashwin and Jadeja.

Jadeja to Chanderpaul, OUT! Lapse in concentration from the young man and Jadeja reaps the benefit of consecutive maidens. Chanderpaul tried to go for a big shot but could only manage to edge it at short third man to Ashwin. Debutant Kirt McKenzie is the new batter in at number three. He gets off the mark with an edge for three runs.

Tagenarine Chanderpaul c Ashwin b Jadeja 33 (95b 4x4 0x6)

Nice comeback from Siraj to bowl tighter lines. One from the over.

Fourth maiden in a row for Jadeja.

A change in the attack. Siraj comes in for Ashwin from his end. Siraj to Chanderpaul, FOUR! Close! Chanderpaul covers his off stump to guard his back but the inside edge goes very to the wickets behind and runs away for a boundary. He gets a single at fine leg. Siraj to Chaderpaul, FOUR! Fired one short and nicely pulled away by the batter wide of the backward square. 10 runs from Siraj’s over.

Ashwin gives a single from his over.

Jadeja delivers his third maiden in succession. He is also keeping the over rate in check with some quick overs.

Chanderpaul drives the fuller ball at deep extra cover to get the first runs after four overs. 2 off the over.

The third maiden on the trot as the spinners are tightening its grip.

Quick overs from both bowlers as India look to improve the over rate. Both batters have played out the spinners well. Back to back maidens from Jadeja and Ashwin.

Spin bowling from both ends. Ashwin gives a single from his over.

As we move into the last hour of play, drinks break has been taken.

A change in the bowling. Ravindra Jadeja comes in the attack for Mukesh Kumar. Brathwaite gets a single off the last ball of the over to bring 50 runs for West Indies.

Finally, some run-scoring intents from both batters. Chanderpaul hits two boundaries off Ashwin to take West Indies near fifty.

Mukesh continues. Mukesh to Brathwaite, FOUR! Nicely placed by the skipper as he reads the length of the ball early and slashes it past gully for a boundary. Two solid shots from Brathwaite and the ball has changed its shape significantly. Another change of ball.

Ashwin wasn’t looking happy with the shape of the ball and after multiple interventions finally, the umpires agreed to change the ball. Ashwin is gripping the ball considerably well and he beat Chanderpaul on multiple occasions in his over.

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West Indies openers have shown extensive care to play very slow and not take any risks. Tagenarine Chanderpaul is batting with a strike rate lower than 20 at the moment. The run rate stays under 2 rpo as the game is going through a very slow phase.

Mukesh Kumar bowls his first over of Test career. He targets the middle line and tries to get some movement off the deck. He starts with a maiden.

Drinks taken after first hour of play in the last session.

A slow and sedate start from the openers. Pitch is offering no assistance to the bowlers.

Three from Siraj’s over.

Siraj to Brathwaite, FOUR! Brathwaite glances it past gully to get the first boundary of the over. Five from the over.

Another tight over from Unadkat. Gives one run from it.

Siraj with his third delivery. Bowls a maiden.

Both openers are now looking settled and moving West Indies forward with singles. Two from this over.

Siraj’s rhythm is looking good here as he is shaping the ball late. Three singles from the over.

Unadkat starts with down the leg ball, Kishan anticipated early to finish a good collection. First runs of the board as Chanderpaul plays an on-the-rise shot to get a single. Brathwaite too, gets off the mark with a single.

Siraj shapes the ball outside from off for Brathwaite and he leaves to start the proceedings. Siraj, to Brathwaite, beaten! Another outswinger, this time close to the bat and Brathwaite throws his bat, only to get beaten. He keeps it on the money to test Brathwaite’s defensive skills and bowls a maiden.

Tagenarine Chanderpaul and Kraigg Brathwaite opens for West Indies as Mohammed Siraj operates with the new ball.

Another middle session which fetched West Indies four wickets as they finally were able to wrap the Indian innings at 438. Valuable contributions from Kishan and Ashwin along with the lower order.

Roach to Ashwin, FOUR! Ashwin ramps again to play the upper shot very fine and gets a boundary. Roach to Ashwin, FOUR! Pitched short by Roach and Ashwin was ready to slash it past point to get to his half-century in some style. Roach to Ashwin, FOUR! The third boundary of the over as this time he placed the bouncer on the fine leg. What an over this has been. Roach to Ashwin, OUT! Bowled! This is it. Roach gets his third to bundle India out on 438!

WICKET! Warrican gets his third as he traps Mohammed Siraj in front for LBW! Debutant Mukesh Kumar comes in at number 11. Mukesh defends the ball in front foot to give the strike back to Ashwin in the next over.

Roach continues. Roach to Ashwin, FOUR! Uppercut from the batter to send the ball away of slip cordon for a boundary. Five from the over.

Three runs from Warrican’s over, 125 overs done, India 428 for eight.

Roach is back in the attack and goes back with just a single from the over.

Unadkat and Ashwin are moving India further into a position of strength, albeit slowly.

Warrican lures Unadkat forward and he is out stumped. Good piece of glovework from Da Silva. Mohammed Siraj in at number 10.

Warrican continues. Ashwin on strike. Starts with three dot balls. Slightly short next up and Ashwin cuts it for three runs. Unadkat sees off the rest of the over.

Unadkat at the receiving end of some short-pitched stuff from Joseph. He goes swinging at them, edges a few, but survives.

West Indies players appeal vehemently for a caught behind against Ashwin. They take a review but there is nothing on the snicko.

Ashwin now takes on Warrican, who floats one in. Ashwin steps down the track, converts it to a full-toss and smacks it over midwicket for a four.

Alzarri Joseph brought back into the attack. Unadkat deals with him with ease. Two runs in that over.

Tidy over from Holder. Just a single from it. Unadkat showing some conviction with the bat as he middles it well in defence.

Ashwin continued his battle with Warrican. Nudges one to the off-side for a couple and that is India’s 400.

Ashwin survives. Warrican strikes him on the front pad and the umpire calls it LBW. Ashwin reviews and it is missing the stumps.

Ashwin gets a triple next ball and he will retain strike next over.

Kishan gets a life. He is dropped by Mckenzie off Holder. But he doesn’t last too long after that. Edges one to the keeper. KISHAN WALKS BACK!!

Ishan Kishan c †Da Silva b Holder 25 (37b 4x4 0x6)

Warrican gets his first over of the session. Ties Kishan down with some accurate stuff. Maiden over for the left-arm spinner.

Slight hold up in play as the umpires changes the ball. Holder gets a sharp over in. Just a single there.

Gabriel tests Ashwin with a bouncer. The right-handed batter evades that one. Responds with a flowing cover drive for his second boundary. Gabriel goes back of a length and Ashwin rises to guide it behind point for another four.

Holder from the other end. Starts with a no ball. But reins it back in for the rest of the over. Beats Kishan’s outside edge.

Gabriel with the ball. Kishan and Ashwin will look to take India to 400 or beyond.

Kishan brings out a pull shot to get a single. Ashwin sees out the rest of the over.

India reach 373/6 at Lunch on Day 2.

The day began with Kohli getting to his hundred, his first test ton away from home in five years. Jadeja soon got to his 50 as the pair looked set for a long haul.

But luck tilted in West Indies’ favour when Kohli misjudged a single and was ran out by Alzarri Joseph. Jadeja soon followed him after edging Roach to the keeper.

Kishan and Ashwin then saw out the rest of the session. India has the upper-hand at this moment, but unlike in the first Test, West Indies is putting up a fight.

Roach continues. Kishan gets a single on the third ball before Ashwin plays out the over with some solid front-foot defence and hits Roach for a boundary with a drive that runs away at backward point for a boundary and with this, the first session comes to an end.

Another change in the bowling, Jason Holder comes in for Warrican. Holder to Kishan, FOUR! The outside edge races away at the fence behind the gully for a boundary. Five from the over as Kishan keeps the strike with a single.

A maiden from Warrican followed by a two-run over from Kemar Roach.

WICKET! Kemar Roach continues. He bows five good deliveries to build up pressure before Jadeja nicked to give his catch to keeper Joshua Da Silva as Roach gets his second of the innings. Ravichandran Ashwin comes in at number eight.

Ravindra Jadeja c Da Silva b Roach 61 (152b 5x4 0x6)

Warrican to bowl his 30th over of the innings. Warrican to Kishan, FOUR! Slower ball on length and Kishan stays back, goes across to pull it away for a boundary at square leg. Five from the over.

A maiden from Kemar Roach who replaced Joseph from the attack.

Jadeja takes a single on the fifth ball to bring 350 for India. Warrican to Ishan, FOUR! Attacking shot down the ground to clear the fence with a lofted drive over the bowler’s head to end the over with a boundary.

Joseph continues. Joseph to Jadeja, FOUR! Short and slashed hard that went over the slip cordon for a boundary. Jadeja gives the strike back to Kishan, who got off the mark on the first delivery he faced with a double.

Warrican continues. Warrican to Kohli. RUN OUT! Kohli defends, and gets an inside edge at square leg and tries to steal a quick single but third-time charm for West Indies as Alzarri Joseph gets a bull’s eye with a direct hit, which caught Kohli off guard, just an inch short of the ground. West Indies gets a wicket against the run of play. Ishan Kishan, the new batter, in at number seven.

Virat Kohli run out (Joseph) 121 (206b 11x4 0x6)

India is moving ahead slowly. Warrican goes back with a single before Alzarri Joseph gives four from his over.

Two singles from Holder’s over as drinks taken after an hour’s play.

Kohli got a double and ran three through good-looking drives over cover. Six runs from the over as India is marching towards 350.

Holder keeps the outside off stump line and gives one single from his over.

Alzarri Joseph comes to the attack. He gives three singles.

Kohli looks way more comfortable after the burden of the overseas century as he slams Holder for a straight drive to get a boundary. Seven from the over.

Gabriel to Kohli, FOUR! Extended cover drive which brings up the 76th international ton and 29th Test century in his 500th international game! He takes a single to give the strike to Jadeja who takes a couple and brings his half-century! And the famous sword celebration is on!

The spinner has come into the attack in just the sixth over of the day. Jomel Warrican replaces Kemar Roach, gives three singles as Kohli moves to 97.

Two singles from Gabriel’s over as both Jadeja and Kohli nearing to their milestones.

Kohli takes a single and moves to 90 which also brings up 300 for India! Roach to Kohli, FOUR! Flicks the ball at backward square leg.

Jadeja steals another tight single as Kraigg Brathwaite misses to get a direct hit. Two from Gabriel’s over.

Three slips for Jadeja as Roach comes from the other end. Roach to Jadeja, punches the short ball at sweeper cover but the slow outfield helped West Indies save two runs. Jadeja plays the short ball angling into him on the leg side to take another double. A third couple from the over-as-sweeper cover region looks way too slow for the ball to travel. Six from three doubles from the over.

Gabriel to Kohli, leaves the outside off delivery. He takes a single to get the first run of the day. Jadeja punches the fuller ball at mid-off to captain Kraigg Brathwaite and steals a quick single, Two from the first over of the day.

The new ball has been taken and it is Shannon Gabriel who will start the proceedings for Windies with the new ball. Kohli has the strike.

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IND 288/4 in 84 overs - Rohit Sharma 80 (143), Yashasvi Jaiswal 57 (74), Virat Kohli 87* (161), Ravindra Jadeja 36* (84)

West Indies

Kraigg Brathwaite(c), Tagenarine Chanderpaul, Kirk McKenzie, Jermaine Blackwood, Alick Athanaze, Joshua Da Silva(w), Jason Holder, Alzarri Joseph, Kemar Roach, Jomel Warrican, Shannon Gabriel

India

Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rohit Sharma(c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Ravindra Jadeja, Ishan Kishan(w), Ravichandran Ashwin, Jaydev Unadkat, Mukesh Kumar, Mohammed Siraj

Fifties from captain Rohit Sharma, Yashasvi Jaiswal, and Virat Kohli — playing his 500th international game — put India in control despite the West Indies fighting back in the second session, as the visiting side ended day one on 288 for four in the second Test on Friday at the Queen’s Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad.

India went with one change for the marquee 100th Test between the two sides, with Mukesh Kumar making his senior debut. He replaced Shardul Thakur, who was injured.

West Indies had two changes in its XI: Shannon Gabriel came in for Rahkeem Cornwall, and 22-year-old Jamaican all-rounder Kirk McKenzie made his Test debut, replacing Raymon Reifer.

West Indies skipper Kraigg Brathwaite’s decision to bowl first on a flat surface, which lacked pace and offered little to no assistance to the fast bowlers, backfired in the first session when Indian openers forged a second successive century stand, scoring at nearly five runs an over.

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