IND vs WI 2nd Test, Day 3 Highlights: West Indies crawls to 229/5 against India

Spin reintroduced, probably due to the fading light. Jadeja against Holder. The new ball is gripping and bouncing and causing some trouble to the batters. That is the last over of Day Three.

West Indies ends the day at 229/5. A day of patience and grind from the home side. Their batters showed great application, if not intent. Indian bowlers were mighty economical, but weren’t rewarded with much wickets.

Siraj continues to battler on against Holder. Couple of play and a misses from the right-handed batter. Siraj is enjoying the swing he is able to generate with the new ball.

Drinks Break Taken!

Mukesh offers width and Athanaze cuts it ferociously. FOUR!!!

Mukesh adjusts his line, swings one and hits Athanaze on the pads. Strong appeal. But nothing from the umpire. Seems like there was an inside edge.

Second new ball taken. Siraj with it. He gets some movement, but there isn’t much control there. Holder leaves a couple that was swinging away from him.

Change in the bowling. Mukesh Kumar replaces Ashwin. The new ball is taken on the fifth delivery. Maiden from Mukesh to start his spell.

Ashwin operates with the 100-over-old ball which now looks in bad condition. He gives a single from his over.

Siraj continues. Holder drives Siraj for a FOUR! Seven from the over.

Ashwin targets dow the leg line from over the wicket to Athanaze. He gives two followed by Siraj to also keeps everything tight and gives just a single.

Jason Holder is the new man in. Siraj to Holder misses the line of stumps, hits the pad and a huge appeal follows for LBW. The ball was going down the leg and saved Holder. Maiden.

The rains have stopped. Play to resume at 2:20 AM IST

Siraj continues after the break. Siraj to Joshua Da Silva, OUT! Clean bowled! Joshua played the good-length ball on the wrong line as the ball shaped in late and went through the defence to give India the fifth wicket. The rain gods have arrived again and the covers are on.

Ashwin gives a single and it is time for the drinks break.

A change in the attack. Siraj comes in and delivers a maiden.

Unadkat gives two runs from his over before West Indies brings 200 up in Jadeja’s over.

Unadkat keeps it on the middle line to cramp da Silva. An outside edge gives the batter two runs on the last ball.

Jadeja from the other end. Athanaze attempts a reverse sweep and fails to get any connection and Kishan shouts for a desperate appeal. Jadeja beats Athanaze the next ball. Two from the over.

Joshua Da Silva taps the ball for a single but a poor throw from Siraj gives four overthrow runs, Jadeja looks unhappy with this. Five from the over.

Jadeja finishes a quick over and gives one single.

Unadkat continues from the other end. Athanaze takes three doubles as West Indies takes eight from his over. No sign of movement here.

Unadkat bowls from over the wicket to Athanaze. Bowls a maiden over with length deliveries shaping in for the batter.

Ravindra Jadeja, over the wicket as slip, leg slip and forward short leg are in place. Jadeja to Blackwood, FOUR! Driven over extra covers to start the session with a boundary. Jadeja to Blackwood, OUT! Ajinkya Rahane at slips! What a catch he has taken to remove the set batter. Blackwood leaned to reach the length of the ball and nicked it outside and Rahane dived on his left to complete a wonderful catch! Joshua Da Silva, the new man in at number six.

Jermaine Blackwood c Rahane b Jadeja 20 (92b 2x4 0x6)

The players are coming back in the middle. Rohit Sharma and Ravindra Jadeja are discussing something, looks like he’ll have the bowl after tea.

Jadeja continues. Not much turn for the left-arm spinner. Concedes two runs in that over. Unadkat with the last over before Tea. Gets a hint of away movement as he beats Athanaze.

West Indies is kicking and fighting as it ends the second session on 174/3. India would need to rethink its bowling approach on a dull surface. The only moment of joy for them this session was a magical ball from Ashwin which castled Brathwaite.

Unadkat gets a shot at the West Indies duo. Comes over the wicket to Blackwood with some short balls. Earns a maiden over.

Jadeja continues from the other end and gives away just two runs. Seems like India is using Unadkat to make footmarks for the spinners to gain an advantage.

India burns a review against Blackwood with Jadeja bowling. The visiting side thought there was an edge, but it was just the strap of the pad.

It is the 80th over, but India doesn’t take the second new ball. Ashwin strikes Athanaze on the front pad, after an attempted sweep. Huge appeal from India. No response from the umpire and India reviews again. But Athanaze is saved by the bounce off that delivery. Umpire’s call!

Blackwood on strike against Ashwin to start with. Takes a signle with a straight-batted shot to the off side. Athanaze on strike now. Ashwin around the wicket. Back-to-back fours for the left-hander. One with a cut shot and one with a sweep.

Jadeja restarts after the drinks break. Maiden over for the left-arm spinner against Blackwood.

Ashwin targetting the footmarks on the pitch to gain an advantage. Not much luck so far for the off spinner.

India has finally broken past Brathwaite. This is its chance to make further inroads into the West Indies batting order.

Ashwin now has has left-handed Athanaze to go against. Starts with a maiden.

Another low full toss from Ashwin and Brathwaite treats it with a sweep shot. FOUR!!

But Ashwin has his revenge. Pitches one outside the off stump and it sneaks past Brathwaite’s defence to hit the stumps. Huge wicket!

Kraigg Brathwaite b Ashwin 75 (235b 5x4 1x6)

Another quick-fire over from Jadeja. Just a single from that one.

Ashwin from the other end is varying his release point in an attempt to trouble the batters. But no luck for the off spinner.

Jadeja reintroduced and he races through his over.

From the other end, Ashwin offers a rare loosener. Full-toss and Blackwood dispatches it for his first boundary.

Blackwood is biding his time. He has played close to 50 balls and is yet to cross 10 runs.

West Indies adds just another three runs in the last two overs.

West Indies continues to chip away. Indian bowlers offering not much resistance. This docile pitch it also not helping the matter for the visiting side.

Ashwin and Siraj continue on without much success.

Siraj into the attack. Stump-to-stump from the pace bowler. Brathwaite defends with a straight bat.

Rohit persists with Ashwin from the other end. Blackwood taps one on the off side for a single to break a streak of dot balls.

No troubles for the West Indies batters as Mukesh and Ashwin continue to share the overs. Rohit Sharma might need to think out of the box to get a breakthrough.

Blackwood is patting down Ashwin’s offspin with his front-foot defence.

Ashwin has bowled 17 overs without much luck. He is now up against Blackwood, who defends with conviction against the off spinner.

Short from Mukesh and Brathwaite takes it on. Hook shot for a six!

To make it worse, India concedes an overthrow boundary. Careless throw from Jadeja.

Brathwaite gets to his fifty with a couple of runs against Mukesh Kumar.

This has been an innings of immense graft from the West Indies skipper. India would love to see his back as soon as possible.

Brathwaite and Blackwood begin strongly for West Indies. Bright sunshine now. Should be a long, continuous session of cricket.

Early lunch has been taken due to the weather conditions. Only 11.4 overs had been bowled in the session before rain interrupted the match. Kirk McKenzie looked good before he edged his catch to Keeper Kishan off Mukesh as the debutant dismissed the other debutant on 32. West Indies trails by 321 runs.

The covers are still on, we might have to wait a little more until the live action resumes.

The rain is back after a brief stoppage. The covers are coming again.

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The rain gods have arrived in the Queen’s Park Oval and it is raining heavily with sun out!

Mukesh continues from the other end. Mukesh to McKenzie, OUT! Mukesh gets his first Test wicket! McKenzie nicked the outside off-stump ball to Kishan as India gets a second breakthrough out of the blue! And it is raining in Port of Spain at the moment!

Another change in bowling. Ashwin comes into the attack and starts with a maiden.

Brathwaite denies Mukesh a maiden with a single off the last ball of the over before playing out five dots. He moves to 49.

Siraj bowling his fourth of the spell. Siraj starts with five dots against Brathwaite. Siraj bowls a front-foot no-ball and Brathwaite finds a gap at backward point for three runs and with this, he moves to 48. Four from the over.

Change in bowling, Mukesh Kumar comes into the attack for Unadkat. Short mid-on and mid-off along with two slips for McKenzie. A maiden over to start.

Siraj to Brathwaite, FOUR! Uses the bottom hand and cuts the length ball over point which this time runs away to the fence in the slow outfield. Four runs from the over.

Unadkat from the other end. Scramble seam to McKenzie which is pulled away beautifully at square leg for a FOUR! An outside edge goes fine wide of the gully for a double before Kohli runs away to save two. Seven runs from this over.

Siraj continues from his end. He is shaping the ball inside for Brathwaite but due to the slowness in the pitch, the batter is able to adjust with the swing. He takes a single after a misfiled at mid-wicket region. McKenzie also gets a single which also takes West Indies on 100! It took nearly 44.5 overs to reach the 100-run mark. Three runs from the over.

Unadkat continues. Unadkat to McKenzie, FOUR! Nicely driven past the bowler, who had a tough chance to stop it. Another FOUR! The young lad has something in him! He goes over covers for a lofted drive which runs away for a boundary.

Mohammed Siraj from the other end. Siraj comes from over the wicket to the left-hander McKenzie. He is shaping the ball out for the batter, McKenzie leaves the first ball which went very close to the stumps. He plays out the over as Siraj starts with a maiden.

Unadkat pitched right on top, onto the toes, nicely placed by McKenizie on mid-on. Unadkat keeps it in the middle to beat McKenzie twice. Unadlat to McKenzie, beautifully placed straight drive but heavy outfield gives three runs from the last ball of the over.

Indian players make their way out into the middle. Unadkat with the first over of the day.

Captain Kraigg Brathwaite started his innings with the patience of a saint. He has played 138 balls for just 37 runs, leaving and defending judiciously. Can he keep doing it on Day 3?

Virat Kohli curbed his flamboyance and displayed tremendous application and temperament on his way to his 29th Test hundred during the second Test against West Indies, said India’s fielding coach T Dilip.

The 34-year-old Kohli on Friday ended his five-year-long drought for an overseas Test century as he hit a polished 121 in 206 balls in India’s commendable first innings score of 438 to equal Sir Don Bradman’s record of 29 Test tons.

He had scored his last Test hundred outside India in 2018.

“One good factor is it is his 500th match and it is a special occasion and he has continued his form from the last match. If you look at his innings, there was no flamboyant drive, he had to grind it, same as what he did in the first game,” Dilip said during the press conference after the second day’s play.

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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

West Indies nudged its way back into the contest as it ended day two at 86 for one after bowling out India for 438 in the first innings of the second Test on Saturday at the Queen’s Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad.

Tagenarine Chanderpaul and captain Kraigg Brathwaite led the charge for the home side with a sedate but in-control 71-run opening partnership.

After having been blown away by the Indian bowlers in the first Test, where they lost by an innings, the West Indian batters were compact and risk-averse as they put their side at a point of possibility.,

West Indies lost Chanderpaul late in the day, with Ravindra Jadeja snaring the left-handed batter. But Kirk McKenzie helped his captain see out the rest of the day, with West Indies still trailing India by 352 runs.

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