IND vs WI 2nd Test Highlights, Day 5: Rain plays spoilsport, match ends in draw; India wins series 1-0

Players are shaking hands. It is confirmed. The day’s play has been called off and it is a draw. Rain has played spoilsport. But India wins the series 1-0.

It is pouring at Port of Spain. Start of play should be pushed by at least an hour, if so it happens.

Ground staff back to work!

Bad news. The restart is delayed, again. It is expected to rain soon.

And it has started to rain again!

We have another restart time - 11:10 IST.

The officials hoped the play will resume in a few minutes but looks like we’ll have to wait a bit more! We’ll keep you posted as and when the rain relents

News from the center is that the play will resume at 10:45pm IST. Indian will have a chance to whitewash the Windies and collect all the possible points to bolster its position in the World Test Championship table

All covers are off. India might get two full sessions to take the eight remaining West Indies wickets.

Covers coming off. Seems like a restart is on the cards.

The rain has stopped. Groundsmen along with the umpires are in the middle.

The rain continues to fall at the Queen’s Park Oval. We are in for a longer wait.

It is still raining hard in the venue and the covers are on.

It is raining at Port of Spain at the moment as the covers are on. We can expect a delay in the start of play.

India put itself in the pole position to win the second Test against West Indies courtesy of some aggressive batting and disciplined bowling on Day Four at the Queen’s Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad on Monday.

West Indies, chasing a daunting 365-run target, started steadily before being dragged down to 76 for two at the end of the day’s play, with off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin getting both the wickets.

India, after being kept at an arm’s length for most of Day Three, stirred the pot early in the day, with Mohammed Siraj leading the charge with a fifer to bowl West Indies out for 255 in the first innings.

Indian then shot right out of the blocks with, openers Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal putting on a 98-run stand at a break-neck pace.

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