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.
AS IT HAPPENED - INDIA vs WEST INDIES SECOND TEST DAY 2 HIGHLIGHTS
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.
Earlier in the morning, Virat Kohli got to his 29th Test hundred, his first away from home since 2018. He, along with Jadeja, who scored a patient fifty, threatened to bat West Indies out of the game.
But the hosts capitalised on a misjudgment in running between the wickets from Kohli, whose 76th international hundred was built on sharp singles and doubles. After nudging one close to the pitch on the leg side, the former Indian captain hesitated for a second, before setting off, only for Alzarri Joseph to throw down the stumps at the non-striker’s end.
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Jadeja too soon followed after he poked at one in the corridor outside off-stump off a Kemar Roach outswinger.
Ravichandran Ashwin took over the mantle for India from there on as he compiled his 13th half-century to guide India to a strong position, which was later chipped away by some level-headed batting from West Indies.
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