IND vs Wi / India ahead by 209 runs in the third Test – Half of the West Indies team returned to the pavilion, score 229 runs

IND vs WI: The second Test of the India-West Indies series is at an exciting turn. At stumps on the third day, West Indies have scored 229 runs for 5 wickets, while the Indian team is still ahead by 209 runs. Team India was all out after scoring 438 runs in the first innings. On Saturday, the umpires declared stumps a few overs in advance due to bad light. Alyque Athanaz was on 37 and Jason Holder was on 11 when the umpires took the wickets. In the third day, the game had to be stopped due to rain 3 times.

Windies batters made Indian bowlers sweat

The hosts batted restrained on the third day. The team lost only 4 wickets in the whole day's play and added 143 runs. Captain Kaig Brathwaite, who came out to open the first day, played a half-century innings of 75 runs, while Kirk McKenzie contributed 32 and Jermaine Blackwood contributed 20 runs. Ravindra Jadeja took two wickets from India. Mohammad Siraj, Ravichandran Ashwin and Mukesh Kumar got one wicket each.

West Indies started the day with a score of 86/1. Braithwaite 37 and McKenzie came out to play on a personal score of 14 runs. Both had added only 31 runs today that Mukesh Kumar, playing the debut match, got McKenzie caught by wicketkeeper Ishan Kishan. This was Mukesh's first Test wicket. Braithwaite-McKenzie shared a 46-run partnership for the second wicket.

After McKenzie's dismissal, Jermaine Blackwood added 40 runs with Brathwaite for the third wicket. In the last session, Rahane showed him the way to the pavilion by taking a brilliant catch on Jadeja's ball. Then Captain Braithwaite became the victim of Ravichandran Ashwin in the second session. He was bowled by Ashwin on the best ball. Braithwaite scored his 29th career half-century. He scored 75 off 235 balls. His innings included 5 fours and a six. He shared a 71-run opening partnership with Chanderpaul.

In the last session, Siraj bowled Joshua da Silva.

Session-1: West Indies lost one wicket in scoring 54 runs West Indies lost one wicket in scoring 54 runs. Fast bowler Mukesh Kumar got his first Test wicket. He got Kirk McKenzie (32 runs) caught by wicketkeeper Ishaan Kishan.

Session-2: Craig Brathwaite dismissed West Indies scored 57 runs, although the team also suffered a setback. The team's score was 174/3 till T-break. Captain Keg Braithwaite became the victim of Ravichandran Ashwin on a personal score of 75 runs. Ashwin bowled him.

Session-3: Bowlers raised hopes of comeback Indian bowlers took 2 wickets in the last session. Windies batsmen could only score 55 runs in this session. Jadeja and Siraj took the wickets of Blackwood and Da Silva.

West Indies wickets fell like this in the first innings...

First: Tejnarine Chanderpaul - Fuller length ball from Ravindra Jadeja, Chanderpaul plays the cross, the ball goes to Ravichandran Ashwin standing at point position, which is caught by Ashwin diving to his left.

Second: Kirk McKenzie- Kirk McKenzie tried to cut the ball of Mukesh Kumar. The low bounce ball from Good Lath hit the edge of the bat and went into the hands of wicketkeeper Ishan Kishan.

Third: Keg Brathwaite - Ashwin bowls a good length ball on the off side and turns it inside out. Brathwaite wanted to defend it, but the ball took more turn than he anticipated and went through the middle of the bat-pad and hit the middle stump.

Fourth: Jermaine Blackwood - Jadeja came to bowl over the wicket to the right-handed batsman for the first time in this innings. Blackwood tried to block the turning ball, but the ball, going away from the wicket, touched the outside edge of the bat and went in the direction of the slips, where Rahane dived to his left and took a brilliant one-handed catch.

Fifth: Joshua da Silva - bowled on Siraj's good length inswing ball. Siraj had bowled a wobble seam ball here, which came inwards and took an inside edge and entered the stumps.

India has strengthened its grip in the second Test against the West Indies. Virat Kohli, playing his 500th international match, scored 121 runs, with the help of his century, Team India scored a big score of 438 runs in the first innings.

Team India has made a strong start in the first innings of the second Test of the series against the West Indies. By the end of the first day's play, India has scored 288 runs for four wickets. Virat Kohli, playing 500th international match, played a half-century innings, he remained not out after scoring 87 runs. Ravindra Jadeja remained not out after scoring 36 runs with him.