IND vs WI / India's lead of 162 runs by the end of the second day - Rohit Sharma returned unbeaten on 143, out on 103

Zoom News : Jul 14, 2023, 07:29 AM
IND vs WI: India have taken a 162-run lead over the West Indies in the first innings of the first Test. By the end of the second day's play, the team scored 312 runs for two wickets. Yashasvi Jaiswal, who scored a century in the debut match, returned unbeaten on 143 and Virat Kohli on 36 runs. There has been a 72-run partnership between the two for the third wicket. Before him, captain Rohit Sharma was dismissed after scoring 103 and Shubman Gill after scoring 6 runs. Debutants Alyque Athanaz and Jomel Warrican got one wicket each from the West Indies.

Rohit scored 10th test century

The Indian team extended their first innings by 80 runs on Thursday. Rohit Sharma, who came out to play on a personal score of 30 runs, added 73 runs in his innings and scored the 10th century of his Test career. This is his 7th century while opening in Tests. Including all three formats, he has got his 44th international century.

229-run opening partnership between Rohit-Jaiswal

There was an opening partnership of 229 runs between Indian captain Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal playing the debut match. Rohit-Jaiswal set a new record for the highest opening partnership for India against the West Indies. Earlier this record was in the name of Sanjay Bangar and Virender Sehwag. Both had an opening partnership of 201 runs at the Wankhede Ground in Mumbai in 2002.

The pair also broke the record for the highest opening partnership (159 runs) in the West Indies against West Indies. This record was recorded in the names of Wasim Jaffer and Virender Sehwag.

Rohit Sharma completes 3500 test runs

Indian captain Rohit Sharma has completed 3500 runs in Test career. He has achieved this feat in 86 innings of 51 matches.

This is how India's wickets fell in the first innings

First: Good length ball from Ethanaz, Rohit comes forward and punches it, wicketkeeper da Silva catches it. Athanaz got the first wicket in the debut match.

Second: Gill comes forward to defend the ball near the off stump, but the ball takes a slight turn. Touching the outside edge of the bat, Alyque went to Athanaz standing at second slip. Jomel Warrican got the first wicket.

First: Great innings by Indian openers

The first session of the day belonged to the Indian openers. In this session, the pair of Rohit-Jaiswal added 66 runs. The team started playing ahead of the score of 80 runs. In this session, both the openers scored their half-centuries.

Second: India lost 2 wickets in scoring 99 runs

The second session was mixed. In this session, the Indian team lost the wickets of captain Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill in making 99. Rohit was dismissed for 103 and Gill for 6 runs.

Third: 67 runs scored, India did not lose wicket

The third session of the day was in the name of India. Indian batsmen scored 67 runs in this session at a very slow scoring rate without losing a wicket.

The first day's game was entirely in the name of Team India. After winning the toss and electing to bat first, the Windies team got all out for 150 runs. Ravichandran Ashwin took 5 wickets from India. He became the third Indian bowler to take 700 or more wickets.

West Indies won the toss and decided to bat first at the Windsor Park ground in Dominica. Alyque Athanaj, who is debuting with the host team, scored the most runs. Although he could not score a half-century, he was dismissed after scoring 47 runs. Captain Craig Braithwaite scored 20 runs and Tejnarine Chanderpaul scored 12 runs.

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