At the start of Day 2 of the second test between, Virat Kohli as well as Ravindra Jadeja finally accomplished in surpassing the benchmarks. Kohli’s 29th century made him the first cricketer to score a century in his 500th international match and Jadeja recorded his 19th Test half-century. By the time Kohli was run out on 121 after 206 balls, their partnership had contributed 159 runs and had sucked the life out of the West Indies bowlers.
Even after Jadeja was eventually dismissed for 61 off 152, India maintained their superiority. Ravichandran Ashwin replaced him and continued his outstanding batting record versus the West Indies. With a score of 56 off 78, Ashwin was the last player to be dismissed, ending both the second session and the Indian innings. For a massive total of 438, the visitors were bowled out and were now looking to rack up a few wickets before the close of play. It would have been a difficult task since the wicket was still flat but with a quality bowling line-up, anything was possible.
West Indies show patience against India’s bowling
The West Indies then started off to an attritional opening thanks to their skipper Kraigg Brathwaite as well as Tagenarine Chanderpaul, assuring they were not to lose any wicket for most of the session. However, the latter was ultimately removed by Ravindra Jadeja, and as a result, rookie Kirk McKenzie had to come out to bat for the later stages of the day.
But that did not seem to be of any bother to him or his team as he recorded a smooth start to his inning. The West Indies finished their day on 86/1, 352 runs behind India. There is still a long way to go for the West Indies side if they ought to give some fight back to the Indian team for the first time in this series. They would be looking to make huge partnerships and ensure that the batters settle themselves in the crease and do not resort to poor shot selection.
The Indian team would be banking on their spin duo of Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja to power them and scalp wickets at regular intervals. Day three can potentially decide which way this test match is headed and whether or not, it will be another simple win for the Indians.
Look at how fans have reacted to West Indies’ score:
Stumps on Day 2.
West Indies fought so hard in the final session and giving a good challenge to India.
Star of the day is King Kohli. pic.twitter.com/8Ju4cqXQtQ
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) July 21, 2023
Atleast it looks like this match is going into Day 4.
— Prantik (@Pran__07) July 21, 2023
moral win for WI
— vaibhav sharma (@SharmaBits) July 21, 2023
West Indies can also make 438 pitch is looking flat
— Rahul Sharma (@RahulSh24082787) July 21, 2023
going at 2 runs per over they are trying to draw ????
— ?? (@Aravind8668732) July 21, 2023
Kohli missed out an easy peasy double hundred here ?
— Adlee (@CricStatGeek) July 21, 2023
Ishan,Gill,Rahane poor performance
Ishan should not b carried to SA please
— Juilius Sneezer (@itsmewhocares11) July 21, 2023
Plzz end this torchure to eyes boring series ASAP ?????
— Harsh (@cricketharshh) July 21, 2023
Lol Ishan is lucky for Virat, whenever Ishan played for India Virat made 100s since 2022 dec?
— Troll_45 (@troll_78) July 21, 2023
Agharbati >>> ashes
— Muhammad Farhan (@_Me_Farhan_) July 21, 2023
