Ajinkya Rahane and Rishabh Pant scored half-centuries as 🗹India reached 308 for four to trail by 3 runs at stumps on Day 2 of the second Test against Windies at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad.
Rahane (75 not out) and Pant (85 not out) were at the crease when u♊mpires called it a day.
The po⛎st-lunc🃏h session belonged to the visitors as India posted 173 runs after the loss of four wickets at Tea.
Teen🎐ager Prithvi Shaw (70), who carried his impressive form from the first Test to score his maiden half-century was the first w🗹icket to fall for the home side in the second session after his brilliant innings was brought to an end by Jomel Warrican.
Test specialist Cheteshwar ꦗPujara (10), on the other hand𓃲 failed to score with the bat this time. Meanwhile, skipper Virat Kohli (45) looked in solid touch before he was caught infront of the wickets by Windies captain Jason Holder.
Rahane didn’t perturb with Kohli’s wicket and kept on playing his own game of patience. He was joined by Rishabh Pant whose glare sucked the life out of the Windies bowling slowly. The left-hander mixed caution with aggression superbly and made sure India were at advantage in the final session. The duo added an unbeaten stand of 146 runs for the fifth wicket by the end of the day’s play.
Earlier in the morning session, Umesh Yadav cleaned up Windies’ tail comfortably after they resumed at 295/7. He managed to reverse the ball significantly and ended up with his best Test figures of 6/88.
Yadav’s second five-wicket haul came after almost six years. Roston Chase completed his century and helped Windies recover from 113/5 to 311.
Here’s how Twitter reacted:
What a fantastic spel꧒l by 6/88.👌🃏Hardwork always pays off. Congratulations!!! 😁
— Jasprit Bumrah (@Jaspritbumrah93)
The beast is b💧ack with a bang ! Hard work never goes in vain. Great spell 👍
— Yuvraj Singh (@YUVSTRONG12)
It’s hard to not be excited by Prithvi Shaw…boy this guy can bat!👏👏👏
— Sanjay Manjrekar (@sanjaymanjrekar)
Half centuries for & @RishabPant777 👏👏👍
— BCCI (@BCCI)
Without question @RishabPant777 is going to be a Superstar …. …
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan)
Well꧃done Sattu top bowling ♏boy congratulations on ur wonderful performance 👏👏🇮🇳😊��
— Rahul Sharma (@ImRahulSharma3)
Rahane, Pꦗant save India the blushes? Hopefully Pant can get a ton tomorrow and play his g🌱ame even more
— Nikhil 🏏 (@CricCrazyNIKS)
Umesh Express….bowling lots of overs is what he needed. Shardul’s absence a blessings in disguise for him in this Test.
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash)
Wonderful innings by . He’s got potentiaᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚl and should bat at no 5. Congratulations to fo🤡r a fine bowling performance. True workhorse of the Indian bowling attack.
— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt)
Yet another 🎃top inning by @RishabPant777 keep up the good work
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh)
Well done for your 6 wicket haul
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh)
Umesh a different bowler when he gets that late outswinger going, wasn’t happening yesterday, seamer spots for the🌠 tour down u꧟nder, later in the year up for grabs, it’s getting interesting
— S.Badrinath (@s_badrinath)
Congrats for your second five-wicket𝐆 haul. Terrific fas🌜t bowling on a lifeless pitch 👍
— MANOJ TIWARY (@tiwarymanoj)
