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 Inteꦅrnational Stadium in Hyderabad.
Rahane (75 not out) and Pant (85 not out) were at the🐎🌳 crease when umpires called it a day.
The post-lunch session belo⛎nged to the visitors as India posted 173 runs after the loss of four wickets 𓄧at Tea.
Teenager Prith𒁃vi Shaw (70), who carried his impressive form from the first Test to score his maiden half-century was the first wicket 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 Pujara (10), on the other hand 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 Jasonꦿ 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 spell by 6/88.👌Har🤡dwork always pays off. 𒐪Congratulations!!! 😁
— Jasprit Bumrah (@Jaspritbumrah93)
The beast is back with a bang ! Hard work 𝐆never goes in vain. Great spe🏅ll 👍
— Yuvraj Singh (@YUVSTRONG12)
It’s hard to not be excited by Prithvi Shaw…boy this guy can bat!👏👏👏
— Sanjay Manjrekar (@sanjaymanjrekar)
Half centuries for & 👏👏👍
— BCCI (@BCCI)
Without question is going to be a Superstar …. …
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan)
Welldone Sattu top bowling boy congratulations on u💫r wonderful performance 👏👏🇮🇳😊�ඣ�
— Rahul Sharma (@ImRahulSharma3)
Rahane, Pant save India the blushes𒁃? Hopefully Pant can get a ton tomorrow and play his game 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 pote🔯ntial and should bat at no 5. Conꦦgratulations to for a fine bowling performance. True workhorse of the Indian bowling attack.
— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt)
Yet ano𒉰ther top inning by keep up the good work
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh)
Well done for your 6 wicket haul
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh)
Um🍌esh a different bowler when he gets that late outswinger going, wasn’t happening yesterda🍸y, seamer spots for the tour down under, later in the year up for grabs, it’s getting interesting
— S.Badrinath (@s_badrinath)
Congrats for your second five-wicket haul. Terrific fast bowling on🌞 a li🧸feless pitch 👍
— MANOJ TIWARY (@tiwarymanoj)
