Ajinkya Rahane and Rishabh Pant scored halfꦗ-centuries as India reached 308 for four to trail by 3 runs at stumps on Day 2 of the 𒐪second Test against Windies at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad.
Rahane (75 not out) and Pant (85 not out) were at the crease whe🐭n🧜 umpires called it a day.
The post-lunch session belonged to the visitors as India posted 173 🌸runs after the loss of four wick💞ets at Tea.
Teenager Prithvi 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 ജWarrican.
Test specialist Cheteshwar Pujara (10), on the other hand failed to s🐼core 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 spell by 6/88.👌Hardwork always pays off. Con🔴gratulations!!! 😁
— Jasprit Bumrah (@Jaspritbumrah93)
The beast is back with a bang ! Hard work never go꧟es in vain. Great ಌspell 👍
— 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 ur wonderful performance 👏🐽👏🇮🇳😊👍
— Rahul Sharma (@ImRahulSharma3)
Rahane, Pant save India the blushes? Hopefully P🍸ant 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 potential and should bat at no 5. Congratulations to for a fine bowling ඣperformance. True wo🐽rkhorse of the Indian bowling attack.
— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt)
Yet another top inning by kee💧p 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 under, later in the year up for grabs, it’s gettinꦰg interesting
— S.Badrinath (@s_badrinath)
Con🤡grats for your second five-wicket haul. Terrific fast bowling on a lifeless pitch 👍
— MANOJ TIWARY (@tiwarymanoj)
