http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 v West Indies – 2nd Test – Match Update - Windies on the back foot
Bad light has come to the rescue of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760, which lost both their openers in the final session of the second day’s play with the Indians, firmly in the driving seat.
The Eden Gardens venue was surrounded by dark clouds as the hosts asserted a solid footing on the proceedings, leaving the visitors to face a mammoth task.
The Windies reached to 34 for 2 before umpire deemed it inappropriate to carry on. Earlier the hosts had declared their innings on 631, with Laxman remaining unbeaten on 176.
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In testing light, Yadav bowled a quick delivery that rose up sharply and took a healthy edge of the openers bat, going straight into the hands of slip fielder, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/V-Sehwag-c2739.
As it became evident to Men In Blue skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MS-Dhoni-c2028 that keeping his pacers will surely end the days play (due to bad light), he therefore right fully introduced spin from both ends.
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The two dismantled the Caribbean outfit in the first Test match and the memories lingered firmly in the minds of both players, who looked set on blocking everything.
The team reached the double figure mark in the 7th over before Brathwaite cut loose and hit Ashwin for back to back boundaries to give some respite to the total. He however, was also lucky to escape after http://www.senore.com/Cricket/V-Kohli-c2737 dropped him while fielding at short leg.
However, a few overs later the spinner finally got his man with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Iftikhar-Ali-Khan-Pataudi-Nawab-of-c64075. Brathwaite went after making 17, though replays showed that there was no edge.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DM-Bravo-c1386 entered the frame and drove Ashwin for a handsome off-drive to kick-start his innings. However, soon after both umpires came together and felt that it had gone too dark for the play to continue and called it a day.
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