West Indies v India –1ST Test at Kingston – 2nd Day’s Recap
At the end of the second day’s play at Kingston, Jamaica, India while playing against the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750’s 246
in the first innings.
Earlier after starting the day with 34 runs on the board and one wicket down, the hosts looked in a strong position to give the tourists a run for their money.
However, just in the second over of the day, the hosts lost their experienced middle-order batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/I-Sharma-c1566
which rammed right into the pads of the batsman.
It was then http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Darren-Michael-Bravo-c52477 who took charge of things and smacked the Indian bowlers at regular intervals as they took the total tally to 86 runs by the end of the 36th over.
However, their luck ran out and in the next over, the partnership which was beginning to look dangerous was broken by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mahendra-Singh-Dhoni-c73820. The
opener scored 64 runs off 122 deliveries, his innings included 9 boundaries.
Later in the 39th over Bravo was also sent packing by Kumar as he gave an edge to Dhoni. Bravo departed after playing a knock of 18 runs.
By this time the hosts were looking in trouble while the Indians were eyeing a few more breakthroughs. Veteran http://www.senore.com/Cricket/S-Chanderpaul-c2390 brought some stability in the middle as he toyed with the Indian bowlers in a bid to retain wickets and chase the tally
as well. With the amount of experience under Chanderpaul’s belt, he was surely not an easy prey for the Indian bowling brigade.
While the veteran batsman stood defiant against the opposition, batsmen on the other end kept losing their wickets, which added pressure on him and finally in the 61st over, he fell victim to India’s http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Owais-Alam-Shah-c80369 spinner, Harbhajan Singh, as the batsman
was caught by Abhinav Mukund after scoring 23-runs.
With Shiv gone, West Indies did not have any hopes of overcoming the Indian total and the whole team fell after putting 173 runs on the board.
With a lead from the first innings, India looked confident as they came out to bat in the second innings. With plenty of time in the day, the Indians played freely, aiming to score as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gordon-Muchall-c1499 runs as possible to add to their lead.
At the end of the days play India had made 91 runs for the loss of three wickets, which included opener Mukund (25), http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Vangipurappu-Venkata-Sai-Laxman-c94905 (0).
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/V-Kohli-c2737 is on 14 runs.
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