Produced by: Hitansh Gaur
After wiping West Indies for just 150 runs, skipper Rohit Sharma and the youngster Yashasvi Jaiswal gave an astonishing 229-run partnership for India. The Men in Blue now lead the West Indies by 162 runs as Day 2 ended at 312 for just two wickets.
Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal created history by stitching the highest opening partnership for India against West Indies. The 229-run partnership of the two broke the record of Virendra Sehwag and Sanjay Bangar who made a 201-run partnership against WI at the Wankhede Test in 2002.
The 21-year-old left-hand batsman scored a stunning century while opening with captain Rohit Sharma on his debut. Yashasvi ended Day 2 of the match with a score of 143 runs, not out. Yashasvi also became the 17th Indian batsman to score a century on his Test debut. Notably, no Indian has scored a double century on their Test debut. Will Yashasvi complete this feat too, is yet to be seen. He also broken the record for facing most balls (350) on a Test debut.
Captain Rohit Sharma also scored a century taking his tally to ten centuries in Test matches. He scored 103 runs in 221 balls before getting caught behind by Joshua Da Silva.
After asking Rahul Dravid to change his spot, Shubman Gill came to the pitch at third after Rohit Sharma lost his wicket. But Gill’s time in the centre was short as he managed to score just 6 runs in 11 balls before getting caught out against Jomel Warrican.
Another important thing to note is that the West Indies have so far used nine different bowlers in the match. Only Tagenarine Chanderpaul and wicket keeper Joshua Da Silva have not bowled yet.
Virat Kohli came to bat at fourth place after the dismissal of Shubman Gill and has managed to score 36 runs so far. But in doing so, he has now become the fifth highest scorer for India. Kohli has scored 8,504 runs in his Test career so far. Sachin Tendulkar holds the record for highest Test scorer with 13,265 runs.
The live telecast of India’s tour of West Indies can be seen on DD Sports. While live streaming will be available on Jio Cinema for free.
India has played 98 Test Matches against West Indies out of which 30 were won by the latter. India has won 22 matches and the rest 46 matches have ended as a draw.