The first test India vs West Indies has been unforgettable for the rookies, Yashasvi Jaiswal and ishan kishan for India, and Alick Athanaze for the West Indies. However, Kishan, who put in an excellent performance behind the stumps, might disagree, especially after what happened when he came out to bat for the first time in red-ball cricket in the second session of Day 3 at Windsor Park. in Dominica. Like Jaiswal, who took 17 balls to score his first runs, Kishan also took his time to deflect the mark. While Jaiswal’s patience and stamina were praised by all, it was not the same for Kishan. The goalkeeper-batsman faced the fury of captain Rohit Sharma.
Rohit was seen making lively hand gestures from the dressing room while Kishan showed very little intent to move on. Kishan isn’t the only one taking the time to score runs. In fact, almost all of the Indian batsmen struggled with scoring rates. None of the Indian batsmen who crossed the double digit mark had a strike over 50. Centurions Jaiswal and Rohit had a modest hit rate of 44.18 and 46.60. It was mainly due to the slow nature of the court and also the slowness of the outfield.
Scoring was so difficult that it took virat kohli 81 balls to reach his first cap and he celebrated every time he hit a four during his 76-run strike. So what wrong did Kishan do?
From Rohit Sharma’s reaction, it looked like India was planning a statement after Kohli went out with 76. And perhaps Kishan was given the onus to go out and get quick runs. But instead, the left-hander took 20 balls to score his first runs in Test cricket.
And when he finally got that run, a disgusted Rohit Sharma immediately called him out and Ravindra Jadeja (37*) back to the pavilion. India was at 421/5 at that stage, enjoying a 271-run lead.
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There was still plenty of time left in the match, but one of the main reasons behind Rohit’s quick declaration could have been the nature of the pitch. Yes, he was spinning but he was so slow hitters could adjust if they were patient. Sensing that Ashwin and Jadeja might need more time to eliminate West Indies in the second innings, Rohit declared the Indian innings with about 40 minutes remaining from Tea.
India in complete control of the first test
The decision turned out to be correct as India got the first West Indies matches. Kraigg Brathwaite (7) and Tagenarine Chanderpaul (7).
Jadeja caught Chanderpaul head on with whom he spun from the middle stump and DRS showed that he was cutting off the top of his leg stump.
Brathwaite had little idea what the skillful Ashwin was doing when he delivered a more direct one to Ajinkya Rahane on the first slip.
Virat Kohli (76 for 182) was the only India batsman to be dismissed after lunch. After being brought down at the near post at half-time, Kohli didn’t last long as he fell into the trap set by Rahkeem Cornwall.
The burly spinning wheel caused one to bounce off the middle of the stump and Kohli ended up throwing the waiting fielder with a leg slide.
Earlier, Yashasvi Jaiswal became the third Indian to hit 150 on his debut, while Kohli had to struggle for half a century as the visitors reached 400 for four at lunch.
Resuming the day at 312 for two, India hit 88 runs from 29 overs in the morning session for the loss of Jaiswal (171) and Ajinkya Rahane (3).
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