India strengthened their position by scoring 448 runs for five wickets in their first innings on Friday, the second day of the first innings of the two -match series from century innings of wicketkeeper Dhruv Jurlel (125), all -round Ravindra Jadeja (104) and opener Lokesh Rahul (100).
The first innings of the West Indies was reduced to 162 runs. India tightened their grip on the match with a lead of 286 runs with five wickets remaining. It will now be difficult for the West Indies to postpone the innings defeat in view of the unusual bounce of spinners from the bowlers’ foot marks on the pitch.
Washington Sundar (nine runs) with Jadeja was present at the crease at the end of the second day’s game. Twenty -four -year -old Jurael completed his first century of Test career in 190 balls with fours against West Indies captain Roston Chase in the 116th over of the Indian innings, while Jadeja, who was in a stunning rhythm, stole a run against Warikan 10 overs later and completed his sixth Test century in 168 balls. Jurlel, who scored 140 runs in the first class match against Australia A before this match, hit 15 fours and three sixes in a 210 -ball innings.
Jadeja, while batting a little fast, has so far hit 176 balls innings and five big sixes. Both of them almost closed the way for the West Indies in the match, shaking a 206 -run partnership for the fifth wicket in the second and third sessions of the day. Jurael adopted an aggressive stand after completing the century. He was out by catching wicketkeeper Shai Hope off Khare Pierre. This is the first wicket of Pierre’s Test career.
Earlier, captain Shubman Gill (50 runs off 100 balls) and Lokesh Rahul (100 runs off 197 balls) were dismissed immediately after achieving personal achievements. Rahul scored his second and 11th Test century of his career, ending the nine -year drought on the domestic soil. Rahul has hit 12 fours in the 197 -ball innings. Rahul had scored his first century earlier on domestic soil. He then scored 199 runs against England.
Jurael hit the first six of the Indian innings after Rahul was dismissed in the initial over of the second season. After this, Jadeja showed his attitude against Jamel Warikan. Warikan adopted a strategy of harassing the batsmen by feeding the ball on the rough part of the bowlers’ foot -made pitch, but the pair did not allow their plan to be effective with the use of steps. Both did not go any chance to play a big shot.
During this time, keeping the ball away from the fielders, he kept stealing runs. The Indian team started the day by two wickets at 121 runs. Rahul shared a 98 -run partnership for the third wicket with captain Gill to give India an edge. The gill in the brilliant rhythm lost his wicket on the ball of Chase to complete the half -century. Rahul batted with concentration and at the beginning of the day he also joined luck when the seals of seals got out of the wicketkeeper and the first slip.
After this, Rahul and Gill scored easily without making any mistake. Both of them respected good balls with a defensive game, while scoring runs against poor balls. In the 46th over of the Indian innings, the two against Justin Greaves took the score of the fours to the team to 150 runs. Gill stole a run against this bowler and completed the eighth half -century of Test career in 94 balls, while Rahul concluded the over on the reverse sweep.
Gill, however, lost his wicket on Chase’s ball in an attempt to reverse a reverse sweep like Rahul. The ball took the upper edge of his bat and went into the hand of Greaves in the slip. Rahul stole a run off Chase in the 65th over of the Indian innings and completed his second Test century against the West Indies in a 190 ball. The West Indies bowlers bowled with an accurate line length in the initial season but the team got just one success due to the cautious attitude of the Indian batsmen.