At the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi, on Day 2 of the second Test match between India and the West Indies, Yashasvi Jaiswal was unable to achieve his third double-tonne in Test cricket. After adding only two runs to his overnight total of 173, he was regrettably run-out in the day’s second over.
Running towards the non-striker’s end, Jaiswal punched a full delivery from Jayden Seales right to mid-off. But taking the single didn’t appeal to Shubman Gill. Jaiswal was sent back by him, but the Mumbai hitter didn’t see it in time and was unable to return to the crease. Tevin Imlach, the wicketkeeper for the West Indies, intercepted Tagenarine Chanderpaul’s throw and impacted the run-out.
Jaiswal went with the flow after striking the shot, believing it would beat the outfield, according to former India cricketer Anil Kumble, while some supporters blamed Shubman for the run-out.
“That was not even anything we anticipated. We didn’t even anticipate that Jaiswal would make such error. In my opinion, he may have played the shot too well, believed he was outplaying the fielder to his right or left, and simply followed the flow. I am aware that it was his call, but since it went directly to the mid-off fielder, I doubt he would have reached the non-striker’s end. During Lunch on Star Sports, Kumble stated, “There was no chance at all.”
It seemed to Kumble that Jaiswal was poised for a big score. But the opening batsman’s strategy on Day 2 disappointed the former India head coach.
“The only question was if the keeper removed the bails. Did he hold the ball or did it already pop out? But even when the third umpire was mentioned, the umpire was certain. Even so, I was a little taken aback, but Jaiswal made a poor decision in the end. I believed he was going to have a really lengthy innings. His method was a little different. I had assumed that he would resume his first session approach from yesterday morning, but he was more comfortable with where he kind of left off last night. That was a bit of a surprise to me,” Kumble said.
India finished their first innings at 518/5, with Shubman still undefeated at 129 from 196 balls. At Stumps, the West Indies responded with 140/4, 378 runs short of India’s total.
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