Century Despite losing four wickets in the second session, India managed to grab the upper hand on Day 1 of the second Test thanks to stands from two distinct pairs: Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal for the first wicket and Virat Kohli and Ravindra Jadeja for the fifth. Kohli and Jadeja were on the crease when India’s first day came to a conclusion at 288/4.
When given the opportunity to bat first on this particular day, the Indian openers got off to a fast start, hitting 121 runs in just 26 overs in the opening session. This was because to both Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal, who both quickly registered their respective fifties. Holder drew first blood by setting up Jaiswal for 57 in the second session, giving the hosts complete control. As Shubman Gill’s dismal performance persisted, Kemar Roach quickly joined the fray by stealing one from the wicketkeeper for 10 runs.
Ajinkya Rahane was dismissed by Shannon Gabriel for a 36-ball-eight at the stroke of tea, three overs after skipper Rohit’s lengthy stay was curtailed by Jomel Warrican’s stunning delivery. In the second session, India lost four wickets and scored just 61 runs. With his 80 runs, 11 boundaries were struck by Rohit Sharma.
India reached a total of 288 after losing four wickets thanks to a century stand between Virat Kohli and Ravindra Jadeja in the third session, which served as the team’s lifeline. Throughout the partnership, Virat Kohli scored his 30th half-century, with Ravindra Jadeja serving as the perfect opponenet. India gained the advantage thanks to Kohli and Jadeja, who both maintained their perfect records at 87 and 36, respectively.
While waiting, let’s examine the statistics and data from the first day of the second Test between India and the West Indies
500 –Virat Kohli appeared in his 500th international game, becoming the tenth player to achieve this feat
3 -Yashasvi Jaiswal aggregated 228 runs in the first two Test innings. This is the third most runs by an Indian batter in first two Test Inns, only Rohit Sharma (288) and Sourav Ganguly (267) have aggregated more runs than him.
100 -Today’s match is the 100th Test between India and West Indies.
150 -Rohit Sharma has completed 150 sixes as a captain in international cricket. He is the fifth player to achieve this feat. Eoin Morgan (233), MS Dhoni (211), Ricky Ponting (171) and Brendon McCullum (170) are the other four to do this.
4 -Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal became the fourth Indian opening pair to register 2 centuries stand in a away series.
Opening Pairs with two centuries stand in Away series for India:
Sunil Gavaskar and Chetan Chauhan at England in 1979
Virender Sehwag and Aakash Chopra at Australia in 2003/2004
Virender Sehwag and Wasim Jaffer at West Indies in 2006
Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal at West Indies in 2023
4 –Virat Kohli (14409) surpassed Ricky Ponting (14366) to become the fourth leading international run-scorer away from home. Sachin Tendulkar (20165), Kumar Sangakkara (15973) and Rahul Dravid (15204) are the only players ahead of him
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