Saturday, October 6, 2018

India vs West Indies Live Cricket Score 1st Test Day 3: West Indies face crushing defeat as India enforce follow-on

Kuldeep Yadav celebrates with his teammates after taking a wicket in Rajkot. (PTI Photo)
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Over 29.3: Kuldeep Yadav comes round the wicket, Roston Chase hits to short extra cover for Ashwin to take the catch

Over 22.4: Sunil Ambris charges down the pitch, the ball turns away from him and Rishabh Pant removes the bails in a flash

Over 22.1: Kuldeep Yadav takes his second wicket as Shimron Hetmyer cuts to backward point for KL Rahul to take the catch

Over 20.3: Kieran Powell reaches his sixth Test half-century off 55 balls with a late cut to third man for four

Over 18.6: Kuldeep Yadav traps Shai Hope plumb in front of the wicket by a pitched-up delivery that turned to crash into the pads. Hope thought of a review but decided against it

West Indies were facing a comprehensive defeat after India skittled them out for 181 in the first innings and then enforcing the follow-on before lunch on day three of their series-opener in Rajkot on Saturday. The visitors were 33/1 at lunch in their second innings.

Over 7.6: Ravichandran Ashwin gives India the first breakthrough as Kraigg Brathwaite edges to Prithvi Shaw at forward short leg for a simple catch

Over 7: Openers Kraigg Brathwaite and Kieran Powell have given the West Indies a brisk start in the second innings

West Indies bowled out for 181 runs on Day 3, trail India by 468 runs, India enforce the follow-on

Over 47.6: Shannon Gabriel is stumped by Pant off Ashwin

Over 43.5: Debutant Sherman Lewis is clean bowled by a flipper from Ashwin

Over 43.2: R Ashwin deceives Roston Chase in the air with a flighted delivery that goes through the gap to hit the stumps

Over 39.5: Roston Chase brings up his fifty with a fine straight drive off Kuldeep Yadav

Over 38.4: Keemo Paul mistimes a pull off a Umesh Yadav delivery and is caught by Pujara at square leg

Over 30: Ten runs off the first over of the day bowled by Kuldeep Yadav

West Indies collapsed to 94/6 in reply to India's massive first-innings 649/9 declared by the close of the second day of the series-opening Test in Rajkot on Friday.

The visiting batsman proved no match for their Indian counterparts, losing six wickets in a single session after the hosts had piled on the runs.


India captain Virat Kohli eased to a 24th Test century while Ravindra Jadeja celebrated a maiden ton in front of his home crowd, striking five sixes against a toiling Windies attack.


West Indies will begin day three trailing by 555 runs and facing an uphill task to avoid an innings defeat against India's spin-heavy attack on a pitch already offering turn.


Roston Chase was unbeaten on 27 while Keemo Paul was 13 not out at stumps for the touring side.


Mohammed Shami sent back both openers in a hostile opening spell of fast bowling when West Indies walked out to bat after the tea interval and then India's spinners made further inroads.
Source : timesofindia[dot]indiatimes[dot]com

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