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A partnership of 177 runs for the third wicket between John Campbell and Shai Hope saved West Indies from an innings defeat. This has happened only for the fourth time in the history of cricket when the Indian team gave follow-on to the opposing team and they will have to bat in the fourth innings also. This happened in the India vs West Indies second test.
Shubman Gill won the toss and decided to bat first. Yashasvi Jaiswal played a brilliant inning of 175 runs, after which captain Gill also scored a century. He scored 129 unbeaten runs. India declared its first innings at 518 runs. After this, the first innings of West Indies started on the second day of the test. By the second session of the third day, West Indies’ first innings ended at 248 runs, then India decided to give follow-on to West Indies.
In the first innings, Kuldeep Yadav took 5 wickets, Ravindra Jadeja took 3 and Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammad Siraj took 1-1 wicket. The way West Indies was batting, it seemed that India would win this test also by an innings. India had taken a lead of 270 runs in the first innings.
Team India will have to bat even after giving follow-on
In the second innings of West Indies, the first two wickets fell for 35 runs, but after this John Campbell and Shai Hope made a partnership of 177 runs. Campbell scored 115 runs, this was the first century of his Test career. He became the first batsman to score a Test century in India since 2002. Jadeja made John his victim. After this, Shai Hope (103) also completed his century, he was bowled by Mohammad Siraj.
As soon as West Indies crossed the score of 270 in the second innings, it was confirmed that India would have to bat in the fourth innings as well. The last time this happened was in November 2012. This happened only for the fourth time in the history of Indian cricket.