West Indies surprised everyone in the second test being played at Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. After following on in the first innings, West Indies showed amazing spirit in the second innings. West Indies averted the danger of defeat by an innings and gave India a target of 121 runs. West Indies scored 390 runs in the second innings. The most important thing was that West Indies made a partnership of 79 runs for the last wicket.

After following on in the first innings and falling behind by 270 runs, West Indies performed strongly in the second innings. Everyone felt that the West Indies team would lose by an innings, but John Campbell’s 115 runs and captain Shai Hope’s 103 runs averted the danger of defeat by an innings. After this Justin Greaves scored a half-century. He made a partnership of 79 runs for the 10th wicket with Jayden Seals 32. Now India will have to score 121 runs to win the second test.

Kuldeep Kuldeep Yadav and Jasprit Bumrah took 3-3 wickets for India in the second innings. Whereas Mohammad Siraj got two successes. Apart from this, Ravindra Jadeja and Washington Sundar took one wicket each. However, the Indian bowlers had to work hard to take the last wicket.

India still has to bat even after following on for the fourth time

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 follow-on 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. Even after this, India has to bat in the second innings. The last time this happened was in November 2012. This happened only for the fourth time in the history of Indian cricket.

After the historic and memorable victory of the Asia Cup 2025, the West Indies will be challenged in front of the Indian team. The West Indies team’s visit to India will start from October 2, two Test matches will be played between the two teams. A few days before the start of this series, the West Indies team suffered a setback. The dreaded fast bowler Aljari Joseph is out of the series due to injury.

Aljari Joseph experienced discomfort some time ago due to pain in the lower back. At the same time, Cricket West Indies shared information through social media and told that in the report of Joseph’s investigation, it was found that his already corrected injury has started giving trouble again.

To compensate for the shortage of Aljari Joseph, the West Indies have included 23 -year -old Zediah blades in the squad. Blads have not yet made their Test debut and have only 7 matches experience at the international level. Blades are currently playing in the T20 series against Nepal, which will conclude on 30 September. He will then join the West Indies team for the Test series against India.

Cricket West Indies also revealed that the first all -rounder Jason Holder was contacted to replace Aljari Joseph. But due to the early medical examination, the holder refused to do so.

India-West Indies Test Series schedule

The first Test match between India and West Indies will be played from October 2 at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. At the same time, the second and final Test match of the series will be played from October 10 at Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi.

Squad of India: Shubman Gill (Captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudarshan, Devdutt Padikkal, Dhruv Jurael (wicketkeeper), Ravindra Jadeja (Vice -captain), Washington Sundar, Jasington Sundar, Jaspreet Bumrah, Akshar Patel, Nitish Kumar Reddy, N Jagdishan (wicketkeeper), Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav

West Indies updated squad: Roston Chase (Captain), Joler Warrican, Kevilan Anderson, Elik Athanaz, John Campbell, Tegenarin Chandrapaul, Justin Greaves, Shay Hope, Tevin Imlach, Jediah Blade, Shamar Joseph, Brandon King, Anderson Philip, Khari Pierre and Zaye Celsius

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