India vs West Indies second test is being played at Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. Today is Sunday, the third day of the test. On the second day, India declared its first innings at 518 runs. By the end of the day’s play, West Indies had scored 140 runs after losing 4 wickets. On the second day, Ravindra Jadeja took 3 wickets and Kuldeep Yadav took 1 wicket.

Yashasvi and Gill scored centuries in India’s first innings.

After winning the toss, Shubman Gill had decided to bat first. Yashasvi Jaiswal and KL Rahul made a partnership of 58 runs for the first wicket, Rahul was out after scoring 38 runs. After this, Yashasvi along with Sai Sudarshan made a partnership of 193 runs for the second wicket. Yashasvi scored a century on the first day, Sudarshan was out after scoring 87 runs. On the second day, Yashasvi Jaiswal missed his double century, he was run out due to lack of coordination with Gill. He scored 175 runs.

Shubman Gill scored his 5th test century as captain, he remained unbeaten on 129 runs. Nitish Kumar Reddy scored 43 runs and Dhruv Jurel scored 44 runs. With Jurel’s wicket, Team India declared its first innings at 518 runs.

West Indies could not escape the havoc of Ravindra Jadeja

West Indies’ first innings started on the second day, Ravindra Jadeja gave the first success to India. He got John Campbell (10) caught out in the eighth over. Sudarshan had taken an amazing catch. After this, there was a partnership of 66 runs for the second wicket between Tejnarine Chanderpaul (34) and Alick Athanaz (41), which was also broken by Jadeja. After dismissing Tejnarayan, Jadeja sent captain Roston Chase to the pavilion on zero.

India’s playing 11

Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudarshan, Shubman Gill (captain), Dhruv Jurel (wicket keeper), Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj.

West Indies playing 11

John Campbell, Tejnarine Chanderpaul, Alek Athanasz, Shai Hope, Kevon Imlach (wk), Roston Chase (c), Justin Greaves, Khary Pierre, Jomel Warrican, Anderson .Phillip, Jayden Seales.

By the end of the second day’s play, West Indies had scored 140 runs at the loss of 4 wickets. West Indies is still 378 runs behind India in the first innings. Team India had declared the first innings on the score of 518, in response to which the West Indies team struggled and reached the score of 140. The Caribbean team still has to score 179 more runs to save the follow-on. On the second day, Indian captain Shubman Gill also dominated, who broke many records by playing an inning of 129 runs.

On the second day, the Indian team continued its innings with a score of 318/2. By the end of the first day’s play, Jaiswal had scored 173 runs, but he was run out after scoring 2 runs on the second day. Jaiswal missed scoring the third double century of his Test career.

After that Nitish Reddy made a partnership of 91 runs with Captain Gill. Together they took Team India’s score beyond 400, Reddy was out after scoring 43 runs. Ahmedabad Test centurion Dhruv Jurel also got a good start, he scored 44 runs but could not convert it into a big innings. He along with Shubman Gill added 102 runs.

Shubman Gill has scored the 10th century of his Test career. On the basis of this 129 innings, he has become the highest run-scoring Indian batsman in the history of the World Test Championship. Apart from this he also broke many records.

Ravindra Jadeja weaved a web of spin in bowling

In reply, West Indies had a bad start as opener John Campbell was out after scoring just 10 runs. West Indies lost its first wicket on the score of 21. Tagnarin Chanderpaul and Alek Athanajé together made a partnership of 66 runs and kept the scoreboard of the West Indies team moving forward in a good manner. As soon as Chanderpaul was out after scoring 34 runs, the team’s score at that time was 87 runs. During this, West Indies lost 3 wickets within 20 runs. Now Shay Hope and Tevin Imlach have added 33 runs. Ravindra Jadeja has taken the most wickets for India so far. He sent 3 batsmen to the pavilion.

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Till stumps on the first day in the second test match, India has scored 318 runs at the loss of 2 wickets. In this match being played at Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi, Team India had chosen to bat first. The hero of the first day was Yashasvi Jaiswal, who crossed the 150-run mark for the fifth time in his Test career. Till stumps he has scored 173 runs. Captain Shubman Gill is currently playing after scoring 20 runs.

Ahmedabad Test century-winner KL Rahul could not do wonders this time. Rahul was out after scoring 38 runs. After that, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Sai Sudarshan tired the West Indies bowlers a lot. There was a partnership of 193 runs between them. Sudarshan scored 87 runs, which is his highest individual score in his 5-match Test career so far.

Team India lost the second wicket at the score of 251. Sudarshan was completely dodged by Jomel Warrican’s ball which rotated several degrees. After that, Jaiswal and Gill had a partnership of 67 runs till stumps on the first day.

Jaiswal’s big feat

Yashasvi Jaiswal is batting in the 48th innings of his Test career. In this short career, he has crossed the mark of 150 runs in an innings five times. If he is able to score a double century on the second day, it will be the third double century of his red-ball career. This is the second time that Jaiswal has touched the figure of 150 runs on the first day in a Test match. Earlier, he had scored 179 runs on the first day in the Vizag Test against England in 2024. West Indies bowlers struggled throughout the day. Jomel Warrican took both the wickets.

Talking about the three sessions of the first day, Team India lost only the wicket of KL Rahul in the first session and scored 94 runs. In the second session, the Indian team did not lose any wicket and scored a total of 126 runs. In the last session of the day, 98 runs were scored, but India lost the wicket of Sai Sudarshan.