IND vs Wi / India need 8 wickets to win the second Test - West Indies need 289 runs

IND vs WI: The Indian team has made a strong position in the second Test. On the fifth and final day, the team needs 8 wickets to win, while the West Indies have to score 289 runs. By the end of the fourth day's play on Sunday, West Indies have lost two wickets for 76 runs. The team is chasing a target of 365 runs. Tejnarine Chanderpaul 24 and Jermaine Blackwood returned unbeaten on 20 runs from the West Indies. His skipper Captain Kaig Brathwaite was dismissed for 28 and Kirk McKenzie for zero. Ravichandran Ashwin showed both the way to the pavilion. Ashwin dismissed Brathwaite for the 8th time.

In the match being played at Port of Spain, Trinidad, Indian captain Rohit Sharma declared India's second on the score of 181/2. The team all out the Caribbean team for 255 runs on the fourth day and called them back to bat on the fourth day itself. Team India had scored 438 runs in their first innings. Read the match report...

West Indies wickets fell like this in the second innings...

1st: Kraigg Brathwaite- Ravi Ashwin's middle-off stump on length, Brathwaite wanted to sweep the ball. The ball hit the top of the bat and went in the direction of fine leg and Jaydev Unadkat took a simple catch.

Second: Kirk McKenzie - Ashwin changes the angle and increases the speed. He bowls a good length on the middle stump, McKenzie doesn't get it and is out LBW.

Ashwin-Jadeja pair completed 500 test wickets

The pair of Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja have together completed 500 Test wickets. That is, both have taken 500 wickets while playing Test together, in which Ashwin took 274 wickets and Jadeja took 226 wickets.

Talking about the top wicket-taker Indian spin pair, Harbhajan Singh along with Anil Kumble have taken the maximum 501 wickets. Ashwin or Jadeja will break this record as soon as they take 2 wickets on the fifth day.

India's explosive start, declared at 181/2

After dismissing the Windies for 255, India started their second innings in baseball style. The team scored 181 runs for 2 wickets in 24 overs. Here Indian captain Rohit Sharma has declared the team's second innings at a score of 181/2.

Captain Rohit Sharma played a fiery innings of 57 runs off 44 balls, while opener Yashasvi Jaiswal returned to the pavilion after scoring 38 runs off just 30 balls. After the dismissal of Rohit-Jaiswal, Shubman Gill and Ishaan Kishan took the lead. Both shared an unbeaten 79 runs in 68 balls for the third wicket. Kishan got out after scoring 52 runs in 34 balls and Gill scored 29 runs in 37 balls.

For the Caribbean team, Shannon Gabriel and Jomil Warrican took one wicket each.

What is baseball?

Like T-20, the game of scoring fast runs by playing attacking shots in Tests is called Bazball. Last year, England adopted the baseball technique. England had a run rate of 4.13 in Tests in 2022, the highest of any country. With Brendon McCullum as coach and Ben Stokes as captain, England adopted it and their game changed completely. Coach Bandon McCullum is also known as Badge. Hence the name of this style is baseball.

Rohit Sharma's fiery innings

Indian captain Rohit Sharma gave the team an aggressive start. He played an inning of 57 runs on 44 balls. This was Rohit's 16th Test half-century. Rohit made an opening partnership of 98 runs on 72 balls with Yashasvi Jaiswal.

Ishaan Kishan scored the first half-century

Wicket-keeper batsman Ishaan Kishan scored the first half-century of his Test career. He scored 52 runs on 34 balls. Ishaan made his debut in the last match against the West Indies.

Ishaan-Gil's half-century partnership

After the dismissal of Rohit and Jaiswal, Ishaan Kishan and Shubman Gill shared a half-century partnership for the third wicket. Both scored an unbeaten 79 off 68 balls.

This is how India's wickets fell in the second innings.

First: Rohit Sharma - Rohit played Gabriel's short length ball at fine leg. Where Alzarri Joseph took a simple catch.

Second: Yashasvi Jaiswal - wanted to sweep the good length ball outside off stump, but could not guess the pace and the ball took the top edge and went over the wicketkeeper's head. Keeper da Silva easily caught the catch and Yashasvi was dismissed.

Windies were reduced to 255 runs, Siraj got 5 wickets

On Sunday, West Indies started playing ahead of the score of 229/5 and the team was all out for 255 runs. Alyque Athanaz was dismissed by Mukesh Kumar after scoring 37 runs in the very first over of the day. After him Mohammad Siraj took the last 4 wickets. He had taken a wicket on the third day as well. In this way he took 5 wickets in the innings.

Jason Holder 15 runs, Alzarri Joseph 4 runs, Kemar Roach got out after scoring 4 runs. Shannon Gabriel got the last wicket. Gabriel returned to the pavilion after scoring 0 runs.

Caribbeans lost last 5 wickets for 26 runs

In the first session, Indian pacer Mohammad Siraj did not give a chance to the Caribbean batsmen to gain a foothold. He took 4 of the last 5 wickets. The team lost the last 5 wickets for 26 runs.

West Indies wickets fell like this in the first innings...

First: Tejnarine Chanderpaul - Fuller length ball from Ravindra Jadeja, Chanderpaul plays the cross, the ball goes to Ravichandran Ashwin standing at point position, which is caught by Ashwin diving to his left.

Second: Kirk McKenzie- Kirk McKenzie tried to cut the ball of Mukesh Kumar. The low bounce ball from Good Lath hit the edge of the bat and went into the hands of wicketkeeper Ishan Kishan.

Third: Keg Brathwaite - Ashwin bowls a good length ball on the off side and turns it inside out. Brathwaite wanted to defend it, but the ball turned more than he anticipated and went through the middle of the bat-pad and hit the middle stump.

Fourth: Jermaine Blackwood - Jadeja came to bowl over the wicket to the right-handed batsman for the first time in this innings. Blackwood tried to block the turning ball, but the ball, going away from the wicket, touched the outside edge of the bat and went towards the slips, where Rahane dived to his left and took a brilliant one-handed catch.

Fifth: Joshua da Silva - bowled on Siraj's good length inswing ball. Siraj had bowled a wobble seam ball here, which came inwards and took an inside edge and entered the stumps.

Sixth: Alyque Ethanaz - Mukesh Kumar got Ethanaz out LBW in the very first over of the day. Ethanaz took DRS but found it in front of the stumps.

Seventh: Jason Holder - Mohammad Siraj's out swing ball reached wicketkeeper Ishan Kishan, taking the outside edge of Holder's bat. Holder was trying to defend but dodged in front of the swing.

Eighth: Alzarri Joseph: Siraj missed the swing ball and the ball hit the pads. Umpire gave not out. After this India took DRS and Joseph was found out. Earlier, the umpire gave LBW out to Joseph on Siraj's own ball but then he was saved in DRS.

Ninth: Kemar Roach: Siraj's in-swing ball hit the edge of Roach's bat and was caught by wicketkeeper Ishan Kishan.

Tenth: Shannon Gabriel: Siraj got LBW on these swinger balls. Umpire gave out. After this West Indies took DRS but failed and the team was all out.