SCORECARD | BLOG Assembly Election Results
Roston Chase 27* and Keemo Paul 13* at the crease for the visitors at close. The day again belongs to the home side and they are poised for a big win in Rajkot.
4:33 pm: 10 RUNS! Keemo Paul (13*) hits Kuldeep Yadav for a six and a four off consecutive balls. West Indies 92/6 in 28 overs
4:20 pm: WICKET! Kuldeep Yadav cleans up Shane Dowrich for 10. West Indies 74/6 in 25.2 overs
4:18 pm: 4 overs left for the day. West Indies 74/5 in 25 overs. Roston Chase 21* & Shane Dowrich 10* holding the fort for the visitors
4:04 pm: West Indies 61/5 after 20 overs. Roston Chase 15* & Shane Dowrich 7*
3:52 p.m: WICKET! Ravindra Jadeja comes into the attack and strikes on his first delivery. Sunil Ambris departs for 12 runs.
West Indies 49/5 in 16.1 overs.3:30 p.m. WICKET! West Indies lose their fourth wicket. Hetmyer is run out (10). West Indies 32/4 in 11.5 overs. Roston Chase is the new man at the crease.
3:18 p.m. WICKET! Ashwin castles Shai Hope for 10 runs. Excellent delivery by the Indian off-spinner.
West Indies 21/3 in 9.2 overs.3:16 p.m 9 overs gone! West Indies 9/0. Hetmyer 7*, Hope 10*
2:55 p.m. WICKET! Shami strikes again. Second wicket for the Indian pacer. Kieran Powell departs for paltry 1.
West Indies 7/2 in 4.1 overs.2:54 p.m Here's how Ravindra Jadeja celebrated his maiden Test ton.
2:45 p.m. WICKET! Mohammed Shami strikes, Kraigg Brathwaite departs. What a delivery from the Indian pacer.
West Indies 2/1 in 2.2 overs.2:40 p.m. West Indies start their innings with Kieran Powell and Kraigg Brathwaite.
INDIA FIRST INNINGS (649/9 decl)2:14 p.m. India declare at 649/9 after Ravindra Jadeja scored his maiden Test century on Day 2 in Rajkot, and that's also Tea.
(Kohli 139, Shaw 134, Jadeja 100*, Pant 92, Pujara 86; Bishoo 4/217)
1:52 p.m. Umesh Yadav (22) tries to clear long-0ff but just misses out, caught by Lewis off Brathwaite. India 626/9
1:45 p.m. It's party time in Rajkot as fours and sixes fly thick and fast off the bats of Jadeja (77*) and Umesh Yadav (18*). India 620/8.
1:31 p.m. Jadeja gets to half-century and celebrates it with his signature 'sword swing'. India 577/8 in 137.3 overs.
1:28 pm: Eighth Indian wicket goes down as Bishoo gets one to turn sharply and dismiss Kuldeep Yadav (12) lbw for his fourth wicket. India 571/8 in 136.5 overs.
1:20 p.m. Jadeja (45) now has fellow spinner, Kuldeep Yadav, giving him company in the middle. India 570/7 in 136 overs.
12:54 p.m. India losing some quick wickets post lunch, as Ravichandran Ashwin (7) is caught behind. India 545/7 in 128.1 overs.
12:35 p.m. Wicket Alert! Against the run of play, ViratKohli (139) falls to Sherman Lewis, caught at short mid-on. India 534/6 in 123.4 overs.
12:29 p.m. Virat Kohli (131*) and Ravindra Jadeja (22*) complete their 50-run partnership for the sixth wicket. India 520/5 in 122.2 overs.
11:30 a.m. India 506/5 in 118 overs at lunch on day two in Rajkot. Virat Kohli 120*, Ravindra Jadeja 19*. It took a rash shot from Rishabh Pant (92) to give West Indies their only wicket of the morning while conceding 142 runs in 29 overs this morning. Complete dominance by India.
500 comes up in 116.4 overs11:20 a.m. Kohli (116*) seems to be setting himself up for a big one. Jadeja has reached 14* on the other end. India 497/5 in 116 overs.
11:10 a.m. Virat Kohli is now only behind Sir Don Bradman in fastest to reach 24 Test century.
11:01 a.m. Rishabh Pant (92) literally throws it away, missing out on a hundred while trying to jump out and hit Bishoo for a big one. Miscued it and easily held at point. India 470/5. Ravindra Jadeja is the new man in.
10:55 a.m. Virat Kohli completes 24th Test century. India 463/4.
10:42 a.m. Rishabh Pant (74* off 69 balls) is on a roll, and his fourth six brings up the 100-run partnership with Virat Kohli (91*). India 440/4.
10:36 a.m. Pant (63*) has decided to take the Windies on, smashes Chase for back-to-back four and a six to take India to 427/4. Kohli on 89*.
10:28 a.m. Spoke too soon on the boundaries bit. Rishabh Pant reaches fifty with a six, off 57 balls. Hit a streaky four before that. India 416/4 in 100.2 overs. Virat Kohli 89*.
10:25 a.m. The boundaries have somewhat dried up as the Kohli-Pant partnership reaches 69. India 406/4 in 100 overs.
10:05 a.m. India raise 400, and West Indies are yet to strike on the second morning. Ominous signs. Kohli (88*) nearing century and Pant (37*) a half-century. 400/4 in 96 overs.
9:50 a.m. 3000 Test runs for Kohli (82*) at home.
9:30 a.m. Pant gets off to his usual aggressive start, hitting Lewis for a boundary in the first over of the day - a flick to the square-leg fence. India 371/4 in 90 overs.
9 a.m. Kohli taking some throw-downs to warm up ahead of the start of day's play. He is 28 runs away from another Test century.
8:25 am: Watch how Shaw reacted to Sachin Tendulkar's tweet congratulating him for a fantastic debut
8:20 am: Hello and welcome once again to Timesofindia.com's continued coverage of first Test between India and West Indies at Rajkot, which witnessed an entertaining opening day highlighted by debutant
Prithvi Shaw's century.
Day 1 Round-up: Teenage sensation Prithvi Shaw announced his arrival in top-flight cricket by becoming the youngest Indian to score a Test century on debut, headlining the home team's march to 364/4 against West Indies on day one of the series-opener in Rajkot.
Shaw (134 off 154 balls) and Cheteshwar Pujara (86 off 130) laid the foundation for a big score with a 206-run partnership after the early loss of KL Rahul (0).
Skipper Virat Kohli (72 not out off 137) and his deputy Ajinkya Rahane (41 off 92) then took the innings forward with a 105-run stand in the final session, putting India in the driver's seat before the latter was caught behind off spinner Roston Chase.
Kohli looked set for another hundred and was batting alongside Rishabh Pant (17 not out off 21) at close of play. Eighty nine overs were bowled on day one with India scoring at 4.08 runs per over.
The West Indies, handed a big setback even before toss with the last-minute withdrawal of captain Jason Holder, looked ordinary at best on the field. Barring pacer Shanon Gabriel (1/66), none of the bowlers troubled the Indian batsmen on a greenish surface which did not seem to do much.