Day 2 India vs West Indies - 2nd TEST

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When I last saw the scorecard on Ten Sports the score was WI-96/5 in 37 overs. West Indies batsmen at the crease were Marlon Samuels 21(56 balls) and Shivnarine Chanderpaul 18 (60 balls). Ishant Sharma has bowled brilliantly today and taken 2 more wickets, this takes his tally to 3 wickets in this match. West Indies where at 30/3 at end of days play on Day 1. All three Indian pacers Ishant, Praveen Kumar and Abhimanyu Mithun picked 1 wicket each on Day 1.

Brilliant Batting By VVS Laxman

Earlier to that Indian team was skittled out at meager 201 runs in just 68 overs on Day 1. Thanks to ever special Laxman’s batting, India was saved of further embarrassment. (Very Very Special) VVS Laxman batted fiercely and scored 85 runs and displayed excellent classic cricket shots in his innings of 146 balls. The only other batsmen who contributed significantly to the Indian score was young gun Suresh Raina 53(105 Balls). The Wall was breached very early in the match and India where struggling at 38/4 in the 26th over of the match. Laxman and Raina stitched together a brilliant partnership of 117 runs for the 5th wicked. However the rest of the team’s performance was highly disappointing.

West Indies bowlers did a good job on day 1 and Ravi Rampaul was pick of the bowlers with figures of 3/38. Fidel Edwards and Devendra Bishoo also picked 3 wickets each and skipper Sammy got the prized wicket of Rahul Dravid.

The wicket seems to be aiding the fast bowlers and it needs to be seen if the Indian bowlers will be able to extract the best out of it. If they can get the West Indies team all out under 150-160 then it would be fantastic. All said and done one thing is for certain; this match will not be a draw. The team which bowls well and bats better is sure to win the game.