Jaiswal and Kohli take India’s lead to 250

By Charlie On Jul 14, 2023

Lunch India 400 for 4 (Kohli 72*, Jadeja 21*) lead West Indies 150 by 250 runs

West Indies, though they trail by some distance, will also be pleased at picking up two wickets and allowing only 88 runs in 29 overs, despite starting the day with a couple of handicaps. Alzarri Joseph couldn’t open the bowling because he was off the field for 28 minutes before stumps last evening. Rahkeem Cornwall was also not allowed to bowl for two hours as he had gone off the field with a chest infection before lunch on day two.

West Indies had the opportunity to dismiss Kohli in the sixth over of the day, when Jomel Warrican got him to push uppishly towards extra cover but Brathwaite dropped the catch. Kohli was on 40 at the time and he had to work hard for his runs. It took him 147 balls to bring up his half-century, his third slowest in Test cricket.

Jaiswal looked more fluent. Even on a slow pitch, he was comfortable driving on the up against seamers. He picked up his first boundary of the morning with an on-drive off Jason Holder, and three balls later, became the third Indian after Shikhar Dhawan (187) and Rohit Sharma (177) to score 150 or more on Test debut.

Joseph replaced Holder as soon as he was eligible to bowl and by then Jaiswal was looking to score quickly. He uppercut Joseph over backward point for four to bring up the 100-run partnership with Kohli, and then skipped down the ground to launch Warrican for a straight six.

Joseph then pulled his length back, bowled five successive dot balls to Jaiswal, and had him caught behind with the sixth as the left-hander looked to punch off the back foot.

Ajinkya Rahane failed to account for the slowness of the pitch and fell for 3, chipping Kemar Roach’s first ball of the morning to cover.

The run-scoring became slightly easier when, around 25 minutes before lunch, Brathwaite deployed Alick Athanaze’s spin from one end and himself from the other. Kohli and Ravindra Jadeja used that window to score a couple of boundaries each, and took India to 400 for 4 at the stroke of lunch.

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