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13-Oct-2018 12:06:00 GMT
Ind v WI - 2nd Test, Hyderabad, day 3

Rahane, Pant, Umesh Yadav help India edge ahead

India 308 for 4 (Pant 85*, Rahane 75*, Shaw 70) trail West Indies 311 (Chase 106, Holder 52, Umesh 6-88, Kuldeep 3-85) by 3 runs

Hyderabad: India were 308 for four at stumps, trailing the West Indies by three runs in their first innings on day two of the second and final Test in Hyderabad on Saturday.

Ajinkya Rahane, on 75, and Rishabh Pant, on 85, were batting at the close of play after putting together a 146-run stand for the fifth wicket.

West Indies skipper Jason Holder took two wickets, including his counterpart Virat Kohli's prized scalp for 45. Earlier, the tourists were bowled out for 311 in the morning session.


West Indies prised out three wickets in the post-lunch session to reduce India to 173 for four at tea.

Having bowled out West Indies for 311 earlier in the morning, India looked to be cruising at 98 for one but their top order could not capitalise on the foundation.

Rahane was batting on 75 at the stumps and Pant on 85 with the hosts, who are 1-0 up in the series after a comprehensive victory in Rajkot, only 3 behind.

India dominated the morning session, needing only 6.4 overs to claim the last three West Indies wickets with Umesh Yadav registering a career-best 6-88.

Umesh struck in the first over of the day when he bowled Devendra Bishoo for two after the tourists resumed on 295-7.

The other overnight batsman, Roston Chase, needed two runs to complete his fourth test century, which he duly achieved before falling to Yadav. His chanceless 106 contained eight boundaries and a six.

India's teenage prodigy Prithvi Shaw, who smashed 134 in his debut test in Rajkot last week, led the reply with a scintillating display of strokes, which was in stark contrast to opening partner Lokesh Rahul's struggles at the other end.

The 18-year-old Shaw played the upper cut off a rising Shannon Gabriel delivery for a six and hit spinner Jomel Warrican for three successive boundaries en route to his 39-ball fifty.

At the other end, Rahul scratched around for his four runs before jabbing at a Jason Holder delivery and dragging it onto the stumps after initially intending to leave it.

Warrican denied Shaw his second straight century, inducing the batsman into an uppish drive straight to Shimron Hetmyer at extra cover. Shaw's breezy 70 off 53 balls also included 11 boundaries.

Cheteshwar Pujara did not last either, but captain Virat Kohli played with characteristic ease until his West Indies counterpart Jason Holder trapped him lbw for 45.


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