West Indies wicketkeeper Shai Hope surprised everyone with a sharp one-handed catch in the slip cordon after Sai Sudarshan edged the ball off West Indies captain Roston Chase. West Indies have something to celebrate at the start of the fifth day.
India have dominated West Indies in the two-match Test series, winning the first game in Ahmedabad and are now almost on the verge of victory in the second Test in New Delhi. However, unlike the previous game, India could not win the match by an innings.
Watch: Sai Sudarshan’s sharp edge caught by Shai Hope in the slips
While India chased a target of 121 runs in the second innings, most of the scoring happened on the fourth day itself, with only 58 runs required on the final day. India look determined to wrap things up within the first hour of the day’s play, and so KL Rahul has taken charge with his long levers.
However, the West Indies captain gave them some untimely joy as he dismissed Sai Sudarshan for 39 in the 29th over of the game. The ball was bowled well onto the off stump; The length of the bowler tempted Sudarshan with a big drive, but the ball turned sharply and took the edge of the bat and flew to the right of first slip.
Shai Hope was standing at first slip and showing his cat-like reflexes, he took a sharp catch with one hand to send India to number one. Returned to 3 pavilions.
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KL Rahul’s winning run helps India clean sweep West Indies
Despite the dismissal of Sai Sudarshan and Shubman Gill this morning, an unbeaten half-century and KL Rahul has ensured victory for India. The two century-winners and half-century-winners of the previous innings were out in the desire to score runs quickly, but Rahul once again performed well with his patience.
India clinched the series 2-0 and have now added 12 much-needed points to their WTC campaign tally. With this, the Indian team will reach second place above the Sri Lankan team in the WTC points table.
For the first time under Gautam Gambhir’s reign, India have made a strong start in domestic conditions; These are good signs before facing South Africa in the three-match Test series in November-December.
Roston Chase becomes the second West Indian with the most disappointing record
Despite all his efforts with both bat and ball, Roston Chase could only manage to take his team to a second-best finish in the series. The West Indies batsmen, especially Shai Hope and Justin Greaves, showed some remarkable composure, which helped them chase down the target after maintaining the follow-on in the first innings.
However, Roston Chase has reached an unknown milestone in his Test career. The West Indies captain became the second West Indies captain, after former captain Kraigg Brathwaite, to lose all five of his first five Test matches in international cricket.
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