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HYDERABAD, India – Roston Chase completed his fourth Test century in the second over of play on Day two of the second Test versus India in Hyderabad but the WINDIES lost the last three wickets cheaply to be all out for 311.Devendra Bishoo was the first WINDIES wicket to fall on the resumption of play, when he chucked one onto his wicket from Umesh Yadav for 2. Jomel Warrican joined Chase in the middle and it didn’t take Chase long to complete his second Test century against India. He got an easy two runs to take him to triple figures. Six runs later and Yadav slipped one between bat and pad to rattle Chase’s stumps. Shannon Gabriel got a first ball duck when Yadav got him to edge behind.WINDIES all out for 311, Chase the top scorer with 106, Holder 52, Hope 36 and Dowrich 30.

Umesh Yadav was the pick of the Indian bowlers, finishing with figures of 6/88 while Kuldeep Yadav had 3/85.

Prithvi Shaw looked intent on attacking the WINDIES bowlers and did just that. His opening partner KL Rahul was the first wicket to fall when Jason Holder got him to play on to his stumps for 4. Shaw continued to make the WINDIES pacers look meek, taking a particular liking to Shannon Gabriel. Cheteshwar Pujara joined Shaw and the pair looked to replicate their partnership from the first Test in Rajkot. However, it was not to be as Shannon Gabriel had Pujara caught by Hamilton for 10.

The WINDIES had an injury scare when wicketkeeper Shane Dowrich had to be carried off the field after being struck on the knee from a delivery. Hospital scans showed no damage but the effects of being hit from a 90mph delivery. He took no further part in the day’s play, with substitute Jahmar Hamilton taking up wicketkeeping duties.

Indian Captain Virat Kohli and his vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane then went about rebuilding the Indian innings to reach the WINDIES 311 total. Striking 5-fours on his way to 45, Kohli was given out LBW but reviewed the decision. DRS determined that it was the on-field Umpire’s call and the original decision stayed. India now 162-4.

Rahane was joined by Rishabh Pant and the pair regained control of the match for India, just when the WINDIES breathed a sigh of relief in the dismissal of Kohli. Rahane played his natural game of patience chipping away at the WINDIES bowlers, while Pant took a liking to Devendra Bishoo. Holder had to rotate his bowlers wisely but that still did not stop the flow of runs.Shannon Gabriel was exasperated after Hamilton dropped Pant on 24 when India were 196/4.

At the close of play on day two India are 308/4, trailing by 3 runs with 6 wickets remaining. Pant on 85 not out and Rahane on 75 not out, with a 146-run partnership. Jason Holder had the best bowling figures for the WINDIES with 2/45, while Gabriel and Warrican had 1 each.No doubt the WINDIES will be going hard in the morning in search of those 6 remaining wickets. WINDIES first innings centurion Roston Chase said “After the first game, I really looked at my game in both innings and I thought I was trying to overhit the ball and in these quick out-fields, that’s not really called for. You just have to stroke the ball into the gaps and pick up the ones and twos and put the bad ball away…. Hopefully we get some wear and tear on the wicket to help the bowlers as the days go by because right now it’s a batters wicket.”

In reply to CaribbeanCricket.com

I am not certain we will not lose inside three days yet. So far we have only seen 2 days and India is right on top. India could declare before tea, with a lead of well over 200 and bowling west Indies out in the last session is not impossible. Remember we got bowled out twice in the first match in just over 100 overs and we have bowled out in T20 games before.

I am still trying to wonder why they did not play Roach instead of Bishoo. I don't hate Bishoo but since after he was dropped for over two years he has been a very ordinary bowler. To see West Indies in a test match with two quicks and Roach did not play is just ridiculous. Our first change has to be a spinner on a wicket where the Indian fast bowler Umesh Yadav, got 6/88? In the first test our most experience bowler, Bishoo had figures of 4/217 and we brought him back? How can we win a match with that figure? So say if he had to bowl same amount of overs he would have had match figures of 108/434/8. Which batting team that would not like to 434 for 8 after 108 overs? Bishoo should have been dropped period.

In reply to Sylobeauty

The WI need a change of Selectors, this strategy of playing six batsmen should be stop. Now because of being a bowler short, both bowlers and batsmen would be tired before their second innings come.

While I am hard on Bishoo I will not allow our selectors to escape you know because they too are ridiculous to pick the team they picked for India. I feel everyone of them should be replaced! Where are they going with four wicketkeepers in Dowrich , Hope, Ambris and Hamilton? Do our selectors follow cricket? Do they understand that Jermaine Blackwood, in his 27 tests, is averaging 30.09 and ONLY Kraigg Brathwaite, with an average of 37 is above him? Hope and Holder are also averaging 30. and ,Kieran Powell, in his 37 tests is even worse with his 28.47. Do they also realize that Blackwood had scores of 95 against Pakistan and 92 against Sri Lanka, both in the subcontinent where the wickets are similar to India? Why is he not in India man? I just feel our selectors spend more time in the rum shop than they follow our cricket and they select a team based on what their Rum shop friends tell them