After Jadeja's maiden ton, India declare innings at 649/9

All the batsmen except KL Rahul scored runs and contributed to the massive total of 649.

Team India declared their 1^st innings right a ball after Ravindra Jadeja got his maiden Test century, 6 years after making his debut for India. Kohli & Co. piled up 649 runs in 149.5 overs which is also India’s highest total against West Indies. Jadeja remained unbeaten on 100 and Shami scored an unbeaten 2 runs.

The West Indies had finally had some respite after the lunch break as their bowlers scalped wickets in regular intervals. They managed to scalp 4 more wickets in the second session but couldn’t stop the run flow at the same time.

The second session of the second day let the Indian tail-enders to have a decent outing with the bat. Skipper Virat Kohli, who scored the 24^th century of his Test career, could only score 19 more runs against his name as he lost his wicket in the 124^th over to debutant Sherman Lewis.

Kohli ended up scoring 139 off 230 balls including 10 boundaries.

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After Kohli’s dismissal, Ravindra Jadeja came with all his guns ablaze. 6 years after making his Test debut, the veteran left-hander scored his first century, that too, on his home ground. People have seen him taking out that sword each time he got a fifty. But it was for the first time that they witnessed something fresh.

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Meanwhile, Kuldeep (12), Ashwin (7), Umesh (22) and Shami (2*) contributed in their capabilities.

All the batsmen except KL Rahul scored runs and contributed to the massive total of 649.

From West Indies, Devendra Bishoo picked up a costly 4-fer while debutant Lewis got 2 scalps. Gabriel, Roston Chase and skipper Kraig Brathwaite claimed 1 wicket each.

Earlier in the first session, Kohli and Pant added a massive partnership of 133 runs for the fifth wicket. Kohli got a century while Pant scored the first fifty on the Indian soil.

Brief Scores:
India 1st Innings: 649/9 in 149.5 overs (Virat Kohli 139, Prithvi Shaw 134, Ravindra Jadeja 100, Devendra Bishoo 4/217).