The West Indies could finally find a reason to cheer after toiling really hard as they managed to get rid of Prithvi Shaw and Cheteshwar Pujara in the second session. India were reduced to 232 for 3 by the time of tea break. Skipper Virat Kohli was at the crease, batting on 4 while his deputy Ajinkya Rahane is yet to open his account.
After resuming the innings at 133/1, Pujara and Shaw shifted the gear forced the West Indies bowlers to struggle even harder. After smashing their respective fifties in the first session, they were rooting for a bigger score.
Meanwhile, Prithvi Shaw set a plethora of records on his debut outing for India in whites. In the morning session, he became the youngest Indian batsman to get a fifty on Test debut. After lunch, he joined the club of batsmen to have scored a century on debut, at the 15th number.
At the other end, Test specialist Pujara as following his mate to get a century. But unfortunately, he lost his wicket to debutant Sherman Lewis in the 43rd over. A length ball from Lewis did its job perfectly as Pujarara left his bat out for the dry. The outside edge was taken and a simple catch for Dowrich.
The Caribbean cricketers finally found the breakthrough. They have ultimately broken the 206-run partnership stitched by the duo.
Soon Skipper Kohli joined the crease with Shaw and before taking the crease he congratulated the young man who did marvels on his first outing.
Shaw continued punishing the bowlers and wet beyond 130-run mark. He probably had thought of adding a decent amount of runs with Kohli for the 3rd wicket but he was removed by Devendra Bishoo a few moments ahead of the tea break.
Earlier today, India won the toss and elected to bat first. Opener KL Rahul lost his wicket on a duck. Shaw and Pujara added 133 runs to the first wicket before the lunch break.
Brief Scores:
India 1st Innings: 232/3 in 51 overs (Prithvi Shaw 134, Cheteshwar Pujara 86; Shannon Gabriel 1/32).