India laboured their way to 72 for 2 under testing conditions after opener K L Rahul and Cheteshwar Pujara were dismissed cheaply in the opening session of the second World Test Championship match against the West Indies here on Saturday. Rahul and Pujara were out for 13 and 6 respectively after India were put into bat on a Sabina Park pitch which had some grass on it. Captain Virat Kohli and the other opener Mayank Agarwal were batting at 41 off 99 balls and 5 off 30 deliveries respectively at the lunch break. After West Indies captain Jason Holder opted to field, Rahul and Agarwal negotiated the first half an hour without taking any risk on a tricky pitch. Opening bowlers Kemar Roach and Shannon Gabriel, however, could not get much movement from the pitch. Holder introduced himself in the seventh over and immediately got the breakthrough by having the wicket of Rahul to break the 32-run opening stand. (SCORECARD)Â
Highlights Between West Indies vs India 2nd Test Day 1, Straight from Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica
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Hanuma Vihari hits that one through square leg to end the day's play in Jamaica. Vihari is unbeaten on 42 along with Rishabh Pant who is unbeaten on 27.
Second session is done and India have lost just one wicket and Virat Kohli brought up his 22nd Test fifty. India are 157-3. We will be back with the final session after 20 minutes.
Virat Kohli flashes hard at that one, outside off stump and got a thick outside edge but luckily for him the ball went into the gap and raced away towards the fence.
Jason Holder finds the outside edge of Mayank Agarwal's bat and no mistake this time as Rahkeem Cornwall takes a simple catch in the slips. India lose their third wicket for 115.
Kemar Roach beat the outside edge of Mayank Agarwal and the wicketkeeper appealed for a catch behind the stumps. The on-field umpire gave it out but Agarwal reviewed the decision and the replays showed a clear gap between bat and ball. India retain their review and Mayank Agarwal will carry on.
Shannon Gabriel bowled that one short but missed his line and drifted down the leg, Virat Kohli tried to pull but missed the ball and it went past the wicketkepeer towards fine leg for a boundary.
30 overs have been bowled in the first couple of hours of the second Test match between India and the West Indies. India have lost wickets of KL Rahul and Cheteshwar Pujara while Mayank Agarwal is looking set for a big score, batting at 41 at the end of first session. Jason Holder and Rahkeem Cornwall have picked up a wicket each for the hosts.
Rahkeem Cornwall traps Virat Kohli in front of the stumps and the West Indies went up for a huge appeal. Umpire gave it not out but Jason Holder went upstairs, the replays showed that the ball turning too much and was missing the leg stump. West Indies lose their review.
Rahkeem Cornwall gets the big wicket of Cheteshwar Pujara. It was a short ball and was there to hit, but Pujara failed to keep it down and found the man at point, who completed a simple catch, India two down.
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