Trinidad: After an impressive opening stand of 139 by Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli and Ravindra Jadeja consolidated the innings by taking India to 288/4 at the end of Day 1 of the second Test at Port-of-Spain here on Thursday.
At stumps, Kohli and Jadeja were batting on 87 off 161 and 36 off 84 balls, respectively.
The century-run opening partnership catapulted India on the top, but post-lunch session Caribbean bowlers picked up four wickets for 61 runs, leaving the match evenly poised at tea with India reaching 182/4 in 50.4 overs.
India was led with the bat by Jaiswal (57 from 74) and Rohit (80 from 143).
Four bowlers got one wicket each, with Jason Holder (1-30) starting the party. Kemar Roach (1-64), Jomel Warrican (1-55) and Shannon Gabriel (1-50) were the other successful bowlers.
Speaking in the post-match press conference, bowling coach Kenneth Benjamin said, “I believe we were a little bit disappointed that we didn’t pick up a wicket, a wicket or two pre-lunch, but I think we did well after lunch to get 4 wickets. Then kudos to Virat and Jadeja, I thought they played really well.”
