Blitz Bureau
NEW DELHI: Skipper Shubman Gill remained unbeaten on a glittering 75, while Yashasvi Jaiswal made 175 as India added 109 runs in the morning session on day two and reach 427/4 in 116 overs at lunch in the second and final Test against West Indies at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi on October 11. Jaiswal, who resumed his knock on 173, could add only two runs before being run-out in the second over of the day. Gill, resuming from 20 off 67 balls, was more proactive than his time at the crease on Friday, and brought out a flurry of wonderful shots to bring up his fifty off 95 balls.
Nitish Kumar Reddy, promoted up the order, looked promising and was dropped on 20, but failed to capitalise on promotion to number five, falling for 43. With Gill and Dhruv Jurel (seven not out) at the crease, India will aim to breach 500-run mark and pile more misery on West Indies.
The day began with a heartbreak for India as Jaiswal’s bid for a third Test double hundred ended in a weird run-out. After driving a full ball to mid-off, Jaiswal took off for a quick single, but Gill had said no to that call.
But by then, Tagenarine Chanderpaul fired a direct hit to the keeper’s end, and though Jaiswal made a desperate turn after being more than halfway down the pitch, keeper Tevin Imlach disturbed the stumps swiftly. Reddy, promoted with an aim by the Indian team management to get some game time, survived a close lbw call on the second ball he faced off Jayden Seales, before square driving off him for four.
