On the back of a century from Ajinkya Rahane, India declared with a lead in excess of 300 but the rain gods ensured that they didn’t get a crack on West Indies for a second time in this Test on day three of the second Test at Jamaica.
Having begun the day five wickets down, Rahane and Saha got India past 400 before the wicketkeeper fell, three shy of his fifty. But that didn’t stop Rahane from getting to his first Test century in West Indies.
Once India got to 500/9, Kohli declared but there was to be no further play after that as the entire third session was lost to rain.
Here are some interesting facts from the day:
0 – Ajinkya Rahane now has a 90+ Test score in every country that he has played. He has centuries in Australia, England, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, India and West Indies and ninties in Bangladesh and South Africa.
1 – This was India’s highest score at Jamaica. Their previous best at the ground was in 1953 when they scored 444.
2 – Only twice have India had a better first innings lead in West Indies than their 304 in the second Test. Their biggest is the 373 they achieved in St Lucia in 2006.
2 – This is only the second time that India have managed to get a lead of more than 300 in two consecutive Tests. The last time they achieved it was against Sri Lanka in 2009.
3 – Rahane now has a century in three of his last four Test innings.
5 – Only five visiting teams have scored more in an innings at Jamaica than the 500 that India managed. The record is held by England,who scored 849 in 1930.
6 – This is the sixth-consecutive 400+ total that India have registered against West Indies in their first innings. The streak started in Kolkata, when they scored 631/7,
7 – This was Ajinkya Rahane’s seventh Test century. He has now scored a Test century in six different countries.
8 – This is the eighth consecutive Test series in which Ajinkya Rahane has got at least 90 or more in a series, starting from India’s tour of South Africa in 2013/14. He is the only player to do so, in the current side.
17 – Although this match has only seen two innings completed, the 17 sixes hit in the game is already the most in the history of the stadium in Sabina Park.
1976 – For the first time since 1976, when David Holford picked up 5/23, a WI spinner has taken a five-wicket haul in an innings against India. Roston Chase achieved during India’s first innings.
2008/09 – The last time before today that India registered two 500+ totals in consecutive Tests outside Asia was in 2008/09 when they scored 526 in Adelaide and 520 in Hamilton.
2010 – The last time 3 India batsmen were out in 40s in the same innings of a Test was in 2010 against Sri Lanka in Colombo (PSS). They emulated that in this match as Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli and Wriddhiman Saha all got out in their 40s.
