Drinks break!
42 overs – WI BPXI 101/1. Chandrika 50, Hope 45; India 258/6 dec.
An Ishant Sharma short ball was pulled with absolute disdain by Shai Hope towards square leg for a boundary. The WICB batsmen are finding it pretty comfortable out there in the middle. An overpitched delivery by Shami in the following over was lofted over long on for another boundary. The batsmen are breaking free and India need to regroup, which they must do during the drinks break. Meanwhile, Rajendra Chandrika has brought up his half-century.
40 overs – WI BPXI 93/1. Chandrika 46, Hope 41; India 258/6 dec.
Change in bowling at both ends for India. Ishant Sharma and Mohammad Shami are now bowling in tandem. But, Hope and Chandrika are still finding the middle of the bat. They are also leaving the ball well. This should give a lot of hope to the West Indies Test side, as two of their main Test batsmen are putting up good performances.
Ishant Sharma has been asked to bowl now.
38 overs – WI BPXI 91/1. Chandrika 44, Hope 41; India 258/6 dec.
WICB BPXI are inching closer to the 100-run mark now, and they have lost only one wicket. All the strike bowlers that India have in their lineup have been put to the test now. Somebody needs to do something special, or somebody else needs to roll his arms over now, it seems, to get India a wicket. Both batsmen are approaching half-centuries as well.
36 overs – WI BPXI 86/1. Chandrika 44, Hope 37; India 258/6 dec.
Yadav conceded four off his first over of his second spell, while a flighted delivery by Mishra outside off stump was driven handsomely through the covers for four by Chandrika in the following over. The pace-spin combination isn’t working either, and both the WI batsmen look to be well set at the crease.
Umesh Yadav has been brought back.
34 overs – WI BPXI 78/1. Chandrika 39, Hope 33; India 258/6 dec.
Chances are being created, but still no success for the Indian bowlers. Mishra is troubling the WI batsman and is asking questions. However, Hope and Chandrika have been solid at the crease.
32 overs – WI BPXI 74/1. Chandrika 36, Hope 33; India 258/6 dec.
A couple of close chances came in the last over. The second ball of the 32nd saw an outside edge, off the batsman’s bat, fly tantalisingly close to the man at first slip. On the fifth ball, Hope padded a delivery on the leg stump, which Wriddhiman Saha grabbed, running backwards towards fine leg, only for the umpire to state that there was no bat involved. Suddenly, Mishra is creating chances.
30 overs – WI BPXI 71/1. Chandrika 36, Hope 30; India 258/6 dec.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar bowls from the other end, while Mishra continues from one end. The combination of pace and spin has been deployed. It remains to be seen as to whether this combination can get India the wickets.
28 overs – WI BPXI 68/1. Chandrika 35, Hope 28; India 258/6 dec.
Amit Mishra starts the proceedings for India and concedes just one run off the 28th over. But restricting the runs would not be the only prerogative of the visiting side. They need to pick up wickets. One Mishra delivery spun sharply after pitching and nearly took the outside edge of Hope’s willow.
The umpires and the players are taking the field now. The second session of Day 2 is about to begin. Amit Mishra to start proceedings for India.
This is how the Indian bowlers have performed so far in the match.
It is LUNCH, now, on the second day of the practice match between India and the WICB Board President’s XI. A session that has been shared by the two sides, it has to be said, as, after the early breakthrough that India got when Kumar dismissed Johnson, WICB came back on the backs of Shai Hope and Rajendra Chandrika. The partnership between the two now stands at 60 runs and India would look to take wickets in the next two sessions.
27 overs – WI BPXI 67/1. Chandrika 35, Hope 27; India 258/6 dec.
The partnership between the two West Indies batsman has been flourishing from strength to strength. They have played the leg-spinner with caution so far and seem to have put a heavy price on their wicket. India need to strike before the lunch break. Hope, now, is getting the boundaries too. Earlier, it was only Chandrika who was finding the fence. Bhuvneshwar Kumar bowls the last over before lunch, but to no success.
24 overs – WI BPXI 61/1. Chandrika 35, Hope 21; India 258/6 dec.
The partnership between Chandrika and Hope is of 55 runs at the moment, and they are, albeit slowly, building the WI BPXI’s innings. India, sooner rather than later, will have to get another wicket. Chandrika hit a boundary off Shami in the 23rd over.
Mohammad Shami comes back and replaces Yadav at the Southern End.
22 overs – WI BPXI 54/1. Chandrika 29, Hope 20; India 258/6 dec.
So, after four five-over spells by each of the four premier fast bowlers, the time has come for some spin, With Ashwin not playing, it is the leg-spinner, Amit Mishra, who has been given the ball. Meanwhile, Chandrika and Hope have raised WI BPXI’s fifty.
Amit Mishra has been introduced into the attack.
20 overs – WI BPXI 48/1. Chandrika 28, Hope 15; India 258/6 dec.
One would feel that something is going to give in here. Sharma and Yadav have been very tight, but Chandrika and Hope have been equally patient. With pace not really getting the wickets, one would also feel that the spinners may be seen flexing their muscles very soon.
18 overs – WI BPXI 47/1. Chandrika 28, Hope 14; India 258/6 dec.
Save for the no ball, bowled by Sharma in the 18th over, the last two overs haven’t seen a single being scored off the bat. A wide first slip and a very short mid-on, adjacent to the pitch near the bowler’s end have been the features of India’s field placement so far. Some tremendous pressure is being maintained by the Indian bowlers after the drinks break. Will it culminate into a wicket?
16 overs – WI BPXI 46/1. Chandrika 28, Hope 14; India 258/6 dec.
Umesh Yadav continues after the drinks break. He strays in line on the last ball, sprays one down the leg side, and gets clipped off the pads by Chandrika towards the fine leg area for four. Ishant Sharma continues from the other end and bowls a maiden first up.
The first DRINKS break has been taken.
14 overs – WI BPXI 40/1. Chandrika 23, Hope 13; India 258/6 dec.
It has been an enticing first half of the first session of the second day of the practice match. While India picked up the wicket of the BPXI captain, Leon Johnson, Shai Hope and Rajendra Chandrika have been able to consolidate the innings from thereon. Mohammad Shami, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umesh Yadav and Ishant Sharma are the bowlers who have been used by India.
13 overs – WI BPXI 38/1. Chandrika 22, Hope 13; India 258/6 dec.
Chandrika and Hope are trying to rebuild the BPXI innings after the early setback that they suffered at the hands of Kumar. Four of the five premier fast bolwers who have been picked for the tour have already bowled now.
Ishant Sharma comes on from the other end now.
11 overs – WI BPXI 31/1. Chandrika 18, Hope 10; India 258/6 dec.
Umesh Yadav bowls a decent first over. Although, one ball went for a boundary. The last ball just missed the off stump by a whisker.
Umesh Yadav has been introduced into the attack.
10 overs – WI BPXI 22/1. Chandrika 10, Hope 10; India 258/6 dec.
Shami and Bhuvneshwar Kumar have bowled tight spells of 5 overs each. However, Shami was a bit off the mark in the previous over, wherein he conceded two boundaries. Chandrika drove him off his pads towards long on, while Hope drove him through the covers.
8 overs – WI BPXI 12/1. Chandrika 8, Hope 2; India 258/6 dec.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar comes round the wicket, and gets India their first wicket, as Johnson nicks one behind to Dhawan at 2nd slip. It was a good length ball and moved slightly away from the left-hander after pitching. India have got the breakthrough. Shai Hope is the new batsman.
Chandrika, in the meantime, has taken a couple of twos and has reached 8, while Shai Hope is batting on 2.
6 overs – WI BPXI 3/0. Chandrika 1, Johnson 2; India 258/6 dec.
WI BPXI get off the mark, finally, in the 5th over of their innings. However, no boundaries have been scored so far. An excellent job is being done by Shami and Kumar. Overcast conditions have helped the Indian seamers so far, as they have extracted some movement in the air. Kohli has got three slips in position. Earlier, there were four. A straight drive off the last ball of the 6th over by Chandrika hit the stumps at the non-striker’s end.
4 overs – WI BPXI 0/0. Chandrika 0, Johnson 0; India 258/6 dec.
Kumar and Shami have maintained tight lines and lengths and have not allowed the WI BPXI batsmen to score runs at all. A good start for India. Although, they would love to have early wickets.
2 overs – WI BPXI 0/0. Chandrika 0, Johnson 0; India 258/6 dec.
Rajendra Chandrika and Leon Johnson open the innings for WI BPXI. Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Mohammad Shami take the new ball for India. In the second over, there was a huge appeal by Mohammad Shami and India against Johnson for caught behind, which was denied by the umpire.
India have declared their first innings at 258/6!
93 overs – India 258/6. Sharma 54, Mishra 18
India resume proceedings after finishing on 258/3 on Day 2 of the two-day practice match against West Indies Board President’s XI ahead of their four-match Test series against the West Indies, that begins on July 21 with the first Test in Guyana. Two of India’s top three batsmen scored half-centuries, with Shikhar Dhawan and KL Rahul making 51 and 50 respectively before retiring in order to give other batsmen the chance to bat.
Cheteshwar Pujara spent ample time at the crease, making 34 runs from 102 deliveries, while the captain, Virat Kohli, couldn’t translate his limited-overs form into the longer format of the game, as he was dismissed for 14, while Ajinjya Rahane was dismissed for 5. Thereafter, Rohit Sharma and Wriddhiman Saha steadied the Indian ship through their knocks of 54 and 22. After Saha’s dismissal, Amit Mishra partnered Sharma and ensured that India lost no more wickets until the end of the day’s play.
You can revisit the action from Day 1 of the two-day practice match here – India vs WICB President XI Warm Up Match Live Cricket Score and Commentary; Day 1 stumps: India 258/6 in 93 overs.
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