West Indies vs India, 2nd Test – Classy Chase gives Westindies improbable Match drawn

PLAYER OF THE MATCH Roston Chase 

IND 500/9 declared, WI 196, 388/6 (104.0 Overss)

Captains’ Comments: 

Virat Kohli: Testing. That’s what Test cricket is all about. Have to give credit to West Indies the way they played. You require someone to step up in these occasions and Roston just did that for West Indies. Our bowlers bowled their best, unfortunately couldn’t get through. The hardness of the ball was a factor on day five. You need to be a bit more patient on day five. The idea was to get wickets somehow, somewhere because they were playing for the draw. West Indies batted really well. We gave our best shot even after tea. The five bowlers, they have tried everything and if the opposition plays well a couple of sessions, you just have to take your hat off and say well played. Because we had the luxury of runs, we went attacking throughout the day. We know Jinks [Ajinkya Rahane] is a quality player and he’s such a quality player overseas. Even KL Rahul played very well. He either gets single-digit scores or tons.

Jason Holder: Guys really improved a lot. Really enjoyed the performance. The guys have showed some fight and I had asked them to bat over by over. Blackwood was brilliant with Chase and that’s where it all started for us. Wickets were hard to come by, Indians were really tough. To get them out you need a lot of patience. The bowlers really stuck to the plans and we tried not giving anything away and make it difficult for them. It’s just outstanding (securing a draw). I asked the guys to show fight and some character. Roston to bat like that all day was phenomenal. The crowd have turned in for the last session and I’m sure all of Jamaica must have enjoyed. Just remain patient and work hard and success will follow.

	West Indies 1st innings		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	KC Brathwaite	c Pujara b Sharma	1	15	6	0	0	16.66
	R Chandrika	c Rahul b Mohammed Shami	5	34	17	0	0	29.41
	DM Bravo	c Kohli b Sharma	0	2	1	0	0	0.00
	MN Samuels	c Rahul b Ashwin	37	118	88	5	2	42.04
	J Blackwood	lbw b Ashwin	62	84	62	7	4	100.00
	RL Chase	c Dhawan b Mohammed Shami	10	49	33	1	0	30.30
	SO Dowrich†	c †Saha b Ashwin	5	23	20	0	0	25.00
	JO Holder*	c Rahul b Ashwin	13	47	16	2	0	81.25
	D Bishoo	c Dhawan b Ashwin	12	32	34	0	0	35.29
	ML Cummins	not out	24	31	25	2	2	96.00
	ST Gabriel	c Kohli b Mishra	15	25	23	2	1	65.21
	Extras	(w 2, nb 10)	12
	Total	(all out; 52.3 overs)	196	(3.73 runs per over)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s
	I Sharma	10	1	53	2	5.30	47	8	1	(7nb)
	Mohammed Shami	10	3	23	2	2.30	50	2	0	(1nb, 1w)
	R Ashwin	16	2	52	5	3.25	74	4	3
	UT Yadav	6	1	30	0	5.00	28	3	2	(1w)
	A Mishra	10.3	3	38	1	3.61	51	2	3	(2nb)

	India 1st innings		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	KL Rahul	c †Dowrich b Gabriel	158	428	303	15	3	52.14
	S Dhawan	c Bravo b Chase	27	100	52	5	0	51.92
	CA Pujara	run out (Chase)	46	223	159	4	0	28.93
	V Kohli*	c Chandrika b Chase	44	144	90	4	1	48.88
	AM Rahane	not out	108	315	237	13	3	45.56
	R Ashwin	lbw b Bishoo	3	25	22	0	0	13.63
	WP Saha†	lbw b Holder	47	170	116	5	0	40.51
	A Mishra	c Chandrika b Chase	21	47	42	1	1	50.00
	Mohammed Shami	b Chase	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
	UT Yadav	c Holder b Chase	19	31	14	4	0	135.71
	Extras	(b 8, lb 3, w 6, nb 10)	27
	Total	(9 wickets dec; 171.1 overs)	500	(2.92 runs per over)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s
	ST Gabriel	28	8	62	1	2.21	141	7	0	(7nb)
	ML Cummins	26.4	4	87	0	3.26	123	12	0	(1w)
	JO Holder	34.2	12	72	1	2.09	177	10	0	(2nb, 1w)
	RL Chase	36.1	4	121	5	3.34	157	12	3
	D Bishoo	35	5	107	1	3.05	153	8	4
	KC Brathwaite	11	0	40	0	3.63	41	2	1

	West Indies 2nd innings		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	KC Brathwaite	c Rahul b Mishra	23	63	45	3	0	51.11
	R Chandrika	b Sharma	1	13	4	0	0	25.00
	DM Bravo	c Rahul b Mohammed Shami	20	66	37	3	0	54.05
	MN Samuels	b Mohammed Shami	0	5	5	0	0	0.00
	J Blackwood	c Pujara b Ashwin	63	86	54	9	2	116.66
	RL Chase	not out	137	352	269	15	1	50.92
	SO Dowrich†	lbw b Mishra	74	143	114	6	1	64.91
	JO Holder*	not out	64	130	99	8	1	64.64
	Extras	(lb 2, w 1, nb 3)	6
	Total	(6 wickets; 104 overs)	388	(3.73 runs per over)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s
	I Sharma	18	3	56	1	3.11	85	8	0	(2nb)
	Mohammed Shami	19	3	82	2	4.31	79	11	1
	A Mishra	25	6	90	2	3.60	114	12	1	(1nb)
	UT Yadav	12	2	44	0	3.66	49	5	0	(1w)
	R Ashwin	30	4	114	1	3.80	121	8	3