Chase defied India with a fine knock. (AFP Photo) Key Highlights Roston Chase (98*) led the Windies revival as the visitors reached 295/7 at close Sunil Ambris was Kuldeep Yadav's 100th international wicket Roston Chase defied India with second consecutive fifty Blog | Scorecard Overs 95: And that's stumps on Day 1. West Indies 295/7 Good recovery by the West Indians on the opening day of the second Test in Hyderabad. Roston Chase (98*) and skipper Jason Holder (52) led the recovery with an excellent 104-run stand for the seventh wicket. India were on the front after reducing the tourists to 113/5, but two good partnerships after that made it an even day for both the sides. First it was a 69 runs stand for the sixth wicket between Chase and Shane Dowrich (30), which was followed by the Chase-Holder rearguard effort. Overs 90: OUT! Umesh Yadav broke the 104-run stand, dismissed Jason Holder (52). West Indies 286/7 Overs 88: FIFTY for Jason Holder off 86 balls, his 8th in Tests. West Indies 280/6 Overs 87: India have opted for the new ball. Umesh Yadav with the ball for the hosts. West Indies 274/6 Overs 86: Roston Chase 85* & Jason Holder 44* lead the West Indies revival. Score: 272/6 Overs 80: 250 up for West Indies, the second new ball is due now Overs 75.3: 50-run stand up between Roston Chase and Jason Holder off 96 balls Overs 65.2: 200 up for West Indies, Roston Chase has been their best batsman on view West Indies 197/6 at tea on Day 1 Overs 63.4: Second consecutive fifty for Roston Chase as he flicks to fine leg for a single Overs 59.3: Umesh Yadav brings the ball back in to trap Shane Dowrich plumb in front, umpire had turned down the appeal, Virat Kohli took the review and replays showed the ball was going to hit the leg-stump Overs 48: 150 up for West Indies, but they are five wickets down Overs 38.5: Sunil Ambris comes down the pitch, closes the face of the bat, gets a leading edge and gives a simple catch to Jadeja off Kuldeep Overs 34.1: Kuldeep Yadav bowls a googly to trap Shimron Hetmyer trap in front of the wicket. Hetmyer didn't offer a shot, Windies four down West Indies 86/3 at Lunch on Day 1 Overs 31.3: Umesh Yadav hits Shai Hope on the legs and appeals for LBW, umpire gives it out, Hope goes for the review but the replays show it is out Overs 22.5: Kuldeep Yadav traps Kraigg Brathwaite in front, that hit him on the back leg, Brathwaite takes a review but the replays show it is plumb Overs 11.1: Powell comes out of the crease against Ashwin who bowls it short and wide and Powell ends up giving a simple catch to Jadeja in the covers Overs 5.5: Ravichandran Ashwin goes up for a leg before appeal against Kieran Powell who takes the review and the replays show there was an inside edge Overs 3.4: Debutant Shardul Thakur limping off the field Over 1: Eight runs off the first over by Umesh Yadav A noted omission is that West Indies have left out Kemar Roach. India have given a debut to Mumbai pacer Shardul Thakur and rested Mohammed Shami. West Indies have left out Keemo Paul and Sherman Lewis replacing them by Jomel Warrican and Jason Holder himself. West Indies captain Jason Holder won the toss and opted to bat against India in Hyderabad. India (Playing XI): Prithvi Shaw, Lokesh Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli(c), Ajinkya Rahane, Rishabh Pant(w), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kuldeep Yadav, Umesh Yadav, Shardul Thakur Windies (Playing XI): Kraigg Brathwaite, Kieran Powell, Shai Hope, Shimron Hetmyer, Sunil Ambris, Roston Chase, Shane Dowrich(w), Jason Holder(c), Devendra Bishoo, Jomel Warrican, Shannon Gabriel<doc-sep>Chase remained unbeaten on 98 and helped stretch the West Indian total to 295/7, a significantly reasonable score after they looked well on their way to another meek surrender. (AP photo) Chase remained unbeaten on 98 and helped stretch the West Indian total to 295/7, a significantly reasonable score after they looked well on their way to another meek surrender. (AP photo) “If I knew the answer, I would have told you.” Shai Hope wasn’t being curt or condescending when asked on the eve of the second Test about the reasons for his team’s interminably inconsistent batting performances. And the Bajan right-hander even politely explained himself with a smile to this paper saying, “I really don’t know man.” It’s an issue that’s plagued West Indies’ Test cricket and their subsequent fortunes for so long that it’s not surprising that neither their players nor anyone for that matter in the Caribbean has any answers. Perhaps there are none, logical ones anyway. There certainly weren’t any for why or how the visitors collapsed to 113/5 on a perfectly flat pitch at the Uppal Stadium in Hyderabad against an Indian attack, which lost one of its two seamers to injury within the first four overs of the innings. It was inexplicable. This on a day a fan somehow managed to evade security and almost landed a peck on Virat Kohli’s cheek in the middle of the ground, and Shimron Hetmyer got his shoelaces untied on three occasions despite spending all of 34 balls at the crease. The visitors did recover somewhat owing to a familiarly, as far as the Indians are concerned, resurgent rear-guard from Roston Chase and two steadying partnerships with Shane Dowrich and skipper Jason Holder. Chase remained unbeaten on 98 and helped stretch the West Indian total to 295/7, a significantly reasonable score after they looked well on their way to another meek surrender. Despite West Indies finishing strongly in the last session, where they lost a single wicket compared to three each in the first two, it’s the hosts who walked off at stumps with their noses in front. It was an Uppal pitch that seemed primed for runs. And if anything, India would have only rued missing out on getting to have a go first and, of course, thereafter seeing Shardul Thakur limp off on debut after bowling only 10 deliveries. For, it’s unlikely in their present form on home soil that they would let it go to waste, like their opponents did, at least in the top-order. The comfort with which Chase, Holder and Dowrich blunted the Indian spinners and Umesh Yadav was an even starker indicator of just how wasteful those who came to bat before them had been. Throwing away starts READ | Roston Chase: The guy who would be ‘worth 50 million pounds’ if he were a footballer Each one in the top five did get a start. Kieran Powell carried on from his aggressive showing in the second innings at Rajkot and struck a couple of attractive boundaries, including a lofted one straight back off R Ashwin. The left-hander then randomly jumped down the wicket again and scooped a delivery to Ravindra Jadeja at cover. It wasn’t so much a brain-fade as it was a brain shut down. Kraigg Brathwaite is by far the most dependable opener West Indies have had, save Chris Gayle, for the last decade-and-a-half. He dead-batted his way in customary fashion to 14 off 67 balls, providing additional proof to just how unhelpful the pitch was for the bowlers. Then just like that, he fell tamely to the wrist-spinner’s classic one-two finishing manoeuvre. He first failed to pick Kuldeep Yadav’s googly, edging it just short of Ajinkya Rahane at slip. Still thinking about the googly, he then failed to pick Kuldeep’s conventional delivery that pitched on off and caught him in front. Hope then provided some resistance along with additional evidence of the talent that some of the West Indians possess, which in turn makes their failure to capitalize on it even more frustrating. The right-hander pulled off an array of eye-catching strokes. There was a cut, a square-drive and a cover-drive of Umesh, each a reminder of why he was chosen as one of Wisden’s five cricketers of 2017. But then, just as puzzlingly as the rest of his colleagues, Hope walked right across his stumps and completely played the wrong line—if the ball was headed to Hyderabad, the bat was facing Secunderabad—and was adjudged lbw, in the last over before the lunch-break. Shimron Hetmyer and Sunil Ambris then followed suit similarly, one decided to not play a shot when he should have, the other chose to play one which he shouldn’t have. Creditably, the Indian bowlers toiled away manfully. Once Thakur hobbled in his follow-through and then was helped off the ground, Umesh was left to shoulder one-end of the attack. In another sign of just how the pitch was giving no favours to the spinners, it was the Vidarbha pacer who bowled some of the longer spells of the day. And at one point, as the West Indian innings neared the 40-over mark, he’d bowled one-third of the overs. It would be Umesh who would end both partnerships that threatened to take the game away from India later in the day too. Economical but blunt The spinners were economical, but as is the case on such pitches, they were prone to offering the odd long hop or half-volley, whenever there was an attempt to force some purchase out of it. It didn’t help that Jadeja had a rare off-day, struggling to find the right length and eventually looking as harmless as he’s ever looked on Indian soil for a while. The last session of the day was perhaps an uncomfortable reminder of the England tour for the Indians as they struggled to see off the middle to lower-order albeit in drastically different conditions. Neither Chase nor his two willing partners—he put on 69 with Dowrich and 104 with Holder—quite dominated the Indian attack, but they were untroubled for most parts.<doc-sep>Jadeja bowls the last over of the session Ravindra Jadeja out to bowl the final over of the session. Can he pick up a wicket? Nope, he does not. West Indies reach 197/6 at Tea.<doc-sep>| 17:22 pm: Brief Scores: West Indies: India: 17:20 pm: India (367 & 75/0) beat West Indies (311 & 127) by 10 wickets to complete series whitewash 17:13 pm: India need 3 more runs to win. 17:00 pm: FOUR! 16:47 pm: FOUR! India 39/0, need 33 more runs to win. 16:43 pm: 16:21 pm: SIX! 16:17 pm: FOUR! India 8/0, need 64 more runs to win. INDIA SECOND INNINGS: 16:14 pm: India need 72 runs to win the 2nd Test. WEST INDIES SECOND INNINGS 16:04 pm: India need 72 runs to win the 2nd Test. 16:03 pm: India need 72 runs to win the match Innings Break! Windies all out for 127 in the second innings. @y_umesh registers his first 10-wkt haul in Tests.… https://t.co/lYrNH9hAFr — BCCI (@BCCI) 1539513799000 15:58 pm: WICKET! West Indies 126/9, lead by 70 runs 15:48 om: 15:36 pm: WICKET! West Indies 109/8, lead by 53 runs 15:28 pm: WICKET! West Indies 108/7, lead by 52 runs Make some noise, Hyderabad 👏👏👏👏 @Paytm #INDvWI https://t.co/LJ3z7v9G36 — BCCI (@BCCI) 1539511126000 15:10 pm: 100 comes up 15:00 pm: SIX! 14:55 pm: 14:50 pm: Welcome back! 14:28 pm: That's TEA on Day 3! That's Tea on Day 3 of the 2nd Test. Windies 76/6 lose 6 wickets in the session. @y_umesh wreaks havoc with his 3… https://t.co/P3DDKrNc4p — BCCI (@BCCI) 1539507706000 14:23 pm: HAT-TRICK 14:21 pm: WICKET! West Indies 70/6, lead by 14 runs Pumped up and how 💪💪 @Paytm #INDvWI https://t.co/9pXmT0axX3 — BCCI (@BCCI) 1539507020000 14:16 pm: WICKET! West Indies 68/5, lead by 12 runs 14:11 pm: 24 overs gone! 14:02 pm: 13:51 pm: 13:29 pm: WICKET! West Indies 45/4, trail by 11 runs 13:24 pm: WICKET! West Indies 45/3, trail by 11 runs. 13:12 pm: FOUR! West Indies 35/2, trail by 21 runs. 12:58 pm: . West Indies 20/2, trail by 36 runs. 12:43 pm: WICKET! West Indies 6/2, trail by 50 runs. 12:38 pm: FOUR! West Indies 6/1, trail by 50 runs. 12:28 pm: WICKET! INDIA FIRST INNINGS (367 all out) 11:45 am: WI bowl India out for 367 at lunch on Day 3 #TeamIndia lose 6 wickets and are all out for 367 runs in the 1st session on Day 3 of the 2nd Test. Lead Windies 3… https://t.co/kVDbjazGWr — BCCI (@BCCI) 1539497848000 11: 30 a.m. 11:08 a.m. 10: 58 a.m. 10:45 a.m. 10:28 a.m. 10:05 a.m. 9:55 a.m. 9:46 a.m. 9:43 a.m. 9:30 a.m. 9:05 a.m. 9 a.m. India crushed West Indies by 10 wickets in the second Test at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad to clinch the two-match series 2-0. India fast bowler Umesh Yadav claimed his maiden 10-wicket haul in a match. In the batting department, young wicket-keeper batsman Rishabh Pant (92), Ajinkya Rahane (80) and Prithvi Shaw (70) shone with the bat.311 and 127 all out in 46.1 overs (S Ambris 38, Shai Hope 28; Umesh Yadav 4/45).367 all out in 106.4 overs and 75/0 in 16.1 overs (Shaw 33 not out, Rahul 33 not out).Shaw hits Chase for a boundary. India need 14 more runs to win.Excellent sweep shot from KL Rahul. He uses the pace and sends the ball towards fine leg off Warrican for a boundary.9 overs to go in the day's play. India need 43 more runs to win. Can India finish this off today?KL Rahul plays this aggressively, smashes Warrican for a huge one over mid-off. India are in a hurry to finish this off. They need 58 more runs to win.Jason Holder to Prithvi Shaw. That's FOUR, fine leg.West Indies 311 and 127 all out in second innings. (Sunil Ambris 38; Ravindra Jadeja 3/12, Umesh Yadav 4/45)R Ashwin castles Warrican for 7 runs.21 overs remain in day's play.Ravindra Jadeja strikes again, Sunil Ambris departs for 38 runs.Ravindra Jadeja removes Jason Holder for 19 runs.for West Indies, lead by 47 runs. Holder 15*, Ambris 36*Jason Holder smashes Kuldeep Yadav for a huge one. West Indies 95/6, lead by 39 runs.Caught behind appeal from Kuldeep Yadav. Virat Kohli is having a discussion with Rishabh Pant. The Indian skipper has asked for a review. There is no edge. Decision stands. India have lost a review.Third and final session is underway.West Indies 311 & 76/6 in 27 overs, lead India (367) by 20 runs. Sunil Ambris 20*, Jason Holder 4*chance for Umesh Yadav. A loud cheer for him as he takes the run up. The ball goes down the leg side.Umesh Yadav strikes again, removes Shane Dowrich for a duck.Umesh Yadav castles Roston Chase for 6 runs.West Indies 66/4, lead by 10 runs. Sunil Ambris 16*, Roston Chase 5*West Indies have taken the lead now against India.A loud lbw appeal from Ravindra Jadeja. Umpire says NO. India will not take a review.Ravindra Jadeja removes Shai Hope for 28 runs. Easy catch for Ajinkya Rahane at slips.Kuldeep Yadav removes Shimron Hetmyer for 17 runs.Hetmyer comes forward and sends Kuldeep Yadav between mid wicket and long on for a boundary.Maiden over by Umesh YadavR Ashwin dismisses Kieran Powell for a duck. Sharp catch from Ajinkya Rahane.Shai Hope finds the gap and sends Umesh Yadav towards mid-on for a boundary.Umesh Yadav strikes, Kraigg Brathwaite departs for a duck. A loud cheer from the crowd. Superb delivery by the pacer. West Indies 0/1.Bowled! Ashwin castled by Gabriel for 35.to restrict the hosts' first-innings lead to 56 runs (Pant 92, Rahane 80, Shaw 70; Holder 5/56)Some streaky runs coming as Shardul Thakur struggles to run ones and twos and Ashwin (23*) tries to play a few cheeky strokes. India 355/9, lead by 44 runs. Play extended as just one Indian wicket remains.Ninth wicket down for India. Umesh Yadav (2) has been caught behind off Warrican. India 339/9, lead by 28 runs.Just over half an hour left to lunch, and West Indies would want to go back in having taken the last two Indian wickets. India lead by 25 runs at 336/8. Ashwin on 10*, Umesh yet to open his account.Five wickets for Jason Holder. Scored 52 and now leading by example with the ball as well. Kuldeep Yadav bowled for 6. India 334/8, lead by 23 runs.<doc-sep>
| READ ALSO: READ ALSO: HYDERABAD: Indian spinners went off the boil in the final session as all-rounder Roston Chase hit a gutsy unbeaten 98 to take the West Indies to a respectable 295 for seven on the opening day of the second Test, here on Friday.Chase, who scored 137 to deny India a victory in a Test match in Jamaica back in 2016, showed the much-needed application with requisite technique as Indian bowlers struggled after polishing off the top half for only 113 runs.Chase, along with skipper Jason Holder (52), did enough to ensure that the West Indies will have a good first innings total to fight against a heavyweight Indian batting line-up.Not being able to dismiss the middle and lower-order was a problem in England and it once again turned out to be the bowling unit's bane as the Chase-Holder duo added 104 runs for the seventh wicket.In England, it was the pacers, here it was the spinners and only one wicket fell for 102 runs in the last session.Nonetheless, Umesh Yadav (3/83 in 23 overs) bowled his heart out on a good batting track while left-arm wrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav (3/74 in 26 overs) was also impressive during the first two sessions.Debutant pacer Shardul Thakur left the field complaining of groin strain after bowling merely 10 deliveries and the Indian attack was reduced to four men.It seemed good enough till tea time, but the lack of a fifth bowler did have its effect in the final session as the two senior spinners Ravichandran Ashwin (1/49 in 24.2 overs) and Ravindra Jadeja (0/69 in 20 overs) lacked a Plan B to dismiss a set Chase.That Jadeja didn't even have a Plan A was evident as he bowled flat out but wasn't even restrictive like Ashwin.Prior to the match, when Chase was asked about doing a Jamaica encore, he replied: "Anything is possible. "He walked the talk and read the pitch better compared to his top-order colleagues.He understood that it was a flat track and played most deliveries on the front-foot to meet the ball early. When the spinners fired in the faster ones, he was quick to lean on his backfoot.In all, he hit seven boundaries and a six during his 174-ball knock.However, it was India, who had started the post-lunch session on a dominant note with signs that another batting debacle from the Caribbeans looking imminent.Shimron Hetmeyer (12) offered no stroke to a googly and was adjudged plumb in-front. Sunil Ambris (18) played a loose shot as the Caribbeans were left stuttering at 113 for five.Chase and Shane Dowrich (30) then added 69 runs for the sixth wicket before Umesh got the ball to reverse trapping the keeper leg-before. While the umpire initially gave not out, skipper Virat Kohli had a successful DRS review.Earlier, Ashwin and Yadav struck early as West Indies lost their top-order in the first session in which they scored 86 runs.At the stroke of lunch, Shai Hope (36) was dismissed by Yadav as India gained the upper-hand.Opener Powell, who scored 83 in the second innings at Rajkot in the first Test, struck four boundaries. He successfully reviewed a leg-before call off Ashwin's delivery as TV replays showed a big inside edge.But Powell did not survive long as Ashwin flighted one and the batsman, trying the inside-out lofted drive, failed to get the elevation to be caught by Ravindra Jadeja at cover.Powell's opening partner Brathwaite showed better application compared to the first Test as he was ready to dig in his heels and defend doggedly.However, not scoring runs did put pressure as he looked clearly uncomfortable at not being able to pick Kuldeep's wrist-spinners.In fact, he was facing problems with Kuldeep's incoming delivery -- the stock ball for a chinaman.One such delivery ended his 68-ball vigil with a delivery that spun sharply into Brathwaite as the batsman played to a wrong line.Youngsters Hope and Shimron Hetmeyer (10 batting), however, batted with grit, punishing the odd loose balls for boundary.Both were ready to defend Ashwin off the front-foot primarily and it worked to their advantage as they added 34 runs for the third wicket.The stand-out shots of the first session were a couple of back-foot punches by Hope off Umesh Yadav's bowling.He also hit a front-foot cover drive before Umesh angled one in to get him leg before.