Former Indian opener Sunil Gavaskar feels Youngster Yashasvi Jaiswal has missed out on the opportunity to make two hundred in a row on the second test of the West Indies series stating the example of the Indian batting maestro Virat Kohli, who applied himself in the middle to score his 29th International century in test cricket.
The 34-year-old become the first cricketer to score a century in his historic 500th game in International cricket. Virat Kohli has shown excellent composure and temperament against West Indies to score his first overseas hundred in the last five years Young Yashasvi Jaiswal scored a half-century before chasing the ball of Jason Holder outside the 0ff-stump to get caught by Kirk Mckenzie.
In his column on Midday, Sunil Gavaskar feels that Virat Kohli has played a sensible knock on the wickets that had nothing for the bowlers as he didn’t overcomplicate things against the West Indies bowlers where Indian openers Yashasvi Jaiswal and Rohit Sharma played a wrong shot to get out in the 1st innings.
“Virat Kohli celebrated his 500th international appearance with a century. After seeing the first few deliveries it was apparent there was no devil in the pitch and a batter had to be overconfident or complacent to miss out on a hundred.
“Jaiswal lost patience and reached out to a widish half-volley and was caught at deepish backward point and Rohit didn’t quite go to the pitch of the ball to be bowled,” Sunil Gavaskar wrote.
Indian openers Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal provided a fantastic start to the innings, as they formed a second consecutive 100 runs partnership in red-ball cricket but could not go on achieve the three-digit mark in the innings as they were dismissed for a well-made half-century in the 2nd test.
There Are Barely A Few Hundred People At The Ground To Support The Home Team – Sunil Gavaskar
Sunil Gavaskar raised his concern regarding the one-side game by the Indian team against the West Indies and also said that very few hundred people were present to support the home team whereas the Indian fans were happy with India’s performance in the game as Indian openers put on a show in the two-match series.
“In Trinidad though it looked so one-sided that there are barely a few hundred people at the ground to support the home team the West Indies. Most of those are Indians living overseas who have come to see their favourite Team India.
“They were not disappointed as they saw a good opening stand between skipper Rohit Sharma and newcomer Yashasvi Jaiswal,” Sunil Gavaskar added.
Team India is set to take on the Men in Maroon in three-match ODI series starting today with Kensington Oval in Barbados is set to host the first two matches on July 27 and 29 while the third and final ODI will be played at the Brian Lara Stadium in Trinidad on August 1.