Statistical Review: West Indies vs India – Day 3 of the second Test 1
West Indies vs India - Day 3 (2nd Test)

At the stumps of day 3 of the 2nd Test at Sabina Park (Kingston, Jamaica), India earned a huge first innings lead over the hosts West Indies. India began the day with their overnight score of 358/5 and made 500/9 before giving a declaration.

After the end of the 1st innings fight, India earned the 304-runs lead. West Indies though are yet to start their second innings as the rain washed out the remaining day’s play.

Brief Scores: West Indies – 196 (Jermaine Blackwood 62, Marlon Samuels 37, Ravichandran Ashwin 5/52)

India – 500/9 decl. (KL Rahul 158, Ajinkya Rahane 108*, Roston Chase 5/121)

Here are some statistical highlights are given below of the day 3 of 2nd Test:

  1. 3 Indian batsmen were dismissed in the 40s during India’s first innings. Those three batsmen were: Cheteshwar Pujara (46), Virat Kohli (44) and Wriddhiman Saha (47). It was the 10th time (5th against West Indies) in Test history that at least 3 Indian batsmen were dismissed at the 40s in an innings.

 

  1. Total 2 Indian batsmen hit centuries during India’s first innings. Those batsmen are KL Rahul (158) and Ajinkya Rahane (108*). It was the 9th time that at least 2 Indian batsmen hit centuries in a Test innings in West Indies. In the last Test at North Sound, Virat Kohli and Ravichandran Ashwin had also hit centuries in the same innings.

Also, it was the 2nd time that at least 2 Indian batsmen hit centuries in a Test innings in West Indies in 2 consecutive Tests. The other once happened during 1976 series (2nd and 3rd Test, both at Port of Spain).

 

  1. India declared their first innings at 500/9. It was the 5th time that India scored 500 or more than that in a Test innings in West Indies. India also scored 500+ in the last Test at North Sound (566/8 decl.). Before this series, India had made 500 or more than that in a Test innings in West Indies in 2 consecutive Test matches (also in 2 consecutive Test innings) only once.

Also, India’s 500/9 (decl.) was the 6th highest total in a Test innings at Sabina Park by a visiting team.

 

  1. New West Indian off-spinner Roston Chase picked up 5 wickets during India’s first innings. Chase ended with the figure of 5/121 in this innings. Chase became 4th West Indian spinner and 2nd West Indian off-spinner (after Nehemiah Perry) to complete 5-wicket in a Test innings at Sabina Park.