India reached stumps at 264/5 on Friday after a tight opening day of the second and final Test against the West Indies as opposing captains Virat Kohli and Jason Holder led their sides with bat and ball.
Hanuma Vihari, who made 93 as India won the first test, again proved difficult to dislodge, going to stumps on 42 not out off 80 deliveries. Rishabh Pant was undefeated on 27, with the pair putting on 62 runs so far for the sixth wicket.
After Holder won the toss and put India in, Kohli top-scored with 76, while his counterpart struck with three key wickets at vital times to end with 3/39 from an economical 20 overs.
Debutant off-spinner Rahkeem Cornwall broke through to have Cheteshwar Pujara caught at point for six in the 17th over to reduce India to 2-46, but this brought captain Kholi together with Mayank Agarwal for a steadying partnership of 69.
Agarwal got to 55 off 127 balls before their stand ended at 3-115 midway through the second session, with Holder having the opener caught at slip.
Here’s a look at some of the important numbers and records from the first day of the second Test in Jamaica:
- Mayank Agarwal has posted his third fifty in Tests - his first vs West Indies. His first two half centuries were against Australia in the 2018-19 series - 76 at Melbourne and 77 at Sydney.
- Jason Holder (3/39) has produced his best bowling figures in the very first innings of a Test match, bettering the 3 for 47 vs Pakistan at Abu Dhabi in October 2016.
- Under Virat Kohli's leadership, the Indian team has fielded the same side in consecutive Tests for the second time - Antigua and Kingston Tests vs West Indies in 2019 - the first occasion was against England at Trent Bridge, Nottingham and Southampton in 2018.
- Kohli, as captain is averaging 60-plus in Tests. Among the captains with 4,000 runs or more in Tests, he remains the only one to accomplish the feat - his aggregate being 4651 at an average of 62.01, including 18 centuries and twelve fifties.
- For the first time in Tests, Kohli has been dismissed caught in ten successive innings.
- Kohli's 76 is his first fifty in four innings at Sabina Park, Kingston – his previous three innings at this venue being 4 & 15 in 2011 and 44 in 2016.
- Since recording 149 vs England at The Oval in 2018, Lokesh Rahul has appeared in eleven innings without a half century in Tests - his aggregate being 189 at an average of 18.90 - his worst sequence without a fifty in Tests.
- Rahkeem Cornwall (6 ft 5 in), weighing 140 kg became the heaviest cricketer to play Test Cricket, surpassing Australia's Warwick Armstrong, who weighed between 133-139 kg.
(With inputs from AP)
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