The second Test match between India and West Indies at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi has come to an exciting end. Despite getting a follow-on, the West Indies team showed a hard fight in the second innings, but in the end, Team India gave them a target of only 121 runs to win the match by bowling them out for 390 runs.
India scored a big score of 518/5 (declared) in the first innings, in response to which West Indies were all out for just 248 runs in the first innings. Despite a big lead of 270 runs, Indian captain Shubman Gill decided to give a follow-on to West Indies.
The West Indies batsmen performed well in the second innings. Thanks to brilliant centuries from openers John Campbell (115 runs) and Shai Hope (103 runs), West Indies were able to extend the match to the fourth day. In addition, a 79-run partnership between Justin Greaves and Jayden Seals for the last wicket took the team to a respectable score and gave India a slim lead of 120 runs.
Indian bowlers played a key role in the fourth day’s play. Chinaman spinner Kuldeep Yadav gave the team a breakthrough by trapping the West Indies batsmen in his spin net. However, the lower-order pair of West Indies exhausted the Indian bowlers. Finally, Jasprit Bumrah took the final wicket to end the West Indies’ second innings for 390 runs.
India need only 121 runs to win the match. There are still about 18 overs left in the fourth day’s play. The Indian team is in a strong position to achieve this small target quickly and win this series 2-0.
