‘Yeh Test match tho bahut dhere chal raha hai’ -Fans react as West Indies end Day 3 of 2nd Test against India at 229-5 in Trinidad
West Indies and India locked horns on Day 3 of the second Test in Trinidad. West Indies continued from where they left off at 86-1. India toiled long and hard and finally got a breakthrough. The first wicket to fall was Kirk McKenzie for 32 off 57 balls with four fours and one six. He was caught behind by Ishan Kishan in Mukesh Kumar’s over to give the pacer his maiden Test wicket. It was a wonderful moment for the debutant whose years of hard toil had finally been rewarded. Kraigg Brathwaite meanwhile was resolute as he held one end up. He went through the grind and scored a hard-working 75 off 235 balls with five fours and one six.
Right after Mukesh took his maiden Test wicket it began to rain, this meant the first session was truncated and an early lunch was called. When play resumed later, Brathwaite was looking solid and wanted to continue on. But, he was castled by an absolute ripper from Ravichandran Ashwin. It was a tossed-up delivery and Brathwaite missed the line of the ball and was bowled. When Brathwaite fell the score was 157-3. Jermaine Blackwood came to the crease and he showed some intent by scoring boundaries.
India picked up only four wickets on Day 3 in Trinidad
He also batted long and scored 20 runs off 92 balls with two fours. He was sent back to the pavilion when Ajinkya Rahane took an absolute blinder off Ravindra Jadeja with one hand. Allick Athanaze came in at number 5 and showed that he wanted to bat long. Athanaze ended Day 3 on an unbeaten 37 off 111 balls with three fours. He put away the loose balls if there were any and also was very solid in defence. In the first Test, he scored a fine 47 on debut at Dominica.
Athanaze was batting with Joshua Da Silva who looked all at sea for his 10 runs off 26 balls. He was shown the door when Siraj bowled a ripper that sent his stumps flying. After Da Silva fell, the heavens opened up again. When the teams came back on after the rain stopped, it was for only a brief period because of bad light. There will be a half-an-hour early start on Day 4 to cover up for the loss of overs on Day 3.
Let us take a look at the reactions on Twitter:
Ajinkya Rahane at slips – a treat to watch. #WIvIND
— S Sudarshanan (@Sudarshanan7) July 22, 2023
In this kind of matches, virat's captaincy was stand out performer…
Now we r just going with flow.. trying nothing new..
Atleast bowl some short stuff man.. 😡#WIvIND— Lalit_011 (@HingweLalit) July 22, 2023
WI has been playing very defensive and negative cricket, some might argue this as a tactic but this will not get them any far and no one would want to watch this fallacy. #WIvIND
— Ainkareswar (@kainkareswar) July 22, 2023
Josh Da Silva and Jermaine Blackwood aren’t good enough at the elite level. Both been given a long run in this team and more often than not disappoint. #WIvIND
— Stef Khan (@Stef_Khan) July 22, 2023
I thought Joshua Da Silva could use his brain – man that was some brain fade !#WIvIND #WIvsIND
— 🔁 (@Tutterdotcom) July 22, 2023
https://twitter.com/Funchisili/status/1682848599510507520?s=20
Ishan Kishan says "Let's get a wicket before the rain", India straightaway get a wicket and it rains.
Earlier in the same day, Kishan took a catch and it rained immediately.#WIvIND
— Kausthub Gudipati (@kaustats) July 22, 2023
Kraigg Brathwaite is a class act. Where would West Indies be without his runs and captaincy? McKenzie and Athanaze look promising. Give WI more Tests and they might be able to build a more competitive team. Sadly, I don't see them getting that opportunity soon#WIvIND#Cricket
— MediumPaceDobbler (@MediumPaceDobb1) July 22, 2023
Alick Athanaze looks very comfortable in the West Indies middle order, certainly one for the future years of test cricket! 🏏 #WIvIND
— Kevin 🇬🇾 (@kevinlokenath) July 22, 2023
That shows how poor the WI batting is @windiescricket #WIvIND #TestCricket #WTC25 https://t.co/uA7HsvKGUv
— VYBHAV ESWARAIAH (@vybhav1428) July 23, 2023
https://twitter.com/AbhishekasFukra/status/1682936062811979777?s=20
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