09:35 PM, 20-July-2023
IND vs WI Live Score: Lunch break
Till the lunch break, India has scored 121 runs without losing a wicket. Currently Rohit Sharma is at the crease after scoring 63 runs in 102 balls and Yashasvi Jaiswal is on 52 runs in 56 balls. This is the third time that the Indian team has reached lunch on the first day without losing a wicket on West Indies soil. Earlier on April 21, 1976, Gavaskar and Anshuman had taken India to the lunch break without losing a wicket in Kingston. Then India had scored 62 runs without losing wickets till lunch break on the first day. Whereas, this happened for the second time on June 10, 2006. Then Wasim Jaffer and Sehwag did not let any wicket fall till lunch break on the first day in St. Lucia and added 140 runs. Now Rohit and Yashasvi have shared a 121-run partnership without losing a wicket till the lunch break.
Rohit and Yashasvi have jointly reached the first place with two century partnerships in terms of most century partnerships by Indian openers in an away series ie Test series on foreign soil. Prior to these two, Sunil Gavaskar and Chetan Chauhan (England, 1979), Virender Sehwag and Aakash Chopra (Australia, 2003/04) and Virender Sehwag and Wasim Jaffer (West Indies, 2006) have done so twice each.
09:27 PM, 20-July-2023
IND vs WI Live Score: Yashasvi’s half-century
Yashasvi Jaiswal has scored 50+ in his second consecutive Test innings. He scored 171 on debut in Dominica. The most important thing about Yashasvi’s batting has been that he is scoring runs at a strike rate of around 100. He scored a half-century off 51 balls. Yashasvi completed Fifty with fours. After 24 overs, India’s score is 118 runs without losing any wicket. Yashasvi is batting on 50 runs and captain Rohit is batting on 62 runs.
09:18 PM, 20-July-2023
IND vs WI Live Score: Century partnership between Rohit-Yashaswi
There has been a century partnership between Rohit and Yashasvi for the second consecutive Test. Earlier, there was a 229-run partnership between the two in the Dominica Test. In Test cricket, the pair of Rohit and Yashasvi have jointly reached the second place in terms of most consecutive century partnerships as Indian openers. The Indian opening pair of Virender Sehwag and Murali Vijay have the most consecutive century partnerships in Test cricket. Both of them had shared a century partnership thrice in 2008-09. Rohit-Yashaswi are followed by Sunil Gavaskar-Farukh Engineer (1973-74), Sunil Gavaskar-Anshuman Gaekwad (1976), Sunil Gavaskar-Arun Lal (1982) and Sadagopan Ramesh and Devang Gandhi (1999) in second place. Rohit-Yashaswi are the second opening pair to have scored two consecutive hundreds in a series after Sadagopan and Devang in the 1999 Test series against New Zealand.
09:05 PM, 20-July-2023
IND vs WI Live Score: Rohit Sharma’s half-century
Indian captain Rohit Sharma completed his half-century with a six in the 20th over of the innings. This was the 15th half-century of his Test career. Rohit hit fifty on 74 balls. India’s score is currently 98 runs without losing wickets. Yashasvi Jaiswal is batting after scoring 34 runs.
08:19 PM, 20-July-2023
IND vs WI Live Score: Rohit and Yashasvi hit one six each
India has scored 41 runs in 10 overs without losing wickets. At present, Yashasvi Jaiswal is batting on 21 runs in 20 balls with the help of two fours and a six and captain Rohit Sharma is batting on 17 runs in 41 balls. Rohit has also hit a six so far.
07:48 PM, 20-July-2023
IND vs WI Live Score: Yashasvi and Rohit at the crease
India’s batting has started. In four overs, Team India has scored eight runs without losing wickets. Yashasvi collects three runs in the first ball that came on the off-stump on the square boundary. Currently Rohit is batting by scoring two runs and Yashasvi three runs.
07:09 PM, 20-July-2023
IND vs WI Live Score: Playing-11 of both the teams
India: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Ravindra Jadeja, Ishaan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Ravichandran Ashwin, Jaydev Unadkat, Mukesh Kumar, Mohammed Siraj.
West Indies: Kraigg Brathwaite (c), Tejnarine Chanderpaul, Kirk McKenzie, Jermaine Blackwood, Alick Athanage, Joshua da Silva (wk), Jason Holder, Alzarri Joseph, Kemar Roach, Jomel Warrican, Shannon Gabriel.
06:47 PM, 20-July-2023
IND vs WI Live Score: West Indies won the toss, decided to bowl
In the historic 100th Test between West Indies and India, Windies captain Kraigg Brathwaite won the toss and decided to bowl first. This is also Virat Kohli’s 500th international match. At the same time, Indian captain Rohit Sharma said that if he had won the toss, he would have decided to bat first. In such a situation, he is happy even after losing the toss. Bengal fast bowler Mukesh Kumar is going to make his international debut. He has been included in the playing-11 in place of Shardul Thakur. Rohit told that Shardul is unfit.
Congratulations to Mukesh Kumar who is all set to make his Test debut #TeamIndia pic.twitter.com/oSPbbVu2Rh
— BCCI (@BCCI) 20 July 2023
06:47 PM, 20-July-2023
IND vs WI Live Score: Windies’ challenge to deal with Ashwin-Jadeja
Only Alyque Athanage was able to walk for the West Indies in the Dominica Test. He scored 47 runs in the first innings of his first Test. The biggest challenge facing the West Indies will be to deal with the Indian spin duo of Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja. Ashwin took 12 wickets in Dominica. He equaled Anil Kumble for the eighth time with 10 or more wickets in Tests.
06:46 PM, 20-July-2023
IND vs WI Live Score: Akshar can get a chance
Rahane could not walk on Dominica’s slow and turn taking pitch. It is expected that a spin pitch will also be available in Port of Spain. Keeping this in mind, West Indies have replaced batting all-rounder Ramon Reifer with spin-bowling all-rounder Kevin Sinclair. If the mood of the pitch turns out to be like Dominica, then spin all-rounder Akshar Patel can be included in the team in place of Jaydev Unadkat or Shardul Thakur.
06:46 PM, 20-July-2023
IND vs WI Live Score: Rahane will have to score runs
The biggest concern of the Indian team management is Ajinkya Rahane. After the West Indies, India has to play the next Test series against South Africa in December. In such a situation, this will be the last chance for Rahane to play a big innings to bring himself back to the Test team. Batting coach Vikram Rathour has also said that Rahane getting into form will be crucial for the South Africa series. It is also to be noted that in Dominica, India got a chance to bat in only one innings. This can happen here as well. In such a situation, Rahane will have to score runs in the first innings itself.
06:45 PM, 20-July-2023
IND vs WI Live Score: Virat will have 500th international match
Team India is not going to make any major changes for this test match. Yashasvi Jaiswal, who scored 171 runs in his first Test match of his career, will once again open with Rohit Sharma. Shubman Gill could not walk in the first test. He will have a chance to score runs. This Test match will be special for Virat Kohli, who played a slow innings of 76 runs in Dominica. This will be his 500th international match. Kohli has played 110 Test matches, 274 ODIs and 115 T20 Internationals. He will be the fourth Indian and 10th cricketer in the world to achieve this feat after Sachin Tendulkar, Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Rahul Dravid.
06:44 PM, 20-July-2023
IND vs WI Live Score: India has won seven consecutive Tests against West Indies
India and West Indies have played 99 Test matches so far, in which West Indies have won 30 and India have won 23. 46 Test matches have been drawn. But for the last 21 years, West Indies have not won any Test match from India. During this, both the teams have played 24 Test matches, in which India has won 15. Nine Tests have been drawn. This is the fourth series of two Test matches between the two teams since 2016 and India has won all these seven Test matches. Team India will try to maintain this 100% record in Port of Spain.
06:43 PM, 20-July-2023
IND vs WI Live Score: 100th Test between the two teams
This will be the hundredth Test match between the two teams. Rohit Sharma expects West Indies to give him a fight in this historic Test match. At the same time, there is less hope of change in the batting order of Team India. Ajinkya Rahane, who got out cheaply in the first Test, will expect runs in this Test.
06:42 PM, 20-July-2023
IND vs WI Live:
In the last 21 years, Team India’s Test record against the West Indies has been excellent. Both teams are playing this ninth Test series in this period. The special thing is that Team India has been in possession of the last eight Test series.