India lead by 108 runs in first innings, West Indies score 189/8; Ishant took five wickets

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Team India were all out after scoring 297 runs in the first innings.

Ajinkya Rahane was the top scorer for India scoring 81 runs, he shared a 50+ partnership with Vihari and Rahul

Ravindra Jadeja scored 58 runs, formed a 60-run partnership with Ishant Sharma

Roston Chase scored 48 runs for West Indies: Bumrah, Shami and Jadeja took one wicket each

In the first innings of the first Test against India, West Indies scored 189 for 8 wickets till the end of the second day's play on Friday. The Indian team is ahead by 108 runs on the basis of first innings. Roston Chase scored the most 48 runs for the Windies. Shimron Hetmyer contributed 35 runs. Ishant Sharma took 5 wickets for India. He took 5 wickets in an innings for the 9th time in his career.

Ishant dismissed Craig Brathwaite, Roston Chase, Shai Hope, Shimron Hetmyer and Kemar Roach. Apart from Ishant, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah and Ravindra Jadeja took one wicket each.Windies captain Jason Holder and Miguel Cummins are unbeaten. Holder scored 10 runs. Cummins could not open account yet.

Jadeja has lower-order partnerships

Earlier, the Indian team was all out by scoring 297 runs in the first innings. Ajinkya Rahane was the team's top scorer with 81 runs. Jadeja scored 58 runs. He also formed a 60-run partnership with Ishant. Ishant became Gabriel's victim by scoring 19 runs. Earlier, the team received its first setback only after the start of the day's play. Rishabh Pant became the victim of Kemar Roach by scoring 24 runs. He was able to add only 4 runs to his score on the first day. Kemar Roach was the most successful bowler for the Windies with 4 wickets. Shannon Gabriel also took 3 wickets.

Team up on the first day of Rahane's struggle

On the first day, India had scored 203 runs, losing six wickets in their first innings. West Indies won the toss and decided to bowl. Ajinkya Rahane scored 81 and Lokesh Rahul scored 44 runs for India. Hanuma Vihari contributed 32 runs. For the West Indies, Kemar Roach took 3, Shannon Gabriel took 2 and Roston Chase took one wicket.

Rahane hit his second consecutive half-century against the West Indies. Earlier last year, he scored 80 runs in Hyderabad. India's three batsmen had returned to the pavilion for 25 runs. Rahane then shared a 68-run partnership for the fourth wicket with Rahul. After Rahul was dismissed, he added 82 runs for the fifth wicket with Hanuma.

13 years later India lost 2 wickets in 5 overs against the Windies

Earlier, Team India started poorly. Roach gave the team two opening shocks after Mayank Agarwal (5), dismissing Cheteshwar Pujara (2). Gabriel then dismissed captain Virat Kohli for a personal score of 9 runs. This is the first time after 13 years that India lost two wickets within 5 overs in a Test against the Windies. Earlier in the 2006 Test in Kingston, India lost opener wickets within 5 overs in both innings. Rahul Dravid was the captain of the team then.