Rain denies India shot at full WTC factors in Port-of-Spain

Jul 24, 2023 at 8:27 PM
Rain denies India shot at full WTC factors in Port-of-Spain

India 438 (Kohli 121, Rohit 80, Warrican 3-89) and 181 for two dec (Rohit 57, Kishan 52*) drew with West Indies 255 (Brathwaite 75, Siraj 5-60) and 76 for two (Ashwin 2-33)

Persistent rain worn out your entire closing day’s play in Port-of-Spain, denying India an opportunity to brush the Test collection 2-0. The sport was known as off at 2.50pm native time.

The day had began with showers and the groups did not even arrive at Queen’s Park Oval till after lunch. The rain relented briefly earlier than returning as soon as once more within the afternoon to power an finish to the sport.

The third and the fourth days had been additionally interrupted by inclement climate, however speedy half-centuries from Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kishan arrange India’s victory push. R Ashwin then produced a double-strike on the fourth night to jolt West Indies of their chase of 365, however no play was potential on the final day.

India received the collection 1-0, having brushed West Indies apart in three days within the first Test in Dominica. India’s subsequent Test collection might be in South Africa in December later this yr whereas West Indies won’t be in motion in Test cricket till their journey to Australia in January 2024.