Thursday, 9 October 2025

๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ ๐ŸŒด : #INDvWI : 2nd Test

Shubman Gill wins his first series as Test captain ๐Ÿซก

◾ 2-2 against England away

◾ 2-0 against West Indies at home 
















2nd Test: Highlights:

The Test series moved to Delhi , where India haven't lost a Test since November 1987, which, incidentally, was to West Indies ๐Ÿ‘€

Can West Indies show some fight..resistance  in second and Final Test at New Delhi?

Yes they did took the match into the 5th day. 

Day 5

It's a clean sweep for India ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ ๐Ÿ† 

West Indies last beat India in a men's Test in 2002!

Player of the Series: Ravindra Jadeja 

104 runs and 8 wickets.

Player of the Match: Kuldeep Yadav 

8 wickets in the match.























Day 4 : Stumps: 58 more runs for 2-0.

At last Bumrah wraps up visitors on 390. Target for India is 121 runs.

At Tea: 369/9 : West Indies lead = 91 runs

West Indies batters continue to fight back, even the last wicket partnership is 50*. 

Though they collpsed from 271/3 to 311/9.

At Lunch : 252/3: Just 18 behind. Hope 92*.

Windies far better batting in second innings after follow on, looks like definitely making India bat again 

79 runs and 1 wicket in 1st session.

Jadeja breaks the 177-run stand! ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ’ฅ

West Indies centurion John Campbell departs after playing a solid knock of 115.๐Ÿ‘Œ

1st second innings centurion for West Indies after 51 years - 1974.

๐ŸŒด - 212/3 (63.3)

West Indies' first Test centurion of the year - a knock that will lift spirits in the visitors' camp ๐Ÿ‘Š ๐ŸŒด 

Well done, John Campbell ๐Ÿ™Œ

Scaling new heights ⛰️ in World Cricket.

Mohd. Siraj's dream run in 2025 continues as he reaches the top of the pile ๐Ÿ‘





















Day 3 : Stumps: WI 173/2 : 97 Behind 

Good resistance from Campbell and Hope after being asked to follow on!

Will Windies make India bat again?

At the 37th attempt this series, a Windies batter crosses the 50 -run mark! ๐Ÿ˜ฎ

John Campbell is leading the fightback. 

Post Lunch Session :

Kuldeep Yadav has his 5th career five-wicket haul!

India has enforced the follow on!

With lead of 270 runs.

At Lunch: 

Kuldeep runs through the Windies middle and lower order before Pierre and Phillip frustrate India.

Windies are still 101 runs away from the follow on score.
























Day 2 : As it happened:

Windies batters fight back before Indian spinners peg them back - Jadeja 3 & Kuldeep 1- in another commanding day for the host.

At Stumps: Day 2 : 

140/4 : 43 Ov :  Windies still 378 behind.

At Tea : 

West Indies 1st Innings : 26/1 off 11 Ov

Ravindra Jadeja introduced early and gets Cambell on his 2nd ball through incredible catch by Sai Sudharsan, stuck between chest, neck and helmet..injured right hand in process. ( see video below) : 21/1 : 7.2 Ov.

Indian Batted 1st: 518/5 : Declared.

Dhruv Jurel bowled on 44 and Shubman Gill immediately declared Indian Innings on 518/5.Captain Shubman Gill was 129* off 196.

Shubman Gill completes 100, his 1st at home as captain.

1st Session: At Lunch: 427/4 : 116 Ov.

Shubman Gill 75*, Jurel 7*.

26 Ov 109 runs  2 Wickets RR 4.19 

Nitish Kumar Reddy falls on 43, while going for his 3rd six on 43 (54) : 416/4: 108.3 Ov.

Warrican strikes for 3rd time.

400/3 : 104.4 Ov.

1st hour : 61 runs/ 1 Wicket : Gill 57*.

Started with Yashasvi Jaiswal 173* + Gill 20*

Horrible mixup with Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal is run out on 175 : 325/3 : 91.2 Ov.

Day 2 in Pictures/ Video:

 
























At Stumps on Day 1 : 318/2 : 90 Ov.

3rd Session: Post Tea :

Yashasvi 150* off 224 with 19 fours. 

251/2 : Sai Sudharsan missed 100 : 87(165), caught on the back foot in front.  Left-arm spinner Warrican gets his 2nd. Partnership with Yashasvi 126* of 193 runs. 

2nd Session: Post lunch Indian batters change gears..quite aggressive: 220/1(58 Ov)

: 126 runs off 30 overs without loss of wicket. Yashasvi 71 off 84 after lunch. 

Excellent Partnership of 162*.

200/1 : 52 Ov.

Sai Sudharsan dropped on 58.

Yashswi Jaiswal is not yet 24 , brings his 7th Test match century off 145 balls, 15 x 4s.

1st Session: At Lunch: 94/1 : 28 Ov.

Yashasvi 40 off 78 , Sai Sudharsan 16 off 36.

India added 65 runs in second hour for the loss of KL Rahul.

58/1 : 17.3 Ov : Sai S. in,Yashasvi 20* (51). 

As KL Rahul gone stumped on a ball that surprisingly turned too much on 38 (54).Was advancing to hit his second six,missed.

Yashasvi Jaiswal + KL Rahul =  

50/0: 15.4 Ov.

At the end of 1st hour : 29/0 : 12 Ov.

Day in Pictures:














India unchanged: 



‘I can never forget that’: Gautam Gambhir recalled India’s 3-0 whitewash to New Zealand at home in 2024 amid Test series against West Indies.

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ When West Indies cricket was pure fear and flair ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ golden era vibes ๐Ÿ’ซ

Brian Charles Lara 

Isaac Vivian Alexander  Richards 

Baas naam hi kafi hai : 

เคฌเคธ्เคธ เคจाเคฎ เคนी เค•ाเคซि เคนै...!




Rohit to Shubman : Pics

Just after completion of the first Test match against at Ahmedabad : Ajit Agarkar shocked Rohit Sharma die hard fans : 













Wednesday, 1 October 2025

๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ ๐ŸŒด : #INDvWI : 1st Test

Indian Cricket home season starts : 

India Vs West Indies first Test in Ahmedabad 

Shubman Gill & Roston Chase :

Meanwhile Rohit Sharma has reached by Shubman Gill as ODI Team India captain.

Day 3:

A comprehensive win for India to take a 1-0 lead in the series.

Post lunch:  Indian bowlers wrap up West Indies innings on 146 in 45.1 overs. 

3rd centurion Ravindra Jadeja in Player of the Match. 

Ravindra Jadeja now holds the second joint-most POTM awards for India in Test cricket! ๐Ÿ… The brilliance of Sir Jadeja in whites continues! ๐ŸŒŸ

Inexperienced West Indies batting falling apart so,

At Lunch : 66/5 : 27 Ov. WI 220 behind.

Sensational..brilliant catch by Nitish Kumar Reddy gives Siraj and India its 1st wicket:

After 1st hour Windies 26/2:13 Ov. 260 behind

India have declared at their overnight total of 448/5, leaving West Indies needing 286 runs to to avoid an innings defeat. ๐Ÿ˜ฒ๐Ÿ”ฅ






Day 2 :  

Indian Batting: 1st innings: With 3 centuries...๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ continues it's stronghold : Lead 286, at stumps on day 2 : Sundar 9*(13).

448/5 : 128 Overs. Jadeja 104*(176).

3rd Session:  Post Tea: 122 runs n 1 Wkt.

⚔️ Jadeja gets to his 100* off 168 balls ⚔️

Dhruv Jurel out on 125 off 210 : 424/5.

Excellent replacement for regular keeper Rishabh Pant..

Dhruv Jurel  103* not out off 190 balls,

 his FIRST CENTURY, 4x12 , 6x2.

Lead 230 plus and growing..!

Excellent Partnership 154 off 264 so far..!

335/4 : 100 Ov. Jurel 74* , Jadeja 53* :

Lead 173.

At Tea : 326/4 : 96 Ov. : Lead 164.

2nd Session: Post Lunch:

Another session dominated by ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ, as expected : 108 runs / 1 Wicket.

Windies surprisingly continued with old ball for 16 more overs now.

Lead increase to 164 , with Jurel 68*(126) & Jadeja 50* ( 81).

 Jadeja ⚔️ sword ⚔️ celebration is out :  50* off 75 balls with 4 big sixes. 

Jurel + Jadeja Partnership 100+

India Lead crosses 150 , with Jadeja 42* in  aggressive mode with 3 sixes and Jurel already hit 2.

India 300/4 : 87 Ov. Jurel 60*+ Jadeja.

Dhruv Jurel 50* off  91 : 5x4, 2x6.

KL Rahul  out on 100 immediately after lunch : 218/4 : 67.5 Ov.

1st Session97/1 : Another good one for ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ.

So at Lunch : 218/3 : 67 Ov.

India lead by 56 runs now.

KL Rahul 100*(192) & Dhruv Jurel 14* (38).

KL Rahul gets his 100 off 190 balls,with 12 fours:His 11th,  but 1st after 2016 in India, only 2nd at home.

Shubman Gill departs : mistimed reverse sweep , to 1st slip, fails on 50 off 100 at 188/3 : 57 ov : India lead by 26. Jurel in.

1st Hour : ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ 53/0 : At Drinks : 174/2 : 51 Ov .

India lead by 12 runs.

KL 76* off 155  &  Shubman 44* off 79 balls.

KL Rahul edges one through vacant 1st slip area for 4 in very 1st over of the day.

Day 1:  Fully dominated by India as expected.

Indian Batting

At Stumps :  India 121/2 : 38 Ov.

KL Rahul 53*(114)  n Shubman 18*( 42).

Trail by 41 runs with 8 wickets in hand.

KL Rahul gets 50 off 101 balls with 6 fours. 

90/2 : 24.5 : Sai gone on 7 off 19. Gill in.

83/1 : 22 Ov at ๐Ÿฅ›๐Ÿฅค KL 39*(69),Sai 5*(10).

Yashasvi Jaiswal 36 off 54 :  68/1: 18.2 Ov.

Both openers very positive after rain stoppage:  51/0 : 16 Ov : 28 runs off 3.2 Overs.

India : 23/0 in 12.4 before ๐ŸŒจ๐ŸŒจ๐ŸŒจ stop.

With surprisingly Yashasvi Jaiswal just 4* off 36 and & KL Rahul 18* off 40.

West Indies opted to Bat 1st : 162/10.

Siraj tried very hard for his first fifer at home..for couple of overs , but Kuldeep Yadav gets his 2nd to wrap visitors on 1st ball of new spell, well before Tea.

So West Indies ALL DOWN : 162 in 44.1 Ov.

Boom Boom Bumrah yorked 2 : 153/9: 40.9 Ov.

And becomes fastest to 50 at home alongside Javagal Srinath.

Washington unlucky as KL drops one.

Post Lunch

139/6 : At Drinks: 1 hour after lunch. 

Siraj gets his 4th : 105/6 : 26.5

Kuldeep Yadav makes it 90/5 : 23.2 at Lunch.

Mohammed Siraj on ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ

1st hour: 42/4 Siraj strikes 3rd time: 11.4 Ov.

39/3 : Siraj again: 10 Ov.

20/2 : 2nd: Jasprit Bumrah  : 6.1 

12/1 : 1st Strike: Mohammed Siraj: 3.5





 













Earlier:  Here are the playing XIs for Team India and West Indies for the first Test in Ahmedabad! ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐ŸŒด๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ”น Kuldeep Yadav and Nitishkumar Reddy return to the XI for India. ๐Ÿ”™