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Centuries by Jaiswal and Rohit drag India to 162-run lead in Dominica
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India’s captain Rohit Sharma plays a shot against West Indies on day two of their first cricket Test match at Windsor Park in Roseau, Dominica, Thursday, July 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan)
ROSEAU, Dominica
(AP) Centuries by newcomer Yashasvi Jaiswal and captain Rohit Sharma launched India to a 162-run lead against the West Indies on day two yesterday of a draggingfirsttest.
Jaiswal carried his bat throughthedaytobe143not out on debut. He and Rohit moved their opening partnership from 80 overnightto229.
Evenso,Indiacrawledto stumpson312-2.ViratKohli was with Jaiswal at 36 not out.
West Indies could prise out only two wickets on a typicallyslowWindsorPark pitch despite bowling tight, waiting 20 overs to take the new ball, and employing nineplayerstobowl.
Another playing his first test, West Indies middleorder bat Alick Athanaze, earned his maiden test wicket when he got Rohit and broke the massive openingstand.
Athanaze’s 13 overs of off-spincompensatedforthe absence of Rahkeem Cornwall, who bowled his third maiden over then walked off in the morning session due to an apparent chestinfection.
Jaiswal and Rohit were restricted to 66 runs in 32 oversinthefirstsession.But they were enough to post India’sfirst100-runopening partnershipinnearlyayear
After lunch, Jaiswal and Rohit showed more intent without really getting their timingright.
TheypassedWestIndies’ total of 150 about six overs quicker, marking the first time India took a firstinningsleadinatestwithout losingawicket.
After the opening stand reached200,Jaiswalbecame the17thIndiamantoscorea test century on debut, matchingRohit,whowasthe 14thin2013.
From the 215th ball he faced, Jaiswal paddle-swept a single to fine leg off Athanaze and celebrated exuberantly,raisinghisarms andleapingtopunchtheair.
Soon after, the batters owned India’s highest opening partnership outside Asia when they eclipsed the 213 by Sunil Gavaskar and Chetan Chauhan in 1979 againstEnglandattheOval.
Rohit finally posted his 10th test hundred with a cover drive to the boundary, then was out next ball when he gloved Athanaze off his thightowicketkeeperJoshua Da Silva. Rohit scored 103 off 221 balls with 10 boundariesandtwosixes.
Shubman Gill requested to drop in the order from opener to No. 3 and made only 6 when he was caught byAthanaze at short second slip off spinner Jomel Warrican.
Indiaadded99runsinthe middle session but after tea only67runsin32overs.
West Indies used up its thirdandlastreviewtryingto get Kohli out on 9 but he didn’ttouchtheball.
Without a review, West Indiesruedwhatmighthave been when pacer Kemar RoachhitJaiswalonhisback pad on 133. West Indies appealed for leg before without success Ball trackingshowedithittingleg stump.
Kohli, content to help Jaiswal grind things out, took 81 balls to hit his first boundary and punched the air.Bystumps,he’dusedup 96 balls to make 36 without anytrouble.
But Kohli was playing second fiddle to Jaiswal, whohadthehighestscoreby an India man on debut outsideAsia,andcounting.
Scores: India 312 for 2 (Jaiswal 143*, Rohit 103) leadWest Indies 150 by 162 runs.
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Abrisk halfcentury from V i k a s h Wilkinson gave Demerara justenoughedgeastheygot the better of Berbice by 5 wickets during their Under17 Inter-county match played at Everest Cricket ClubGroundyesterday
Berbice were good enough to end on 214 after opener Rampersaud Ramnauth led with a classy 66 with six fours and a maximum. His partner, Kevin Kisten scored 38 as the openers shared a 59-run stand.
Romesh Bharat (37) and captain Matthew Pottaya (18) were the next best contributors as Demerara bowlers, Shane Prince (2-31), Alex
Datterdeen (2-28) and Neeran Bani (2-30), kept their team in the game throughouttheirspells.
D e m e r a r a t h e n launched a vicious counterattack, led by Vikash Wilkinson, the Inform opener, who slammed 84 off 82 with 11foursand3sixes
Player of the match, Wilkinson, along with Nicholas Shioprasad who
