India started the fourth day of the second Test against the West Indies with the aim of going after the target fiercely. But the premature removal of Yashasvi Jaiswal made the team reorganise their tactics, and they thought they would play a safe game and take the chase as it is. The scoring rate declined because India favoured the saving of wickets more than fast scoring.
During the first innings, India had already registered a colossal 518 runs with brilliant performances of Yashasvi Jaiswal, who had made 175 and Shubman Gill, who was not out on 129. Having this impressive aggregate, India had expected to hold the bat once and take the match by storm. The bowlers came up with an early breakthrough, with the West Indies being defeated easily. Alick Athanaze and Tagenarine Chanderpaul, however, fought back hard and formed a 66-run partnership, displaying much fight. India succeeded in severing this alliance towards the end of the second day, but Shai Hope and Tevin Imlach made sure that the West Indies were four wickets down at the end of the day.
On the third day, Kuldeep Yadav had carnage in the middle order of the West Indians, taking away the main wickets and limiting the movement of the visitors. Nevertheless, Khary Pierre and Anderson Phillip made a late resistance, and the innings could not end as soon as he tried it. India finally brought the first innings of the West Indies to an end at 248, where they led by 270 runs.
Shubman Gill ordered West Indies to resume batting again. The visitors were losing the early wickets, but they then made an impressive fight back, as John Campbell and Shai Hope made centuries and beat the Indian score. West Indies lost several early wickets in the two start-outs, and the last-wicket pair made 79 most important runs, to the annoyance of the Indian bowlers. West Indies had a considerable lead of 120 runs and left India with a modest target, which meant the team had to chase it at a slow pace.
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