India vs West Indies, First Test, Day 2- Statistical Highlights

For the second day in a row, India throughly dominated West Indies in the ongoing first Test in Rajkot. 

Starting the day on 364 for 4, India skipper Virat Kohli laid the platform for a big score by scoring his 24th Test century and fourth of 2018. Ravindra Jadeja then hit his maiden Test ton, ending on 100 not out, with Rishabh Pant making 92 as India declared on 649-9 at tea.

In reply, West Indies finished the day on 94-6, trailing by 555 runs.

Fast bowler Mohammed Shami removed both West Indiess openers, bowling stand-in captain Kraigg Brathwaite and trapping Kieran Powell lbw.

Shai Hope was then bowled by off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin before Shimron Hetmyer was run out in a comical fashion. Jadeja had Ambris caught at first slip and left-arm wrist-spinner Kuldeep Yadav knocked over Shane Dowrich’s stumps to leave the visitors on the brink of a heavy defeat

Here are all the interesting numbers and major stats from the second day’s play:

1. Virat Kohli became the second quickest player to score 24 Test hundreds, surpassing the legendary Sachin Tendulkar. Kohli reached the milestone in his 123rd innings while Tendulkar had done it in 125 innings. The list is led by Sir Don Bradman who had scored his 24th Test ton in only his 66th innings.

2. Virat Kohli completed his 3000 Test runs in India. He also became the joint-fastest to do so. Both he and Cheteshwar Pujara took 53 innings to reach the milestone. Kohli is also the fourth quickest to score 3,000 Test runs at home.

3. Rishabh Pant, who scored 92,  became the fifth wicketkeeper to be dismissed in nervous nineties against West Indies. The other wicketkeepers are Imtiaz Ahmed, Jim Parks, Rod Marsh and Jack Russell .

4. Virat Kohli also completed 1,000 runs in 2018. He thus became the first captain to score 1,000 runs in 3 consecutive calendar year and second captain to score 1,000 runs in 3 calendar years after Ricky Ponting (2005, 2006 & 2008).

5. India has now 600-plus runs in Tests on 31 occasions and are second in the list. Australia leads the list with 34 600-plus totals.

6. India scored 600-plus total for the eighth time under Virat Kohli’s captaincy – the most under any captain. It was achieved five times each under Allan Border, Sourav Ganguly, Graeme Smith & MS Dhoni.

7. India achieved their highest total against West Indies in Tests, surpassing the 644 for 7 they had scored in 1979.

8. Ravindra Jadeja scored his first Test century for India. He took 56 innings to achieve the feat. Anil Kumble holds the record for playing most number of innings before scoring a Test century. The former India skipper scored his first and only Test century in his 151st innings.