India vs West Indies, 1st Test - Live Cricket Score, Commentary
Series: Windies tour of India, 2018 Venue: Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot Date & Time: Oct 04-Oct 08, 09:30 AM LOCAL
Kuldeep Yadav 1-62(10 ov)
39.6
Kuldeep Yadav to Roston Chase, no run, flat this time, far too full, almost yorker length, Roston Chase opens his stance up and tries to drive it inside out through the covers, can't quite get under it and squeezes it out into the off-side
39.5
Kuldeep Yadav to Roston Chase, FOUR, 6th Test fifty for Chase, and it comes off another half-volley outside off that is crisply and effortlessly driven to the long-off fence for four. The only hope for the Windies to get to a respectable total.
39.4
Kuldeep Yadav to Roston Chase, no run, tossed up full again, pushed right back at the bowler
39.3
Kuldeep Yadav to Devendra Bishoo, 1 run, the toss-up on leg and middle, straightening, Devendra Bishoo opens up his stance, clears his front-leg, and stretches forward to push it back to Kuldeep Yadav
39.2
Kuldeep Yadav to Roston Chase, 1 run, too full once again on off, driven easily down to long-on for another comfortable single
39.1
Kuldeep Yadav to Roston Chase, FOUR, tossed up, there's no point of those finger calluses if you're pitching it up so much and not letting it turn - that's an easy drive through the deep extra cover boundary for four, and perfect execution
37.6
Kuldeep Yadav to K Paul, no run, the stock ball again but pitched much shorter than he'd like, Keemo gets back in the crease to cut it square of the wicket - can't quite find the gap
37.5
Kuldeep Yadav to K Paul, no run, tossed up on a good length on off-stump, much better, Keemo gets forward to respect that with a defence
37.4
Kuldeep Yadav to K Paul, SIX, turns back in from a fuller length outside off, Keemo clears his front leg, getting front-on as a result, and swivels whilst on his knee to slog-sweep that flat over deep mid-wicket for six
37.3
Kuldeep Yadav to K Paul, no run, good length delivery, a tad flatter and angled away outside off, slapped away off a low stance towards short cover
37.2
Kuldeep Yadav to Roston Chase, 1 run, good length delivery turning back in, hurrying on and skidding towards the pads, Roston Chase rocks back and hurriedly taps it on the head with a closed face towards backward square leg for a single
37.1
Kuldeep Yadav to Roston Chase, no run, tossed up and angling away outside off, Roston Chase drives it right back towards Kuldeep
35.6
Kuldeep Yadav to Roston Chase, FOUR, absolutely slammed! Far too full from Kuldeep once again, and the flight just tempts the batsman into the shot, but when there is no room for the ball to spin, the batsman can just swing through the line and send it racing towards long-on - and that's exactly what Chase did. Punished with a lofted drive towards the long-on fence for four
35.5
Kuldeep Yadav to Roston Chase, no run, another defence off the inside half to a full delivery
35.4
Kuldeep Yadav to Roston Chase, no run, tossed up on middle and off, Roston Chase defends it off the front foot
35.3
Kuldeep Yadav to Roston Chase, FOUR, too straight, right in the slot, and slow through the air, Roston Chase gets on his knee and waits before hammering another sweep to the backward square leg fence for four
35.2
Kuldeep Yadav to Roston Chase, no run, pulls the length back just enough, draws him into the drive, and he stretches forward to miscue the off-drive towards the bowler
35.1
Kuldeep Yadav to Roston Chase, no run, far too full again on off-stump, driven down towards mid-off
33.6
Kuldeep Yadav to Roston Chase, no run, finally finds equilibrium between short and full, gets it to straighten back towards the right-hander's stumps, and Roston Chase stretches forward to negate the spin with a compact forward defence
33.5
Kuldeep Yadav to Roston Chase, no run, pulls the length back a tad too much for Roston Chase to get on the back foot and nudge it behind square leg
33.4
Kuldeep Yadav to Roston Chase, no run, tossed up very full outside of, driven back down the wicket
33.3
Kuldeep Yadav to K Paul, 1 run, loopy, enticing, Keemo takes the bait and clears his leg to slog across the line to cow corner, gets it off the isnide half towards the deep mid-wicket region for a single
33.2
Kuldeep Yadav to K Paul, FOUR, very full, too full to turn, 'Paul clears his front leg and drills that through deep extra cover for four
33.1
Kuldeep Yadav to Roston Chase, 1 run, tossed up temptingly outside off, Roston Chase gets forward and drives to the left of mid-off for a single
31.6
Kuldeep Yadav to K Paul, no run, loopy delivery tossed up enticingly outside off, Keemo Paul gets forward to cut off the angle and dead-bats into the off-side
31.5
Kuldeep Yadav to Roston Chase, 1 run, drops it short, but it stays low, and Roston Chase pulls it away using the depth of the crease to deep mid-wicket for a single. Shaw takes cover at forward short leg
31.4
Kuldeep Yadav to Roston Chase, no run, reads this regular chinaman from the hand on off stump, leans forward, and turns it into the on-side
31.3
Kuldeep Yadav to Roston Chase, no run, another loopy delivery outside off, skidding on and spinning in, Roston Chase gets on the back foot and defends it out
31.2
Kuldeep Yadav to K Paul, 1 run, tossed up on middle, and the spin is smothered by the sweep to deep square leg for just a single
31.1
Kuldeep Yadav to K Paul, no run, turns back into the right-hander sharply, tossed up, K Paul backs away and tries a slap towards cover, gets rapped on the gloves - cramped for room and beaten by the turn
29.6
Kuldeep Yadav to K Paul, FOUR, overpitches again, Keemo Paul steps across to sweep and nails it again, all along the ground for the second time this over, to the backward square leg fence for four
29.5
Kuldeep Yadav to K Paul, no run, the stock ball again, K Paul plays down the wrong line, defends, and gets hit on the pad. Too much bounce though
29.4
Kuldeep Yadav to K Paul, no run, the stock chinaman on a good length outside off, turns towards off, K Paul gets on the back foot and tries to hammer it through the covers, gets a thick inside edge past the leg-stump towards leg slip
29.3
Kuldeep Yadav to K Paul, 2 runs, another shortish one outside off, Paul uses the depth of the crease and carves it away towards sweeper cover for brace
29.2
Kuldeep Yadav to K Paul, FOUR, overpitches on the pads, K Paul gets on his knee and gets on top of it with a sweep, all along the ground to deep square leg for four
29.1
Kuldeep Yadav to K Paul, no run, a tad short and turning in towards the right-hander, Paul steps back and slap sit away towards short cover
27.6
Kuldeep Yadav to K Paul, no run, googly starting down the leg-side, so Paul pads it away
27.5
Kuldeep Yadav to K Paul, no run, oh inside edge found, but it drops short of the man at leg gully. Paul tries to defend and doesn't read the spin well
27.4
Kuldeep Yadav to K Paul, no run, ah there you go! Kuldeep Yadav bravely tosses one up and almost has Paul stumped. He's got to flight it nicely and tempt Paul to go for the big hits. Paul missed a slog across the line, but managed to keep his back foot grounded
27.3
Kuldeep Yadav to K Paul, no run, those boundaries have forced Kuldeep Yadav to bowl short, defended off the back foot
27.2
Kuldeep Yadav to K Paul, FOUR, this time he's swept him along the ground through square leg
27.1
Kuldeep Yadav to K Paul, SIX, Paul isn't going to hang around, he wants to attack all the time. Googly on the stumps, Paul steps out and launches it hard over long-on
25.6
Kuldeep Yadav to K Paul, 1 run, again steps out and goes for a hard hit, gets an inside edge that rolls to mid-wicket
25.5
Kuldeep Yadav to K Paul, 2 runs, oh no! He's stepped out and attempted a big slog, completely mistimed, luckily Rahul was at mid-on, so landed safely, Rahul gives chase and flicks it back just before it reaches the boundary
25.4
Kuldeep Yadav to K Paul, no run, in the airrr and just wide of the diving Shaw at short leg. May have been bat-pad. Oh may have been the glove there! Paul isn't comfortable in forward movement, the ball looks to have flicked the glove and lobbed to Shaw's right off the pad. Shaw dived back but couldn't get a hand on it
25.3
Kuldeep Yadav to K Paul, no run, flighted delivery on the stumps, Paul defends off the front foot
25.2
Kuldeep Yadav to Dowrich, out Bowled!! Oh dear! Stay away from the coach, Shane Dowrich. Just four odd overs left in the day, the team is already 74/5 and he plays a rash shot to throw his wicket away. But credit to Kuldeep Yadav for forcing a false shot. He gave this a lot of air, pitched it just outside off stump, the length and the flight tempted Dowrich to go hard on the drive, he did take the invitation and fell in the trap as the ball spun back sharply to hit the top of off stump. Dowrich just lost a bit of shape while playing the shot. Dowrich b Kuldeep Yadav 10(35) [4s-1]
25.1
Kuldeep Yadav to Dowrich, no run, flighted delivery spinning down the leg-side, Dowrich tries to defend and misses, gets hit on the pad
23.6
Kuldeep Yadav to Dowrich, 1 run, defended off the back foot to backward point
23.5
Kuldeep Yadav to Roston Chase, 1 run, another tossed up delivery, Chase drives it to mid-off
23.4
Kuldeep Yadav to Roston Chase, no run, that's very full again from Kuldeep Yadav, got to drag it back a touch, driven towards cover
23.3
Kuldeep Yadav to Roston Chase, no run, spinning back in and on the stumps, Chase defends off the back foot
23.2
Kuldeep Yadav to Roston Chase, FOUR, Kuldeep gives this a lot of air looking for some turn, but overpitches and allows Chase to get under the ball and loft over wide mid-on
23.1
Kuldeep Yadav to Roston Chase, no run, defended into the on-side
21.6
Kuldeep Yadav to Roston Chase, no run, yorker around off, Chase squeezes it in front of mid-off. Starts off his spell with a maiden, does Kuldeep
21.5
Kuldeep Yadav to Roston Chase, no run, good loopy delivery, good enough to tempt the batsman to go after it but Chase defends it down
21.4
Kuldeep Yadav to Roston Chase, no run, loopy delivery now and Chase flicks it in front of short mid-wicket
21.3
Kuldeep Yadav to Roston Chase, no run, on his front-foot with a semi-stride to ease it back to the Chinaman
21.2
Kuldeep Yadav to Roston Chase, no run, drags back the length but Chase doesn't find any difficulty to flick it away to short mid-wicket
21.1
Kuldeep Yadav to Roston Chase, no run, a low full toss around off, Chase drives it nicely but Ashwin at cover stops it with a dive to his right
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