By Vipul Kashyap
New Delhi [India], October 7 (ANI): Indian head coach Gautam Gambhir will host the Males in Blue for dinner at his residence on Wednesday forward of his facet’s second Check in opposition to West Indies at New Delhi’s Arun Jaitley Stadium ranging from October 10 onwards, as per sources.
Sources additionally mentioned that Gambhir desires the dinner to be an open-air one in backyard space but when rain hits town, it might be cancelled.
India is 1-0 up within the two-match collection, having crushed WI by an innings and 140 runs within the first Check at Ahmedabad’s Narendra Modi Stadium, with Ravindra Jadeja (104* and a four-wicket haul) incomes the ‘Participant of the Match’ award for his all-round present.
Coming to the match, it was the West Indies who received the toss and elected to bat first. Aside from a 48-run fourth-wicket stand between skipper Roston Chase (24 in 43 balls, with 4 boundaries) and skipper Hope (26 in 36 balls, with three fours) and a knock of 32 in 73 balls (with 4 boundaries by Greaves, there was little or no resistance by WI as they have been skittled out for 162 by 44.1 overs.
Mohammed Siraj (4/40) and Jasprit Bumrah (3/42) thrived on what was an outstanding wicket for them, whereas Kuldeep Yadav (2/25) and Sundar (1/9) have been additionally among the many wickets with their spin.
Throughout India’s first innings, they gained a large lead of 286 runs as KL Rahul (100 in 197 balls, with 12 fours), Dhruv Jurel (125 in 210 balls, with 15 fours and three sixes) and Jadeja (104* in 176 balls, with six fours and 5 sixes) scored centuries. India posted 448/5 and declared.
The guests didn’t look remotely threatening throughout their second innings, as Alick Athanaze (38 in 74 balls, with three fours) and Justin Greaves (25 in 52 balls, with 4 boundaries) have been top-two scorers. India bundled them out for 146 runs, with Jadeja (4/54), Siraj (3/31) and Kuldeep (2/23) being the highest wicket-takers.
The 2-time ICC World Check Championship (WTC) finalists are third within the WTC desk with three wins, a draw and two losses. (ANI)
