Ishant Sharma completed his ninth five-wicket haul as India left West Indies reeling at 189/8 on day two of the first Test at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound in Antigua on Friday.
The Indians were helped by Roston Chase (48 off 47), John Campbell (23 off 30), Darren Bravo (18 off 27), Shai Hope (24 off 65) and Shimron Hetmyer (35 off 47) who were all guilty of throwing it away after promising starts.
Earlier, India resumed on 203-6, before Ishant contributed 19 runs of a 60-run eighth-wicket partnership with Ravindra Jadeja that helped the visitors to post 297 on the board. And it looked like a pretty good total by the end of the day.
Jadeja was the last man out, for 58, the second-highest scorer behind vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane’s 81.
Brief Scores: India 297 (Ajinkya Rahane 81, Ravindra Jadeja 58; Kemar Roach 4-66, Shannon Gabriel 3-71) lead West Indies 189/8 (Roston Chase 48, Shimron Hetmyer 35; Ishant Sharma 5-42) by 108 runs runs
Here are some of the Twitter reactions:
Sensational. Ishant Sharma #IndvsWI
— Vikrant Gupta (@vikrantgupta73) August 23, 2019
Ishant Sharma caught & bowled victims (Tests)
Danish Kaneria Bengaluru 2007
Kraigg Brathwaite & Shimron Hetmyer North Sound 2019#WIvIND— Deepu Narayanan (@deeputalks) August 23, 2019
Ishant Sharma today……
First 5 overs: 30 runs, 0 wickets
Next 7 overs: 9 runs, 5 wicketsWould have ended up with 6 wickets in 8 overs had Vihari not dropped Holder!#WIvIND #INDvsWI #INDvWI
— Rajneesh Gupta (@rgcricket) August 23, 2019
You beauty @ImIshant – 5 wickets for the speedster and West Indies end Day 2 on 189/8 #TeamIndia #WIvsIND pic.twitter.com/9TfKr8B3EY
— BCCI (@BCCI) August 23, 2019
5️⃣ wickets for Ishant Sharma!
Brilliant bowling from the India seamer 👏 👏 #WIvIND pic.twitter.com/B675oei8BR
— ICC (@ICC) August 23, 2019
✔️5 Wicket haul
✔️60 Runs Partnership with Jadeja
🇮🇳 Ishant Sharma, Truly the star of the day.Photo by BCCI | #IshantSharma #WIvIND #WIvsIND #INDvWI #INDvsWI #bharatarmy #teamindia #COTI #indiancricket #indiancricketteam #cricket pic.twitter.com/ViMmvtav7Z
— The Bharat Army (@thebharatarmy) August 23, 2019
England's highest scorer today: 12
Ishant Sharma: 19#WIvIND #Ashes— Saurabh Malhotra (@MalhotraSaurabh) August 23, 2019
Last time Ishant Sharma involved in a 50-run partnership was five years back with MS Dhoni vs England at The Oval 2014.#WIvInd
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) August 23, 2019
what would england give for an ishant sharma in their top order #WIvIND #Ashes
— Gaurav Kalra (@gauravkalra75) August 23, 2019
