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Openers, Rohit Sharma strike fifties as India strech 258/6 on Day 1
- Updated: July 10, 2016
Basseterre (St Kitts): India ambled to 258 for 6 as half centuries by a opening twin of Shikhar Dhawan and KL Rahul were followed by an dominant fifty from Rohit Sharma on a initial day of their two-day opening warm-up tie opposite West Indies Board Presidents’ XI here.
Indian cricketer Rohit Sharma plays a shot during a two-day debate compare between India and WICB President’s XI patrol during a Warner Park track in Basseterre, Saint Kitts. Pic/AFP
Opting to bat after winning a toss, India were supposing a plain start by Dhawan (51) and Rahul (50), with a dual putting on 93 runs for a initial wicket before a maladroit Delhi dazzler was late out. At a finish of a delayed day during that 93 overs were bowled during a Warner Park wicket, Sharma was batting on 54 with a assistance of 8 bounds and a six.
Amit Mishra (18) was giving a Mumbaikar association when a stumps were drawn. Skipper Virat Kohli (14) and Ajinkya Rahane (5) unsuccessful to get what would have been some profitable batting use before a start of a four-match Test series. The Indians, though, is slated to play another three-day warm-up diversion before a Test array gets going from Jul 21 during Antigua.
Like Dhawan, who struck 7 bounds during his 90-ball knock, Rahul was also called behind after a batsman found a blockade 5 times and privileged it once. Sharma combined 47 runs for a sixth wicket with Wriddhiman Saha (22) before putting on 45 runs for an consecutive seventh-wicket mount with Mishra. While a visitors late out a openers, they looked in some arrange of annoy during 159 for 4 when Rahane departed. At 166 for 5 in a 60th over, Cheteshwar Pujara (34) was also asked to come behind to a sauce room by a group management.
Pujara’s strike contained 5 bounds and he spent 115 mins during a double while confronting 102 balls. Sharma afterwards took assign and guided a reduce middle-order in a association of Saha and Mishra. For a West Indies, left-arm spinner Jomel Warrican was a many successful bower, returning total of 2/61 in 26 overs.
Saha was a final Indian wicket to tumble on day 1, when a wicketkeeper-batsman was discharged by Damion Jacobs. Earlier, Dhawan looked compress as his 50 came off 88 balls with 7 bounds while Rahul looked equally gentle during his half-century that took him 99 balls with 5 fours and six. The manners concede 12 players to play while 11 could field.
India motionless to rest off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin and opener Murali Vijay. India started carefully in a commencement even yet Rahul strike a poetic block cut while Dhawan also played some good looking strokes on a off-side. On a delayed Warner Park wicket, a right-arm pacers Marquino Mindley and Jason Dawes couldn’t emanate most of an impact nonetheless a Indians did not take any undue risks.
The impulse spinners were introduced, a Indian batsmen showed some-more vigilant in scoring runs and a footwork looked assured. Rahul swept a leg-break from Jacobs from outward a off-stump. Dhawan also employed a paddle shot whenever left-arm spinner Warrican, who has played 4 Test matches, forsaken anything on a leg and center line.
Like a openers, Pujara and Kohli too took their time to settle down as they knocked a round around for singles and twos, with a occasional boundaries. The partnership, however, came to an finish in a 48th over when Kohli was out caught-behind off Warrican. Rohit afterwards played some effective shots in a second half of a day.
Brief scores: India 258/3 in 93 overs (Rohit Sharma 54 not out, Shikhar Dhawan 51, KL Rahul 37, Cheteshwar Pujara 34; Jomel Warrican 2-61, Damion Jacobs 1-80) vs West Indies Cricket Board President’s XI.