India totally outclassed their opponents in all three departments of the game.
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Virat Kohli is a self-confessed fitness freak.
Indian Test skipper Virat Kohli is a self-confessed fitness freak. He played well in the second innings. Rahane played a cameo but could not capitalise on the start. He along with Kohli laid foundation for a mammoth score of 566. “We are not at a stage now where we need to come and improve”, Kohli, who scored his first double hundred during the Test, told reporters. Before the final day, Kumble was seen working in tandem with R Ashwin and Amit Mishra, asking them to pitch the ball inside two cones in front of the stumps. A couple of their bowlers rushed us, 70-odd for 2 with five batsmen, had to take responsibility. Devandra Bishoo picked up three wickets as well.
Things could have been worse were it not for some courageous batting from Carlos Brathwaite and Devendra Bishoo, who put on 95 for the ninth wicket, holding up India’s victory bid after West Indies slumped to 132 for eight before tea. One team was conservative; the other, set up for the attacking pursuit of 20 wickets.
Joseph, 19, from the Leeward Islands, was one of his team’s stars at the Under-19 World Cup this year, helping the West Indies to the title with 13 wickets to his name. With Umesh Yadav bowling short, the batsman was cramped for room and ended up edging a rising delivery instead of attempting to pull it.
“We need to move past this thing about youthful team, if we have a youthful team then we need to bat and bowl and field well and we didn’t, and didn’t get enough partnerships when we batted so we just have to make sure we do everything a lot better and make sure we bat better in the series”, continued the coach.
“West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) officials will be meeting in Florida to sort it out”.
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The successful use of R Ashwin as an all-rounder could also be credited to Kumble.
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Kingston: A confident Indian cricket team arrived here for the second Test against hosts West Indies starting July 30, hoping to carry on the momentum it gained with an innings victory in the series opener in Antigua.
