Day 5 live updates for the WI vs IND second test: The fifth and final day of the current Test between the West Indies and India will start with them at 76/2. With Tagenarine Chanderpaul and Jermaine Blackwood at the wicket, the hosts are currently in need of 289 runs to win. On Day 4, Ravichandran Ashwin dismissed Kirk McKenzie and Kraigg Brathwaite to help India defeat the West Indies in their pursuit of 365 runs. India set a 365-run total for the hosts when they declared their second innings at 181 for 2. Mohammed Siraj took five wickets early on in the day as India dismissed the West Indies for 255 runs to take a 183-run first-inning advantage.
Second Test, Live, Day 5, IND vs. WI: West Indies aim for a strong debut!
Jermaine Blackwood and Tagenarine Chanderpaul have combined for 32 runs off 72 balls. The West Indies would have a good opportunity of winning this challenging game against India if the pair could contain the Indian bowlers early in the opening session.
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Day 5 Live: IND vs. WI, 2nd Test: Keep an eye on Ravichandran Ashwin!
Ravichandran Ashwin has the ball in his hand in the fourth inning, and everyone knows how deadly he can be. The spinner was receiving some assistance from the surface on Sunday when the Windies began their chase, which only served to exacerbate the West Indies’ issues. On the last day, he will be the centre of attention because he has already taken two wickets.
Despite amassing more than 700 international wickets, R. Ashwin had the air of a man who had been through too many bad luck swings; the off-spinner always seemed to be on the chopping block. “Let the bat do the talking” is one of cricket’s most overused sayings. It is, after all, a batsman’s game, but in Ashwin’s case, it is different since he has always allowed his bowling to speak for itself.
The World Test Championship (WTC) final between Australia and Ashwin, the No. 1 player in the world, was played last month without Ashwin. He went into great detail about how he felt about the omission and why he was ready to not play in the championship.
However, the master spinner got the next WTC cycle off to a strong start by taking 12 wickets in the opening Test against the West Indies, who played like a club team. It would be ridiculous to assume that having Ashwin at The Oval would have produced a different outcome because the West Indies batters are unquestionably not on the same level as Steve Smith, Usman Khawaja, and Travis Head. But the off-spinner showed off all of his tools to demonstrate that he can neutralise any attack.
