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Friday, October 5, 2018

2018 West Indies Tour of India - India Vs West Indies First Test @ Rajkot Day Two Friday Oct 05,2018 - India declare their first innings at 649/9



Resuming from 364/4 with Virat Kohli 72 and Rishabh Pant 17 at the crease,India declare their first innings at 649/9

Virat Kohli scored 139(230 Balls 4x10)
Rishabh Pant scored 92(84 Balls 4x8 and 6x4)
Ravindra Jadeja scored 100*(132 Balls 4x5 and 6x5)

649/9- India's total in the first innings at Rajkot - their highest ever against West Indies. The biggest total before this was 647 for 7 in Kanpur in 1978-79

8- Number of 600-plus totals for India in Tests since 2016, which is two more than the number of such totals by all other teams, combined. Australia have had three such totals whereas England, South Africa and Sri Lanka have got one each.

123- Number of innings taken by Virat Kohli to score 24 Test centuries. Only Sir Don Bradman got there in fewer innings - 62. Sachin Tendulkar and Sunil Gavaskar took 125 and 128 innings respectively.

3- Number of consecutive years in which Kohli has scored 1000 or more runs in Tests. He had 1215 runs in 2016, 1059 runs in 2017 and after his 139-run knock he has 1018 runs this year

 217- Runs conceded by Devendra Bishoo in his 54 overs - the second most by a West Indies bowler in a Test innings. Tommy Scott had given away 266 runs against England in Kingston in 1930, which is the highest. Overall, Bishoo's figures are the third most expensive by any bowler against India following Rangana Herath's 240 and Suraj Randiv's 222.

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