WI vs IND Day 3: India are on top after Day 2 play. Yashasvi Jaiswal closes 150 on debut as India gained 162 runs lead at Day 2 Stumps. Special moments for the youngster and Skipper Rohit Sharma as he scored a century after two years. It was quite a hot and humid day yesterday in Dominica and this article will lead you to the Day 2 review, WI vs IND Day 3 Weather Forecast and Pitch Report of Windsor Park, Roseau, Dominica.
Centuries from Yashasvi Jaiswal and Rohit Sharma have put India in a dominating position. At the time of the Stumps, India were 312 for 2, ahead of the West Indies by 162 runs, with Jaiswal at 143 and Virat Kohli at 36.
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WI vs IND Day 2 Review
The first session of the day was entirely batted by the openers. They batted fairly slowly there and didn’t take many Airel chances, but soon Jaiswal struck an almost flawless debut century, clearly demonstrating that he deserves to be at this level. The Indian captain Rohit Sharma also reached just his second hundred away from home before being caught out by Alick Athanaze’s part-time spin.
The hosts briefly regained control after that wicket, when Shubman Gill cheaply lost it by edging a ball to a watchful second slip fielder. In the second session, West Indies picked up a couple of wickets as India contributed 99 runs. However, Virat Kohli took up the slack with the immovable Jaiswal after tea, which infuriated the hosts.
WI vs IND Day 3 Weather Forecast
India vs West Indies (India tour of West Indies 2023) | India vs West Indies 1st Test match is being played at Windsor Park, Roseau, Dominica from July 12 to July 16 starting at 10:30 AM Local and 7:30 PM IST.
ACC TO WEATHER.COM, the weather is predicted to be slightly overcast in the first session and the last session and to be clear for the day. As the weather websites show, there are very low chances of rain on Day 3. A 7% chance of rain is predicted in the morning and it hovers around 5% for the entire day. It hopefully ain’t going to interrupt the match later in the day. The Temperature in the morning is expected to be around 30° C and is expected to remain even throughout the day.
Winds with a speed of around 26-30KMPH will gust towards the east. Humidity will stay at the higher end at 75%. So, no possibility of rain today and we can hope for a pretty healthy and decent day 3 of the IND vs WI 1st test match.
WI vs IND Day 3 Pitch Report
Dominica is one of the West Indies’ newest cricket grounds. It has only hosted five tests, seven ODIs, and six T20Is. The typical first-inning score in Test matches is 250. This figure increases to 300 in the second inning before dropping to 160 in the fourth. Few members of this Indian cricket team have competed in Dominica before.
There was moisture in the start but eventually, it got off the surface and spin came into the attack. Not the ideal pitch as we mentioned above but India would be dancing inside with the surface. Meanwhile, Cornwell is getting an extra bit of spin off the surface which could be quite concerning for India on WI vs IND Day 3.
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