Twitter Reactions: Bhuvneshwar Kumar rips apart WI top order as Rahane-Rohit give India control

St Lucia saw an eventful Day 4 to bring this India – West Indies game alive, after rain played spoilsport on Day 3. Bhuvneshwar Kumar who played his first Test in 19 months went on to pick a five wicket haul as the Windies innings slumped from 129-1 to 225 all out.

Ishant Sharma began the proceedings for India as he scalped Bravo’s wicket. Later on after lunch, Bhuvneshwar Kumar bowled a masterly spell of 5/16 as he ripped apart Windies middle and lower order. They suffered a horrible collapse plummeting from 202/3 to 225 all out, thus giving India an astounding lead of 128 runs.

India on the other hand were quick to display their aggressive side as they began solidly. Rahul did play with a healthy strike rate before getting out, but the successive wickets of Kohli and Dhawan slowed down India’s run rate. Rahane and Rohit somehow made for the slow start as both ended up scoring 51* and 41* respectively.

The unbroken 85 run stand took India to an enormous lead of 285 runs at stumps with 98 overs to be bowled on the last day. The onus will be on Rohit-Rahane to extend the lead in the first 10 overs and give their bowlers enough time, to contain the Windies batting. Sets up for an exciting day of cricket on Day 5.

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Twitter was amazed with Bhuvi’s brilliance with the ball and applauded him while KL Rahul got trolled for dropping yet another catch. While Rohit dropped a catch to find himself again in the troll books, he made amends with his gritty knock of 41 not out. Here are some of the Twitter reactions during Day 4.

After his five-wicket haul, @BhuviOfficial our #PlayerOfTheDay! thanks his fans for their support. pic.twitter.com/Ft51RkudiP

— BCCI (@BCCI) August 13, 2016

Rohit Sharma so kind that he scores some runs at this time of night to ensure trollers don't feel bad watching him score. #WIvIND

— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats) August 12, 2016

Important 50 that by Rahane. Has guided the innings perfectly to set it up for tomorrow.

— Saurabh Malhotra (@MalhotraSaurabh) August 12, 2016

https://twitter.com/altcricket/status/764204702787575808

https://twitter.com/thecricketcouch/status/764197158480449537

And now Manjrekar's talking about boobs live on air pic.twitter.com/Anet7uAzxc

— Ghumman (@Emclub7) August 12, 2016

https://twitter.com/sampathb24/status/764193867306446848

India's No. 3 woes continue. Average of just 24.74 by India's No. 3 in Tests since Jan 2014 – WORST among all teams. #WIvIND

— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) August 12, 2016

Kohli batting at three doesn't make sense for me. One weakness is ball swinging in first 15 overs

— Peter Miller (@TheCricketGeek) August 12, 2016

Viv Richards making lascivious comments on commentary and Gavaskar encouraging him. Don't tell me cricket doesn't have a sexism problem.

— Rohit (@Noompa) August 12, 2016

Massive glove there. I suspect there will be "KL RAHUL IS A SHIT BLOKE" t-shirts being printed across the West Indies

— Peter Miller (@TheCricketGeek) August 12, 2016

At tea, India lead by 159 with 132 overs remaining… #wivind

— Innocent Bystander (@InnoBystander) August 12, 2016

What a spell this from @BhuviOfficial Setting it up for India nicely@BCCI #IndvsWI #WIvInd

— Suresh Raina (@ImRaina) August 12, 2016

Rohit Sharma may have just made his most defining contribution to this Test

— Sidvee (@sidvee) August 12, 2016

They find a way to score at 4 an over they can be 275 in front at close. Even 3.5 gives them a chance to bat an hour tomorrow and declare

— Peter Miller (@TheCricketGeek) August 12, 2016

Rohit Sharma looks up at the sun after dropping that catch. Not the best advertisement for the sunglasses he's wearing. #WIvIND #cricket

— Anand Vasu (@anandvasu) August 12, 2016

KL Rahul drops catches as much as Kohli scores hundreds, Pujara plays dots and Ishant bowls no balls. #WIvIND

— Sameer Allana (@HitmanCricket) August 12, 2016

Jadeja and Bhuvi have bowled 44 overs for just 50 runs in this match till now. And 5 wickets of course.

— dorku (@Dorkstar) August 12, 2016

Bhuvneshwar Kumar this spell:

9-6-7-4https://t.co/AuDUxkKFH7 #WIvIND

— ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) August 12, 2016

Post lunch slump gives India sniff of a chance. Follow on avoided but enuf time remaining still. Windies need to bat till tea to feel secure

— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) August 12, 2016