Twitter Reactions: Chase and Holder save the day for Windies

The Windies would be happy with how the first day’s play of their second Test against India in Hyderabad ended, especially after the poor start courtesy of wickets at regular intervals. Leading the way was Roston Chase, who scored 98 runs to help the visitors to 295/7 in 95 overs. Skipper Jason Holder’s gutsy half-century also helped their cause.

Kuldeep and Ashwin strangle the batsmen

After winning the toss and electing to bat first, Kraigg Brathwaite and Kieran Powell got the visitors off to a steady start after which Ravichandran Ashwin broke the 32-run stand by getting rid of Powell for 22. Chinaman Kuldeep Yadav opened his account with the wicket of Brathwaite. Shai Hope threatened with a fluent 36 but was pinned by pacer Umesh Yadav.

Shimron Hetmyer and Sunil Ambris promised with a couple of boundaries and both fell prey to Kuldeep Yadav’s guile and trajectory. From a decent beginning, the Windies were reduced to 113/5 in the 39th over. The onus was thereafter on Roston Chase and wicketkeeper-batsman Shane Dowrich to arrest their team’s slump and they did so with a 69-run stand.

Holder and Chase carried on

The pitch was a decent one for batting and Jason Holder’s men would have been disappointed for how they began. Following Chase and Dowrich’s partnership, Holder joined the former and the duo added 104 runs in 183 deliveries. The captain, who missed the last match due to an ankle injury, scored a gutsy 52 from 92 balls with the help of six graceful boundaries.

Chase accomplished his second fifty of the series and is currently two runs short of notching his fourth Test century. Holder was dismissed by Umesh, who got his third wicket. The batsman was caught down the leg side by Rishabh Pant. Devendra Bishoo played 15 balls to ensure that the Windies don’t suffer any further hiccup in the closing stages of the day.

Here is how Twitter reacted

Lower order, English or West Indian, have managed to trouble the Indian bowlers. #IndvWI #Tests

— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) October 12, 2018

Better application and attitude from the #WI in the 2nd #Test , time in the middle and playing the ball on its merit …key batsmanship qualities #INDvsWI

— subramani badrinath (@s_badrinath) October 12, 2018

Excellent recovery by West Indies. So good to see this fightback. Chase and Holder, individually and together, showed up top order’s lack of application. 80-90 runs more — not easy — would put Indian batting under pressure.

— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) October 12, 2018

Grit,determination and resolve from Windies… Great fight back.. #INDvWI !!!

— Nidhin Sasidharan (@nidhin0816) October 12, 2018

Roston Chase continues his impressive Test career, set for his second hundred against India, after the first in his debut series in 2016. #INDvWI

— Sanjjeev (@Sanjjeev) October 12, 2018

Quite commendable performance by @windiescricket. Good batting by Chase and Holder. For India, Umesh Yadav bowled his heart out and got the wickets. Kuldeep showed his spinning magic. Nothing special from other bowlers.

— Aravind (@netcitizen) October 12, 2018

Umesh Yadav ruined the day for WI broke a good partnership at the end of day #INDvWI

— Sunil Singh (@Sunil_1984_) October 12, 2018

37 batsman previously finished a day's play stranded on 98 or 99 – all 37 went on reach three figures the next day. Roston Chase is the 38th. #WIvIND #INDvWI

— #MSDhoni MS Dhoni FC (@MeraDera) October 12, 2018

Umesh bowled almost as many overs today as spinners. Completed injured Thakur's quota too. #INDvWI

— Ashish Mehta (@Ashish514) October 12, 2018

When was the last time when WI batted a whole day in India ? @mohanstatsman ? #INDvWI

— Anish Mainali (@AnishMainali77) October 12, 2018

India's 'Hope' kept away by 'Chase' 'Holder'
#INDvWI

— Chandan Bora (@ChandanBora80) October 12, 2018

When was the last time, we saw more than 90 overs being bowled in a days's play before today between #IndvWI @MazherArshad. Specially on a 1st day's play. #StatChallenge

— Saurabh Jadli (@SaurabhJadli) October 12, 2018

Fantastic batting by #RostonChase ably supported by #Holder #INDvWI #HyderabadTest

— Anand Kumar (@writer_anand) October 12, 2018

Great work Roston Chase 98*, West Indies 295/7 stumps day 1, and the Indian bowlers getting through 95 overs. https://t.co/X9NYtHuR7F #IndvWI

— Rick Eyre on cricket (@rickeyrecricket) October 12, 2018

Overall an impressive performance by #WI! They have stepped up very well after the huge defeat in first test!👍😎😉#cricket #INDvWI #test

— OjasKumar (@OjasManvi) October 12, 2018

Some competitive score by WI 295/7 three more wickets to go #INDvWI

— Sunil Singh (@Sunil_1984_) October 12, 2018

Roston Chase will sleep well tonight knowing he has played a major part in getting his side back into this series going to stumps unbeaten on 98 The Windies close on 295/7. #INDvWI #INDvsWIN #WIvIND

— Flash Cricket Commentators (@FlashCric) October 12, 2018

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