Twitter Reactions: India gain upper hand on Day 1, courtesy of Ashwin and KL Rahul

The second Test between India and West Indies kicked off at Kingston with captain Jason Holder winning the toss and electing to bat first. Virat Kohli didn’t mind losing it as he admitted that they were looking to bowl anyway.

West Indies added the debutant Cummins in place of Brathwaite while India had KL Rahul coming in place of the injured Vijay. It wasn’t a great beginning for the Windies as Ishant and Shami left them reeling at 7/3 at one stage. They recovered well with Blackwood scoring a scintillating half century but got out just before lunch.

In the second session, it was Ashwin who turned the tide in India’s favour with another five-wicket haul. The Windies batsmen found it difficult to pick him as he registered figures of 5/52. The last pair did cause some frustration to the Indian bowlers as they scored 38 runs between them.

On the other hand, India began well. While Dhawan got out on 27, KL Rahul continued his great form as he was not out on 75* and on his way to a superb knock. Pujara hanged on for the time being as India ended the day at 126-1, trailing by just 70 runs.

Also read – West Indies v India 2nd Test, Day 1 – Statistical Highlights

Twitter kept everyone entertained with some splendid tweets during Day 1 of the Test match. While some were full of praises for the fast bowling duo of Ishant and Shami, others lauded Ashwin for his brilliant bowling. KL Rahul also managed to get accolades while the umpires and Windies batsmen got trolled. Here are some of the Twitter reactions that took place.

Good adjustment by Rahul. Changed his pace, style & approach to batting the moment he realised spin could cause trouble. #WIvIND

— Navta vij (@NavtaV) July 30, 2016

5/52 from @ashwinravi99 and 75* from @klrahul11 put India on the front foot after Day 1 of the 2nd Test #WIvInd pic.twitter.com/X92pH89bs8

— ICC (@ICC) July 30, 2016

Need to do serious work on our batting against spin, this season is the best chance otherwise no hope.

— Saurabh Malhotra (@MalhotraSaurabh) July 30, 2016

West Indies have bowled about as well as Ishant Sharma today. Against two decent batsmen, see the result so far.

— cricketingview (@cricketingview) July 30, 2016

Kya chal raha hai?
West Indies mein to Ashwin chal raha hai #WIvIND #FOGG

— TheGoanPatiala (@TheGoanPatiala) July 30, 2016

Ian Gould will easily win "Steve Bucknor of the Match" award #WIvIND

— Shashi (@AllTimeBakchod) July 30, 2016

Ashwin's probably thinking "Why should we waste a test wicket on a run out when they're so readily available?"

— cricketingview (@cricketingview) July 30, 2016

Ashwin gets a 5 wicket haul.
So nice to see an accomplished batsman get 5fers so regularly #WIvsIND

— TheGoanPatiala (@TheGoanPatiala) July 30, 2016

https://twitter.com/thecricketcouch/status/759468287222804481

When you lose the toss and your spinner, @ashwinravi99, delivers five before tea on,the first day, he's done something special.

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) July 30, 2016

https://twitter.com/thecricketcouch/status/759468287222804481

If you ever feel like a failure remember WI create green tops, win the toss and bat first and screw up like you never know #WIvIND

— Manya ? (@CSKian716) July 30, 2016

At this rate Devendra Bishoo might end up playing the most balls by a Windies player in the series. #WIvIND

— Moulin (@Moulinparikh) July 30, 2016

Darren Bravo has been the biggest disappointment. He should have been by now the fulcrum of the batting line-up.

— Bharath Ramaraj (@Fancricket12) July 30, 2016

The best part about this #WIvIND series is that we get to see and hear Sir @vivrichards56 ??

— The-Lying-Lama (@KyaUkhaadLega) July 30, 2016

Blessing in disguise for Virat to have lost the toss. Surprised WI didn't let their pacers first on a juicy first session pitch #IndvsWI

— Vikrant Gupta (@vikrantgupta73) July 30, 2016

Chandrika returns to Rajindra Nagar#IndvsWI

— Gaurav Sethi (@BoredCricket) July 30, 2016

Two in two for Ishant…and India has the perfect start. ??? #WIvIND

— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) July 30, 2016

So West Indies won the toss and elected to collapse? #WIvIND

— Gaurav Kalra (@gauravkalra75) July 30, 2016

A good innings by KL Rahul in this Test match will make sure Rohit stays at the bench till the end of the Kiwi series. #WIvIND

— Sameer Allana (@HitmanCricket) July 30, 2016