Twitter Reactions: West Indies in hunt after Day 4

Devendra Bishoo was the star of the fourth day in the historic first day-night Test in Asia. Pakistan looked to be cruising towards a thumping win. West Indies leg-spinner Devendra Bishoo had other plans, though. He knocked down Pakistan singlehandedly to suddenly see West Indies in the hunt on the day. The leggie bagged 8/49 to restrict them to 123 in the second innings.

His efforts meant West Indies needing 346 runs to win the Test. The kind of aggression West Indian batsmen can show will only threaten the ‘home’ side. They lost both their openers cheaply though. Kraigg Brathwaite was cleaned by Mohammad Amir on 6. Leon Johnson looked good for his 47 before Amir came back to hunt down his second victim. The game now stands evenly poised with the two seniormost batters at the crease.

Darren Bravo and Marlon Samuels will have a herculean task to accomplish on the final day. West Indies are placed at 95/2 at the end of day’s play. They need 251 more runs to win the Test. Pakistan will be hoping for Yasir Shah to come good after seeing Bishoo strike so well. Earlier in the day, Yasir Shah became the joint second fastest bowler to reach 100 wickets in Test cricket.

Yasir Shah’s 5th wicket in the match completed his century of Test wickets. He dismissed Miguel Cummins to reach the coveted milestone. He took 17 Tests to reach the coveted milestone – one short of the world record. Shah returned with figures of 5/121 in the West Indies first innings. They ended up with 357 runs in response to Pakistan’s 579/3 decl. in the first innings.

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The match now stands at a very interesting stage with both teams being equally likely to win the match. Yasir Shah will be the trump card for Pakistan if they wish to seal the game. For the West Indies, it is the unpredictability factor that can work for them.

Here are the best tweets from the day 4 of the first Test:

https://twitter.com/CS_Says/status/787629624289325056

https://twitter.com/cricBC/status/787874723073929216

The second ever day-night Test
Day 1: 1 wicket
Day 2: 3 wickets
Day 3: 5 wickets
Day 4: 16 wickets
Day 5: ?https://t.co/5tJzcJnYkA #PAKvWI

— ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) October 16, 2016

This game is a collapse away from result. Till it comes will keep both teams in the game. #PAKvWI

— Nikhil ? (@CricCrazyNIKS) October 16, 2016

The second fastest to 100 Test wickets – only England's George Lohmann was quicker than @Shah64Y! #BestofTest #PakvWI pic.twitter.com/A6MXGGaSir

— ICC (@ICC) October 16, 2016

https://twitter.com/AltCricket/status/787711579936686081

With that wicket, Jason Holder's bowling strike rate in Tests in 2016 comes down to 358 from 715. #PAKvWI

— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats) October 16, 2016

https://twitter.com/mr_punter_/status/787888824122613760

Darren Bravo in Tests
at home: 1233 runs @ 29.35 in 44 inns (1 100 & 8 50s)
away home: 2007 runs @ 52.81 in 41 inns (6 100s & 8 50s)#PAKvWI

— Jasveer Singh Kharra (@imjsk27) October 17, 2016

Pakistan batting in 1st innings.
Pakistan batting in 2nd innings. #PAKvWI pic.twitter.com/ZkkwArDdDA

— Nikhil ? (@CricCrazyNIKS) October 16, 2016

Career-best figures for Devendra Bishoo (8/49). Also the best figures by a West Indies leg-spinner #PAKvWI #Cricket pic.twitter.com/dUMptCyZQ3

— IPL 2017 (@IPLeagueT20) October 17, 2016

All the numbers from a day full of wickets for the two legspinners in Dubai #PAKvWI pic.twitter.com/knhlJZTFWN

— #PaKisTaN TeaM (@PaK_ESPN) October 17, 2016

#YasirShah became fastest Asian bowler who gets 100 wkts in test #Matches
Proud moment for #Pakistani #PAKvWI
Congrats 2 Yasir Shah 🙂 🙂 pic.twitter.com/DGhTW0SYU6

— Telezonepkdotcom (@telezonepk) October 17, 2016