WI VS IND - 2nd Test, India tour of West Indies, 2019

So, India atop the points chart in ICC World Test Championship and Virat Kohli - too - tops the list as the most successful Indian skipper in the longest format. He credits the quality of the team and reiterates the 'combined-effort' from all departments before joining his mates to pose with the trophy. The 'CHAMPIONS' hoarding is out and as ever, one of the newbies - Hanuma Vihari - takes the centrestage whilst grinning for the cameras. That is all from this game and the series then. Just as the Windies try to forget their struggles in red-ball cricket, the ever-enticing and never-fading 'crash-bang-wallop' cricket prepares itself to engulf the Caribbean Islands for the next 40 days. The CPL! Yes, it's offically that time of the year. The first game's on Wednesday and we're hoping you'd join us for all the fun and frill. Thank you all for your wonderful comments. On behalf of Sagar Chawla, Rishi Roy, Nikhil Jadhav and our scoring buff Venky, this is Raju Peethala wishing you goodbye. Cheers!!

Plenty of positives to draw from this Test series

Virat Kohli sticking to the same eleven for both Tests
Hanuma Vihari's maiden Test hundred
The reaffirmation of Jasprit Bumrah as one of the best in the business
Ishant Sharma's ever-improving batting efforts , and a maiden fifty to top that
Ajinkya Rahane - who hasn't had a great 18 months - back to scoring those vital runs in the middle-order
For Windies, Kemar Roach and Jason Holder have been the shining lights in an otherwise out-of-sorts line-up

Virat Kohli: Pretty comprehensive again. Played really good cricket over four days. Getting result in the manner that you want is crucial. Were in some tricky situations. Took a lot of character from the boys collectively. Hanuma was the standout batsman in this game. Contributions all around. Was a game full of grit and determination. According to the surface it was a top class innings (Vihari). He's someone who is sure of his game and it shows. Dressing room feels calm when he's batting. That's a quality he possesses naturally. He's willing to improve. Accepts and corrects his mistakes. Plays with a lot of heart. Always up to do anything for the team. It's a very young career so far but he's shown why he's been backed and selected in this team. It's a by-product of the quality team we have here (becoming the most successful Indian captain). If we didn't have the bowlers we have, these results wouldn't have been possible. If you see these guys running in - Shami's spell today, Bumrah after having a small niggle, Ishant bowling his heart out, Jadeja bowling a long spell. Captaincy is just a C in front of your name. It's the collective effort that matters. For us, it's just the start of the Championship. Whatever's happened in the past is irrelevant. Look forward to keep continuing playing good cricket. West Indies would know the areas they need to improve on. From bowling point of view, they were outstanding. Jason and Kemar were the standout bowlers for them. Their bowling attack with the red ball here is as lethal as anyone. If they get enough runs on the board, they'll be a very dangerous opposition in Test cricket.

Hanuma Vihari, Man of the Match: It feels great to score my maiden Test century, I missed out on a hundred in the last match, so I was focusing on a big score this time. We were 200 for 5 and that was my goal while batting with Rishabh (Pant). We had to be patient on this wicket as there was something in it for the fast bowlers. I was trying to take calculative risk against spinners, that was the game plan and it worked well for me. I have not played a Test at home, looking forward to it. It's great to play in front of the home crowd back in India.

Jason Holder: Obviously disappointed, we didn't play a complete game of cricket in both the games. We need to put up the scores and fight out those tough periods, it's a tough question on how to fix the batting. It's an individual thing, we need to take ownership of our performances. The bowlers gave their 100% as we've been on the field every single day of this Test series, and the bowlers have delivered. It's been a heavy workload on the bowlers, and at no point have they dropped their heads. They knew our bowling was good - they made us work hard for those wickets. They are a quality side and they played quality cricket, we didn't bat well enough. That's the quality of their side. As a batter you need to get in, only then it gets easier. You had to work hard for your runs.

Harsha Bhogle: Like Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma has benefited enormously from a period away from the public gaze in county cricket in England. Post the IPL next year, India should look to find county assignments for Umesh Yadav, Navdeep Saini and Mohd Siraj

Lowest batting avg for WI in a series
14.95 vs Ind 2019 (H)
15.77 vs SL 2005 (A)
15.80 vs Aus 2015 (H)
16.10 vs Eng 1928 (A)
16.72 vs Ban 2018/19 (A)

Virat Kohli in Tests in West Indies
2011: Test debut
2016: Maiden Test double century
2019: India's most successful Test captain

Biggest winning margin for India in away Tests (by runs)
318 v WI North Sound 2019
304 v SL Galle 2017
279 v Eng Leeds 1986
278 v SL Colombo PSS 2015
272 v NZ Auckland 1967/68
257 v WI Kingston 2019 *
237 v WI Gros Islet 2017

Most Test wins for India captains
28 VIRAT KOHLI (48 Tests)
27 MS Dhoni (60)
21 Sourav Ganguly (49)
14 Mohd Azharuddin (47)

Harsha Bhogle: 2-0 as expected. India's bowlers were too powerful, too relentless. And Bumrah was outstanding. Big plus the performances of Rahane and Vihari. And Ishant who is playing his best cricket for the last 18-24 months. India would have liked more from the top order. The form of KL Rahul is now a worry and he could struggle to hold his place against South Africa.

13:38 Local Time, 18:38 GMT, 00:08 IST: Wonderful sight around the boundary hoardings as Ashwin beams whilst posing alongside his fellow offpsinner Rahkeem Cornwall. That's what you play cricket for. The story of the session has been Burmah's first ball to Blackwood. The concussion substitute, Jermaine Blackwood, showed glimpses of grit during his partnership with Shamarh Brooks - the only fifty maker for Windies this series - but all hopes came crashing down when Blackwood nicked one behind and opened doors for Shami and Jadeja to run through the rest of the batting order. So, what has changed for the Windies from the last time (2016) India visited them for a Test series. The answer, unfortunately, is the number of Tests as the scorelines have been eerily similar with India sealing it 2-0 on both occasions.

Jadeja to Holder, out Bowled!! No luck this time around. Tries to swat again and he cannot get around this rapid slider from Jadeja, cleaned up. 28th Test victory for Virat Kohli as captain and he's gone past MSD to become the most successful in this format for India. Windies have been cleanswept 2-0 as India take 120 championship points from this series. Holder b Jadeja 39(35) [4s-9]

Jadeja to Holder, THATS OUT!! Bowled!!

HakunaMatata: Holder said that he comes lower down order to bat to manage his bowling load. But Kallis did that too! I am not comparing both but the workload is almost same I guess --- Holder operates as a proper frontline bowler though, while Kallis was mostly the fourth seamer

Jadeja to Holder, FOUR, lines up for a big heave-ho and skims the inside edge before escaping past Pant to his left. A quicker one from Jadeja and Holder threw the kitchen sink, only to be saved by a slice of luck

Jadeja to Holder, no run, a back foot punch to wide long-off but Holder won't risk the single

Jadeja to Holder, no run, goes back and across to smother the quicker delivery on the stumps

Jadeja to Holder, no run, the intentions are well and truly clear from Holder, looks to slog a flatter delivery and drags it to mid-on off the inside half

Shami to Gabriel, no run, full and seeking the base of middle and leg, Gabriel brings his bat down in time to negate that into the leg-side

Shannon Gabriel, right handed bat, comes to the crease

Shami to Roach, out Caught by Pant!! India, just one away now. Roach sees this full ball pitch outside off and could not resist his temptation to drive with hard hands, unfortunately for him the feet went nowhere and all he could manage was a thick edge through to the keeper. Pant ain't dropping that. Roach c Pant b Shami 5(14) [4s-1]

Shami to Roach, THATS OUT!! Caught!!