The Indian team has solidified its position in the second Test against the West Indies. After posting a massive first innings total, they wreaked havoc with the bowling as well. The West Indies have lost two wickets. Ravindra Jadeja and KL Rahul deserve the credit for the second wicket. Taganarine Chanderpaul was caught by KL Rahul off Jadeja’s bowling. Rahul displayed remarkable agility in the slips and took a spectacular catch, a video of which is going viral. KL Rahul is once again in the headlines.

After scoring runs with the bat, he has now shown his brilliance in fielding as well. He took a spectacular catch during the West Indies’ batting innings. This incident occurred during the 28th over. Ravindra Jadeja was bowling, and West Indies opener Taganarine Chanderpaul was at the crease. The left-arm spinner bowled the third ball outside off stump. The left-handed batsman attempted to play it gently forward. The ball took the outside edge of his bat and went to KL Rahul at first slip.

All-round performance from KL Rahul

KL Rahul took the catch, though he took three attempts. In fact, the ball traveled so fast that it bounced off his hands. KL Rahul threw it again and caught it on his third attempt. West Indies, responding to India’s first innings total of 518, suffered their first setback at just 21. Opener John Campbell departed after scoring 10 runs. He faced 25 balls and hit two fours. All-rounder Ravindra Jadeja had him caught by Sai Sudarshan. The team’s other opener, Tagenarine Chanderpaul, departed after scoring 34 runs off 67 balls. West Indies were reduced to 87 for two.

Watch the catch

Day 2 India batting summary

At the end of the first day’s play, India had scored 318 runs for the loss of 2 wickets. On the second day, India declared their innings at 518 runs for the loss of 5 wickets. Jaiswal was run out on 175 runs, missing out on a double century. He faced 258 balls during his innings and hit 22 fours. Shubman Gill also played an unbeaten innings of 129 runs from 196 balls, hitting 16 fours and 2 sixes. Nitish Reddy scored 43 and Dhruv Jurel scored 44.