9:05 a.m. It’s Day 3 of this last match of the two-Test series that India leads 1-0, and it could very well be the decisive day of the game.
India, at 308/4, are just three runs behind West Indies‘ first-innings total of 311. And with two set batsmen, Ajinkya Rahane (75*) and Rishabh Pant (85*), on the crease, a substantial lead is not beyond the hosts to press for another win by an innings.
West Indies, on the other hand, will hope to break the Pant-Rahane stand early and get into India’s lower order led by allrounders Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin, but they too have Test centuries under their belt — the latest being Jadeja’s maiden one in the first Test of this series.
In short, the trend in the morning session could well decide which way this Test will move.
9 a.m. Good morning and a very warm welcome to Timesofindia.com’s coverage of the second Test match between India and West Indies in Hyderabad.
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