India vs West Indies, Second Test: 3 things you may have missed from Day 2

At stumps on Day 1, West Indies were a slightly happy side with 295 on the board and Roston Chase unbeaten on 98. Day 2 began with Roston chase reaching his second hundred against India and his first in India. Just when Windies thought Chase will take them to a good score, the Vidarbha Express Umesh Yadav stuck and accounted for all 3 remaining wickets of Windies. They could only manage to add 16 runs to their previous day's total. India began their innings with a bang!

The youngster Prithvi Shaw took charge on Shanon Gabriel hitting 2 boundaries in first over. Soon KL Rahul made life difficult for himself and dragged one from Holder on to his stumps. But Shaw carried on his brilliant form and blazed away to a half-century in just 39 balls. Shaw eventually perished on a well made 70. Soon after his dismissal, the ever-reliable Pujara was also sent back for mere 10 runs.

Captain Virat Kohli and Vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane joined together to steady the innings. Just when India seemed to have steadied themselves, Jason Holder got the big fish in Virat Kohli for 45 runs. It was Rahane and Rishabh Pant who rescued India with a 146* run partnership for the fifth wicket. India ended the day's play at 308/4 trailing by a mere 3 runs! Rahane (75*) and Pant (85*) will look to make it to 3 digits tomorrow.

Here are some of the unnoticed things of 2nd day's play at Hyderabad:

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#1 Umesh Yadav's 6/88 is best bowling figures for a seamer at Hyderabad

A month ago, Umesh Yadav must have surely thought about his future in the Indian Test set up when he was benched for whole England Test series. Team management certainly preferring Ishant Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammad Shami as first choice bowlers. But Yadav's 5-wicket haul showed that he is also a serious contender for the spot in playing 11.

He overcame his initial bad spell and bowled his heart out. On a wicket which traditionally suited spinners more, Yadav showed his skill to skittle Windies with his pace. He ended with career-best figures of 6 wickets for 88 runs. With that Umesh Yadav took 68 consecutive innings to get his second fifer- most by any Indian. Interestingly, it was also the best figures for a seamer at Hyderabad. Earlier the record was held by Zaheer Khan with a 4-for at the same venue.

#2 KL Rahul has been dismissed LBW/Bowled for 9 times consecutively

England tour was evidently painful for KL Rahul where the likes of James Anderson and Stuart Broad exploited his weakness and never allowed him to get going. Even after a redemption century in the last match of Test series in England, the demons seem to have followed Rahul to India. He is still vulnerable to the balls that come into him after pitching. It is still acting as a mental block for Rahul and he is unable to think clearly to overcome it.

After a record of six consecutive half-centuries in 2017 equalling Gundappa Vishwanath and Rahul Dravid, he now has been dismissed either LBW or Bowled for 9th consecutive time. This clearly shows a big batting flaw that needs to be attended well by going back to basics. Hopefully, KL Rahul will make amends to shine again at the international stage.

#3 Virat Kohli now has the highest runs by a captain from Asia in Test cricket

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Virat Kohli is a familiar name in the cricketing world, irrespective of which country fans belong to. He has been playing for India across formats with superficial consistency. He simply loves batting and scoring for his team and as a result, records follow him match after match. After he took over the Test captaincy from MS Dhoni in 2014, he has shouldered more responsibility and has been doing the bulk of the scoring for Team India.

A captain leading from the front in true essence. Today with his 45 run knocks, Kohli became the highest run scorer as a captain in Test cricket from Asia. With 4222 runs at an astonishing average of 66, Kohli surpassed the likes of Misbah Ul-Haq (4214), Mahela Jayawardene (3665), MS Dhoni (3454), and the legendary Sunil Gavaskar (3449).

The way Kohli is going about his batting and fitness standards, it is a matter of time to tumble most batting records in Cricket.