West Indies vs India Second Test Day 2 Stats Review: Virat Kohli's 76th Century, Brathwaite's composed batting and other stats

A sensational century in the 500^th game from Virat Kohli followed by fifties from Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin helped India finish the first innings with 438, while West Indies batted 41 overs for the loss of wicket with a scorecard reading 86 runs at the close of day 2. Brathwaite &co trail India by 352 runs.

Speaking about how the day panned out, starting with an overnight score of 288/4, Kohli and Jadeja added 63 more runs. In the course of the partnership, both Kohli and Jadeja reached their respective milestones, Kohli registered his 29^th century while Jadeja registered his 19^th fifty. Alzarri Joseph broke the good-going partnership with a brilliant direct hit, running out Virat Kohli for 121.

Soon, Kemar Roach removed Jadeja for 61. A half-century from Ravichandran Ashwin and a 37-ball 25 runs cameo from Ishan Kishan down the order helped India to post a good total of 438. For West Indies, Kemar Roach and Jomel Warrican picked three wickets apiece while Shannon Gabriel and Jason Holder accounted for one and two wickets, respectively.

Trailing by 438 runs, WI openers got off to a slow and steady start as the duo added a solid 50 partnership. Ravindra Jadeja provided the breakthrough in the 35^th over as Tagenarine Chanderpaul edged one to third-man after a 95 ball 33. Kraigg Brathwaite remained unbeaten on 128-ball 37 while debutant, Kirk McKenzie, remained unbeaten on 25-ball 14, as West Indies ended the day at 86/1. Meanwhile, let us examine some special records created during the landmark 100th Test between the two nations.

Here are the stats and numbers from Day 2 of the second Test between West Indies and India:

1 -Virat Kohli became the first player to score a century in 500^th international game.

25 -Virat Kohli registered his 25^th Test century while batting at number four position, with this he surpassed Brian Lara’s tally of 24 centuries.

Most Test centuries at Number 4

44 -Sachin Tendulkar

35 -Jacques Kallis

30 -Mahela Jayawardene

25 -Virat Kohli

24 -Brian Lara 

12 -Kohli registered his 12^th century against West Indies across formats. This is the joint-second most century for a batter against West Indies across formats, he shares this feat along with Jacques Kallis who too has scored 12 centuries. Sunil Gavaskar tops the list with 13 centuries.

76 -Virat Kohli registered his 76^th international centuries, the most by a batter after 500 games. Sachin Tendulkar is behind him with 75 centuries.

20 -Kohli faced 20 balls before scoring the first run, this is the most number of balls faced by the batter while playing overseas before getting off the mark. He previously faced 19 balls against West Indies in 2011 at Barbados.

1000 -Virat Kohli (1019) completed 100 runs against West Indies in Tests, becoming the 11^th Indian to achieve this feat.

3 -Virat Kohli has registered three international centuries in his last three innings at Queen’s Park Oval.

Virat Kohli last three international scores in Queen’s Park Oval:

120 in August 2019
114* in August 2019
121 in July 2023