Twitter Reactions: Ashwin, Saha hit centuries as WI batsmen get off to a good start

Day 2 of the St Lucia Test started with Ravi Ashwin and Wriddhiman Saha continuing from where they left. They began slowly in the morning session before Saha broke loose in the last few overs of the session. India managed to not lose a single wicket in the first 2 hours of play with both the batsmen batting in the nineties.

Ashwin was the first one to reach the milestone with a six as the second session began. It was his fourth century in Tests, all against the Caribbeans. Saha followed up with his maiden Test ton and putting to rest all speculations over his batting. Both put up a match-saving stand of 213 runs for the sixth wicket and recovered India from 126/5.

Once the partnership was broken, Windies didn’t have much trouble cleaning the tail as India got all for 353 runs. Miguel Cummins and Alzarri Joseph led the charge for the Windies with 3 wickets each. Roston Chase and Shannon Gabriel also got a couple of wickets.

West Indies started their innings with Kraigg Brathwaite and Leon Johnson. Indian bowlers toiled hard to get the wicket. KL Rahul dropped a catch at slips but eventually effected a superb run out to send Johnson back. Brathwaite scored a fifty and remained not out with Darren Bravo as West Indies ended the day at 107/1.

Twitter was amused with the brilliant knocks by Saha and Ashwin who got lots of accolades for their partnership. Jadeja was trolled for his failure with the bat. In the end, Windies evened up with a good start and Day 3 will be crucial in determining towards whose favour this Test match swings. Here are some of the Twitter reactions that took place during the course of Day 2:

https://twitter.com/denniscricket_/status/763493609685393408

https://twitter.com/sampathb24/status/763476069995479044