Twitter Reactions: West Indies save the Test match riding on Roston's century

The traditional form of the game has seen various turnarounds within days and sessions. The crowd at Kingston witnessed yet another spectacle from the West Indies team. Having reduced the Windies batting to 48/4 at stumps on Day 4, trailing by more than 250 runs, India seemed complete favourites to win the game.

However, the Windies batsmen had other plans. They made Indian bowlers toil hard on the field the entire day as they managed to score an unbelievable 388/6 from 48/4 overnight. All the 4 batsmen scored 50+ scores.

Roston Chase who also took a five-wicket haul led the way for the Windies with a magnificent hundred. Germaine Blackwood, Shane Dowrich and Jason Holder also scored scintillating fifties as they took Windies out of the hole and gave them ascendancy over India.

The Indian bowlers were taken aback by the sudden aggressive approach from the West Indies batsmen as they found it difficult to contain them. At the end, 340 runs were scored in the day for the loss of just 2 wickets, determining how Indian bowlers were completely outplayed.

West Indies thus saved a Test match they looked likely to lose and gave a new twist to the series with 2 Tests left. Twitter kept everyone enthralled. While most of them were disappointed about India’s poor bowling, many applauded the Windies batsmen for a wonderful fightback. The Indian bowlers got trolled as always.

Here are some of the Twitter reactions that took place during the course of Day 5 of the second Test:

'We're looking forward to introducing Raftaar Junoon Tax so that parents can inspire their children to be fast bowlers' says MODI. #WIvIND

— Sameer Allana (@HitmanCricket) August 3, 2016

Brilliant effort from West Indies: 48 for 4 then make 340 for 2. #WIvIND

— Andrew McGlashan (@andymcg_cricket) August 3, 2016

And India, reflect on this horrible day. You leaked 300+ runs and took 2 wickets out of which 1 was clear not out. Horrible day.

— Nikhil ? (@CricCrazyNIKS) August 3, 2016

Well played West Indies…..
Have India ever won 2 Tests in a row with Ishant Sharma as spearhead?

— cricketingview (@cricketingview) August 3, 2016

Not for the first time as far as Indian team is concerned #IndvsWI

— Tarun ♞ (@tarun_0707) August 3, 2016

Ishant Sharma's no-balls are bigger than his strides in Test Cricket #justsaying #WIvIND

— Pratyush Sinha (@prat1204) August 3, 2016

Wasn't kumble appointed coach so that he could be called up to bowl in situations like this?

— Sidvee (@sidvee) August 3, 2016

Akhilesh Yadav would have bowled with more purpose than Umesh Yadav #WIvIND

— TheGoanPatiala (@TheGoanPatiala) August 3, 2016

Well played Roston Chase; Joins Sir Gary, Collie Smith & Dennis Atkinson as WI players to score a century & take a 5wkt haul in same test.

— ian bishop (@irbishi) August 3, 2016

Didnt know the English are still paying reparations to India. Can't find any other reason for Ian Gould's decision @IExpressSports #WIvIND

— Bharat Sundaresan (@beastieboy07) August 3, 2016

Fabulous bit of fantastic batting from Dowrich cut short by blooper from Gould. LBW off a serious inside edge. #cricket #WIvIND

— Anand Vasu (@anandvasu) August 3, 2016

This Kingston Test seems to be going the same way as the Wellington Test in February 2014#WIvIND

— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) August 3, 2016

Ostensibly batting to save a test match, the West Indies have been scoring at 4/over!

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) August 3, 2016

What a fine session for West Indies. Only one wicket lost when most thought Test would be over by now. Pressure growing on Indian team!

— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) August 3, 2016

West Indies have a guy who bats like right handed Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Brian Lara. ? #WIvIND pic.twitter.com/RVPtVtkpLR

— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats) August 3, 2016

WI scoring at almost 5 runs an over! High exposure to T20 the reason! Batting the day out is what's needed,will this approach work? #WIvIND

— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) August 3, 2016

Viv Richards to Kapil Dev right now:-
'I feel sorry for you.' #WIvIND

— Sameer Allana (@HitmanCricket) August 3, 2016

https://twitter.com/thecricketcouch/status/760866448591970305

Hi..Ishant Sharma..GST bill has finally passed in India. You know what I mean..!#WIvIND

— Umang Pabari (@UPStatsman) August 3, 2016

Why isn't Kohli bowling? He can easily finish off this Chase

— Sidvee (@sidvee) August 3, 2016