2nd Test  

India continued to dominate the second Test against South Africa. The hosts took a massive 326-run lead on the third day at the Maharashtra Cricket Association (MCA) Stadium

During the second day fo the second Test against South Africa, Virat Kohli surpassed legendary Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag, who had scored six double tons each

After captain Virat Kohli won the toss and opted to bat first, the hosts’ batsmen, barring Rohit Sharma, enjoyed a good day at office. At stumps on the first day of the second Test against South Africa, India were 273/3 in 85.1 overs. Play ended early due to bad light and 4.5 overs were lost

Virat Kohli's men ticked almost all the boxes during their 203-run win in the opening encounter in Visakhapatnam and they would like to maintain the same intensity in their bid to seal the series in Pune itself

South African cricket team was seen sweating it out and brushing up their skills on October 8 in Pune ahead of their second Test match with Team India
 

Mohammed Shami has 15 days to surrender and apply for bail. The arrest warrant was issued by an Alipore court in West Bengal on Monday (September 2). The fast bowler is currently playing in the West Indies in the second Test in Kingston, Jamaica

The in-form Ajinkya Rahane (64 not out) and Hanuma Vihari (53 not out) got India's second innings back on track after the top-four were dismissed for 57 runs. The fifth-wicket partnership allowed India to declare at 157/4, giving their bowlers 13 overs to have a crack on the struggling West Indies batsmen

Jasprit Bumrah (6/16) on Saturday (August 31) produced a lethal opening spell and rattled West Indies by picking up the first five wickets, three of which came in successive balls in the ninth over to leave West Indies tottering at 87/7 at stumps

'Conditions were challenging. I thought the first session — the ball was doing a bit. Kemar Roach and (Jason) Holder bowled great areas. It wasn't easy — there was a lot of moisture and the ball was doing a bit,' Mayank Agarwal, who scored 55, said at the press conference after the first day’s play in the second Test against West Indies

Put into bat on a tricky Sabina Park pitch, India were reduced to 46/2 in the opening session on Day 1 of the second Test, but Virat Kohli and Mayank Agarwal (55) worked hard to rebuild the innings with a 69-run stand for the third wicket

According to reports, Viv Richards fell ill on air and was helped off the ground. A stretcher was brought in but people got him to stand and was later led him to take the stairs and go to the pavilion

India remained unchanged which meant Ravichandran Ashwin was ignored again for selection. Ravindra Jadeja is the lone spinner. West Indies handed Test debuts to Rahkeem Cornwall and Jahmar Hamilton

The Virat Kohli-led team, which is leading 1-0 in the two-Test rubber, is likely to retain the same playing XI for the game. However, there is a debate as to whether the team management should replace young stumper Rishabh Pant with the experienced Wriddhiman Saha

Having won the first Test by 318 runs and collecting 60 points in the ICC World Test Championship, India are runaway favourites going into the second and final match at the Sabina Park against a team that neither showed the resolve nor the aptitude required to put up a sustained fight in five-day cricket

'It took me two years to get that 10th hundred. As I said the process always matters to me a lot. Preparations before each and every series are very important. I was actually doing that throughout the two years, and so 10th hundred was really special,' Ajinkya Rahane said ahead of India-West Indies 2nd Test