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India vs West Indies 2nd Test: Yashasvi Jaiswal was at his very best with the bat as he smashed a memorable century to help India dominate day 1 of the second Test against the West Indies at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi on Friday. India reached 318/2 at stumps on the first day.

Jaiswal smashed multiple milestones and ended up playing an unbeaten knock of 173 runs in 253 balls on the back of 22 fours, whereas skipper Shubman Gill is at the other end on 20. The duo has already stitched a promising partnership of 67 runs for the third wicket.

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The left-handed batter Jaiswal produced a magnificent effort, registering the fourth-highest individual score by an Indian opener on the first day of a Test match as he went past Gautam Gambhir's effort of 167 runs against Sri Lanka in 2009.

Most runs on day one by an Indian opener

192 Wasim Jaffer vs Pak Kolkata 2007

190 Shikhar Dhawan vs SL Galle 2017

179 Yashasvi Jaiswal vs Eng Vizag 2024

173 Yashasvi Jaiswal vs WI Delhi 2025 *

167 Gautam Gambhir vs SL Kanpur 2009

Shubman Gill won the toss for the first time as India's Test skipper and opted to bat first with an aim to complete a 2-0 whitewash. India had a promising start to the game with Jaiswal and KL Rahul stitching a 58-run opening stand. The visitors got the first breakthrough in the 18th over as Jomel Warrican got the better of Rahul for 38. Jaiswal was joined by Sai Sudharsan in the middle, and both the batters did a commendable job to recover things for the hosts.

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India's best moments of the first day came during the partnership between Jaiswal and Sudharsan as the duo completely took the West Indies bowlers out of the game in the second session. Sudharsan went on to smash his second Test fifty but ended up missing out on his maiden century. While Jaiswal reached his seventh Test ton, Sudharsan was dismissed by Warrican for 87 runs in the 69th over. The duo had stitched an outstanding partnership of 193 runs for the second wicket.

Jaiswal, who has smashed 22 fours so far, will be looking to continue with the same momentum when he takes the field on the second day and complete his double century as soon as possible. 

West Indies introduced a couple of changes in their team as Brandon King and pacer Johann Layne were replaced by wicketkeeper Tevin Imlach and fast bowler Anderson Phillip.

 

IND vs WI Playing XIs, 2nd Test:

India: Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudharsan, Shubman Gill (c), Dhruv Jurel (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj

West Indies: John Campbell, Tagenarine Chanderpaul, Alick Athanaze, Shai Hope, Roston Chase (c), Tevin Imlach (wk), Justin Greaves, Jomel Warrican, Khary Pierre, Anderson Phillip, Jayden Seales