India vs West Indies, 2nd Test, Day 4 - Stats: Mohammed Shami dents top-order as rain arrives
When the visitors arrived at Sabina Park on the fourth day, they had to deal with a tropical storm apart from the West Indian batsmen. Having declared with a massive lead of 304 runs, India went in brimming with plenty of expectations and hope.
Things got off a perfect start with senior seam bowler Ishant Sharma providing an early breakthrough to dismiss Rajendra Chandrika. However, the heavens opened up and offered some respite for the hosts while frustrating Indian skipper Virat Kohli.
After keeping everyone on their toes with a stop-start approach, the thunderstorm eased a bit and Mohammed Shami duly utilized the inconsistent bounce on offer to rip the top-order apart. He was ably supported by Amit Mishra who induced an uncharacteristic loose shot from Kraigg Brathwaite.
But, the second and third sessions were washed out completely leaving the West Indies still adrift by 256 runs with six wickets in hand. Let us take a look at the most important statistics from the day’s play.
0 – Home venues where Darren Bravo has a worse average than his 14.50 from 8 innings in Kingston. The left-hander has scored only 116 runs with a highest of 41 here.
3 – Number of ducks for Marlon Samuels in his last four Test innings at Jamaica. He followed up a pair against New Zealand in 2014 with 37 and 0 in this match.
5 – Innings where Chandrika could only manage single digit scores, including this one. The 26-year old has only played ten Test innings so far.
14 – Chandrika’s Test average at the moment which is the worst for any West Indies opener with 10 or more innings.
28 – Runs compiled by Kraigg Brathwaite from his last four Test innings in Jamaica including this match.