1st test Antigua advantage India - scores 302/4 with captain Virat Kohli on 143 not out

The first day of the 1st Test match in Antigua against West Indies was advantage India with India scoring 303/4 and Captain Virat Kohli remaining not out on 143. This has been reported in timesofindia.indiatimes.com dated 21 July 2016.

Captain Kohli scored an unbeaten 143 off 197 balls on day one of the opening Test match of the four-match series at North Sound, Antigua - this helped India post a score of 302 for the loss of four wickets at stumps. Virat Kohli in the company of Shikhar Dhawan put on 105 runs for the third wicket. Kohli reached a personal milestone of 3000 Test runs in his 73rd innings, the eighth Indian batsman to achieve the feat. He reached his 13th Test fifty off just 75 balls.
Shikhar Dhawan also looked set for his fifth Test century, but an ill-advised sweep shot led to his dismissal on 84 in the last over before tea.
As to the bowling of West Indies - on a slow Antigua track, 28-year-old fast bowler Shannon Gabriel extracted enough pace and bounce to unsettle India's opening duo of Murali Vijay and Shikhar Dhawan. Murali Vijay (7) departed to a rising delivery from Gabriel. Other 3 wickets were taken by legspinner Devendra Bishoo (3/108).


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