India vs West Indies Highlights, 2nd Test Day 5: Final day washed out, match drawn, India win series 1-0
Torrential rain brought the fifth and final day of the last Test between India and the West Indies to a close on Monday. The game was eventually abandoned and declared a tie, with India winning the series 1-0. On a rain-soaked fourth day, India took two wickets to leave the West Indies at 76 for two in their second innings, having set an imposing goal of 365 runs to win the match and tie the two-match series It is part of the World Test Championship (WTC).
When the game begins, a stronger India will be confident of winning and completing a 2-0 whitewash of the hosts. At the end of the fourth day of play, Jermaine Blackwood (20) and Tagenarine Chanderpaul (24) were out in the middle. To make matters worse, it rained overnight at Queen’s Park Oval.
India had given themselves the best chance of winning the Test on the fourth and last day with an ultra-aggressive batting style after lead bowler Mohammed Siraj posted career-best figures of 5/60. After the hosts began day two, Siraj’s five-wicket haul in the morning session enabled India to bowl out the West Indies for 255 in their first innings.