Rohit, Pujara tons leave WI rattled

Nov 15, 2013

The Wankhede crowd gave Sachin Tendulkar a tremendous welcome on the second morning•BCCI

Tendulkar moved smoothly to a half-century in his final Test•BCCI

While the attention had been on Tendulkar, Cheteshwar Pujara batted with fluency•BCCI

Pujara's ability to convert was on display again as he went on to score his fifth Test century•BCCI

Though Rohit's progress was not quite flawless as he was caught by Narsingh Deonarine off a big no ball•BCCI

West Indies began their innings recklessly- Kieran Powell lofting R Ashwin to long-off•BCCI

He treated his fans to some sterling shots, such as his trademark punch through cover•BCCI

Suddenly, on 74, he edged to slip, where Darren Sammy silenced the crowd by taking a sharp catch•BCCI

Virat Kohli picked up the pace right away, and kept India well ahead in the Test•BCCI

Shillingford brought West Indies back with Pujara's wicket and recorded his fifth five-wicket haul in as many innings. Only Australia's Charlie Turner, with six in six, is ahead of him•BCCI

Rohit remained unbeaten on 111, becoming only the fifth player ever to score tons in his first two Test innings as India finished at 495•BCCI

Pragyan Ojha struck next, trapping the nightwatchman Tino Best lbw, before Ashwin dismissed Darren Bravo, to leave West Indies at 43 for 3, and 270 runs behind•BCCI

The thousands found their voices moments later and they roared Tendulkar off the field, probably for the final time•BCCI

But soon after reaching his fifty, Kohli edged to slips, giving Darren Sammy his third catch. He ended up with five, equaling the world record. •BCCI

Rohit Sharma kept up the charge for India as he and No. 11 Mohammed Shami put on 80 runs. Shami contributed only 11 of those•BCCI

With the possibility of West Indies succumbing to yet another innings-defeat, Sachin Tendulkar led the team out to the middle•BCCI