Throwback to when India completed a whitewash of West Indies in three formats when they won the second Test by 257 runs in Kingston

During the 2nd Test match of India tour of West Indies at Kingston the host nation West Indies won the toss and choose to field first. Putting India to bat first India scored 416 runs on the scoreboard as Hanuma Vihari scored 111 runs from 225. He smashed 16 fours during his knock, while India team captain Virat Kholi scored 76 runs before getting out to Jason Holder. 

In reply to the huge total set West Indies manged to score only 117 runs on the scoreboard as India ace bowler Jasprit Bumrah picked 6 wickets and gave 27 runs. Coming to bat in second innings India lost two early wickets as KL Rahul went on 6 runs. Mayank Agarwal went on scoring 4 runs. While captian Virat Kohli was out on a duck. On the other hand, the experinced batter Ajinkya Rahane and Chesteshwar Pujara took control of the situation. Chesteshwar Pujara got out on 27 runs. Later, Ajinkya Rahane and Hanuma Vihari both scored half centuries before India declaring the innings.

However, West Indies managed to chase down the score but failed to do so as India bowlers were all over them. West Indies were bowled down on 210 runs as India won the second Test by 257 runs and won the series. Meanwhile, India whitewashed the series by 2-0. India defeated the Windies by 257 runs on Day 4 to win the series 2-0 and solidify their position atop the ICC World Test Championship points table during that cycle. India was able to achieve its first clean sweep in a Caribbean Test series. 

Virat Kohli, became India’s most successful Test skipper with the victory, surpassing MS Dhoni’s record of 27 wins. The Jamaica Test victory was Kohli’s sixth as India’s Test captain outside Asia. Besides this, Kohli’s biggest overseas Test series success as captain came in 2019, when he broke India’s 71-year drought for a Test series victory in Australia.

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