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The first day’s play of the first Test match between West Indies and Pakistan being played at the famous Brian Lara Cricket Academy Stadium in Trinidad has ended. On the first day of the match, the host West Indies team completely dominated Pakistan on the basis of its excellent and disciplined batting. However, at the beginning of the day, Pakistani bowlers tried to put pressure on West Indies by giving initial shocks, but after this the Caribbean batsmen made a brilliant comeback and turned the match in their favor.
Pakistan had made a solid start, West Indies recovered from the initial shocks.
In this match, West Indies captain Roston Chase won the toss and decided to bat first. Tagenarin Brandon Chanderpaul and Brandon King started the innings for the team, but the Pakistani bowlers did not give the Caribbean openers a chance to play freely. Brandon King became the victim of fast bowler Mohammad Abbas after scoring only 12 runs and only 13 runs partnership could be made between the two batsmen for the first wicket. Shortly after this, the second opener Chanderpaul also got caught by Salman Ali Aga on the ball of Aamir Jamal after scoring 21 runs in 77 balls. After this, Kevem Hodge, who came to the crease along with Aamir Jangu, added 42 runs for the third wicket, but Jangu also returned to the pavilion after scoring 21 runs on the ball of Mohammad Abbas.
The brilliant partnership of Kavem Hodge and Shai Hope took command
After the third wicket fell in the 37th over, the Pakistani bowlers had to struggle hard for the wicket and till the end of the day’s play i.e. till the end of the 67th over, the Caribbean batsmen did not allow any more wicket to fall. Kavem Hodge, who came to bat at number three, played a brilliant and composed innings while handling one end. By the end of the day’s play, Hodge returned unbeaten after playing an excellent inning of 83 runs and was just 17 runs away from his first Test century, which he would like to complete on the second day. During his unbeaten innings, he has hit 9 brilliant fours so far.
Hodge comes close to century, will be eyeing a big score on the second day
Experienced batsman Shai Hope has also come very close to his half-century, while supporting Kevem Hodge very well. Till now there has been a strong unbeaten partnership of 88 runs between these two batsmen for the fourth wicket. Shai Hope has scored 39 runs with the help of 2 fours in his sensible innings and he would also like to increase the run pace by staying at the crease on the second day. By the end of the first day’s play, West Indies have achieved a strong position and the start of the second day is going to be very challenging for the Pakistani bowlers.