Life of KL Rahul in any format is along facing difficulties. And in the second Test against the West Indies at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi, he faced incredible problems in various situations. In the first innings, he used his feet to smash Jomel Warrican but the ball spun huge to find him out of the crease as the wicket-keeper broke the stumps.

In the second innings, the opponent’s inspiring batting of 390 runs having been enforced the follow-on with twin centuries from Shai Hope and John Campbell, the home side was set a target of 121 runs. Yashasvi Jaiswal gave a clear message of his approach with a boundary on the third ball of the chase. But he was dismissed in the second over.

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On the third ball of the third over from Jayden Seales, the ball bounced awkwardly to surprise Rahul and hit it right on the box. He fell down the ground on his knees and kept grimacing as the physio charged into the middle to check the batter.

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After a few movement and delay, Rahul finally stood on his feet and restarted the batting. Sai Sudharsan, from the other end, started to play a few good shots as India slowly made their way towards the chase. He creamed two boundaries against the spinners while Rahul was more attentive in rotating the strike from the other end.

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In the second innings, West Indies posted 390 runs as Jasprit Bumrah bowled brilliantly to end with magical figures of 3/44 in 17.5 overs. On the other hand, Kuldeep Yadav picked three wickets in a span of nine balls to go through the middle order of the visiting side. Mohammed Siraj, Ravindra Jadeja, and Washington Sundar shared four wickets between them.

Looking at how Rahul and Sudharsan batted, it felt like India had no wish to finish the game on the fourth day and are ready to be back for the fifth and final day of the series.

West Indies pacer Jayden Seales has been reprimanded by the International Cricket Council (ICC) and fined 25 percent of his match fees after being found guilty of breaching the ICC Code of Conduct. The incident occurred on the opening day of the second Test between India and the West Indies at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi. The 24-year-old was found guilty of breaching Article 2.9 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, which deals with “throwing a ball (or any other item of cricket equipment) at or near a player in an inappropriate and/or dangerous manner during an international match.”

In addition to the fine, one demerit point has been added to Seales’ disciplinary record, taking his total tally to two within a two-year period. He had previously received a demerit point during a Test match against Bangladesh in December 2024. The incident took place when Seales fielded the ball off his follow-through in the 29th over and hurled it toward Indian opener Yashasvi Jaiswal, hitting him on the pads.

Following the incident, Seales contested the decision and requested a formal hearing. He argued that his intent was to attempt a run-out, but match referee Andy Pycroft, after reviewing the footage from multiple angles, ruled that the throw was unnecessary and inappropriate since Jaiswal was well inside his crease. The ICC confirmed that “on-field umpires Richard Illingworth and Paul Reiffel, third umpire Alex Wharf, and fourth umpire K.N. Ananthapadmanabhan levelled the charge” in their official statement.

West Indies Show Resistance Despite Early Setback

A Level 1 breach under the ICC Code of Conduct carries a minimum penalty of an official reprimand and a maximum of 50 percent of a player’s match fee along with one or two demerit points. Despite the controversy, West Indies showed some fight on Day 3 of the Delhi Test after being bundled out for 248 in their first innings. Openers John Campbell and Shai Hope led the resistance after India enforced the follow-on.

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Earlier, Kuldeep Yadav’s five-wicket haul helped India bowl out the West Indies for 248 after the hosts had piled up 518/5 in their first innings, courtesy of brilliant centuries from Yashasvi Jaiswal and captain Shubman Gill.

India showed its dominance in the opening Test of the two-match series against the West Indies at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad with an innings and 140-run victory. They looked to show the same strength during the second clash at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi, which was a proper batting-friendly surface, as the ball started to come onto the bat easily.

Yashasvi Jaiswal, who got dismissed for 36 runs even after getting a start in the previous game, made a watchful start against the new ball bowling of Jayden Seales and Anderson Phillip. From the other end, KL Rahul started to take the aggressive route while Jaiswal was leaving the ball well, which pushed the opponents to bowl at his strength by the end of the first hour.

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However, after the break, it was a different Jaiswal who started the second session with a boundary. The southpaw went back to slap the right-arm pacer between gully and backward point for a boundary before slashing hard on the very next delivery through the third man fence.

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A ball later, he nailed Seales for another boundary through the covers to celebrate his 13th half-century in the longest format. Those boundaries were not welcomed well for the pacer, who threw the ball back at Jaiswal before apologizing. India started to get the runs at a run rate of over five during the second session, which showed another character of the surface.

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Earlier in the day, Shubman Gill won the toss and decided to bat first without any hesitation on the dry surface. Rahul looked good for his 30+ scores before having a brain fade to use his feet and getting beaten by the spin of the delivery as the wicket-keeper batter dislodged the bails to find the right-handed batter out of the crease.

Sai Sudharsan, who had been under pressure to put a big score in this Test, has also started well for his 38 balls in 70 balls by the end of the first hour of the second session as India marched their way to 150/1.

West Indies and Pakistan came into the third and final encounter of the 50-over series with a 1-1 drawn margin at the Brian Lara Stadium in Tarouba, Trinidad. It had been 34 years since the Caribbean side beat Pakistan in an ODI series, as the touring captain, Mohammed Rizwan, won the toss and chose to bowl first on a surface which he anticipated would get better in the second innings.

The home side didn’t enjoy a great start, but the 110-run seventh-wicket stand between captain Shai Hope and Justin Graves provided them with the vital firepower. The former smashed an unbeaten knock of 120 runs in 94 balls at a strike rate of 127.66 with the help of 10 boundaries and five sixes, while Greaves drilled an undefeated 43 runs in 24 balls at a strike rate of 180.

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Later, it was Jayden Seales, who ran through the visiting batting line with his incredible bowling performance. He drew the first blood when Saim Ayub got an outside edge into the hands of the wicket-keeper for a three-ball duck. In the third over, Abdullah Shafique’s mistimed shot ended his life for an eight-ball duck.

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The Trinidad-born sent back the opponent captain for the first ball duck. It was the good length delivery that nipped back sharply to break the stumps of Rizwan, who was completely flummoxed with the movement. The final nail in the coffin during the chase was Babar Azam’s leg before the stumps dismissals for nine runs.

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Seales later came back to hold the caught-and-bowled dismissal of Naseem Shah for six runs. The right-handed batter couldn’t keep the short ball on the surface as it lobbed off the shoulder before the bowler grabbed a fine catch. His sixth wicket was Hasan Ali, whose defense was breached on the third ball for a duck.

Seales ended with 6/18, which is the joint second-best figures by a West Indies men’s ODI player. The visitors were folded up for just 92 runs, which saw the West Indies side win their first 50-over series over this opposition in 34 years.