Mukesh Kumar achieved his first international wicket on the third day of the second and final Test in Port of Spain. He dismissed the companion batsman, Kirk MacKenzie, by delivering a ball.
Mukesh’s delivery, the last ball of the session, turned out to be highly important. Rainwater began pouring down just as wicketkeeper Ishan Kishan was able to catch the ball, forcing the players to exit the field.
After a difficult 55-minute play in the first session on Saturday due to the poor circumstances, lunch was consumed. India scored a good first innings total of 438 runs, while West Indies answered with a score of 117/2. After putting together a 46-run partnership with MacKenzie (32) for the second wicket, captain Craig Brathwaite was batting at 49 runs.
Around 9:40 p.m. Indian time, the match started, and near the close of the second session, Ravichandran Ashwin bowled Brathwaite cleanly using a classic spin move. With Jermaine Blackwood (12 batting) and Alzarri Joseph (still to make his debut) at the wicket, the West Indies’ total at that point was 157/3.
Mukesh kumar unquestionably owned the morning session on the third day because he worked tirelessly to maintain the line outside the off-stump. He just bowled four overs on Friday, but even in that brief period, he tried to bowl to the right-handed Brathwaite while attacking the stumps and aimed for the left-hander in the channel outside the off-stump.
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At the slow-paced pitch of Queen’s Park Oval, where there was hardly anything for the fast bowlers, West Indies made a good start, and the left-handed batsman MacKenzie showed promising intent. The 22-year-old player provided the kind of start Windies needed by playing two off-drives – one of which was hit over the covers – and also pulled off an impressive shot against the experienced Jaydev Unadkat, resulting in a boundary.
Following that, Captain Rohit Sharma brought Mukesh into the attack and packed the off-side field. The swift bowler from Bengal ensured he bowled according to the field settings, maintaining the area under protection.
Either it was on the off-stump or just outside: that was the line Mukesh focused on. Unable to decipher the pitch, the young MacKenzie seemed a bit unsettled on the field. However, Mukesh’s patience paid off as he finally managed to deliver a loose stroke to the batsman just outside the off-stump line, providing the fast bowler some relief.
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