HYDERABAD: Having done all the hard work on the first day of the second Test,
Roston Chase did not waste the opportunity to notch up his fourth Test century. Batting overnight on 98, Chase reached his ton with a single to mid-wicket off
Kuldeep Yadav on Saturday.
READ ALSO: Pant, Rahane and Shaw take India to 308/4 on Day 2"After the first game, I looked at my batting. I was trying to over-hit the ball and on these quick outfields, that's not really called for," he said after the second day's play. "You just need to stroke the ball into the gaps and get the ones and twos and put the bad balls away and runs will come that way."
He motored along to 106 before India's most successful bowler,
Umesh Yadav, ended his stint. "Umesh got the better of me today but I am still pleased with the century. It is my first century away from home, so it is a special one for me."
Chase also said all the plans the Windies had for the 18-year-old
Prithvi Shaw went awry. "Cricket is played on the field. Plan might not always work, so we have to go back to the drawing board with those plans again," he said.
West Indies found the going tough when Shaw was around and it showed in their bowling. "The young Shaw was playing that attacking role for the Indian team. That was their strategy, to really go hard with the young guy because that is his natural game, and make it easier for the other guys coming in after him. We put more pressure back on them after they got the quick start and it paid off for us. But then, we had a few lapses in the field and that really cost us."
One of the lapses involved
Shai Hope who dropped Shaw in the slips and the other involved Jahmar Hamilton, who replaced an injured
Shane Dowrich as the wicketkeeper in the fifth over of the Indian innings. Hamilton's reprieve proved costly for the visitors as
Rishabh Pant moved from 24 to an unbeaten 85.
"Not being in the game, being on the sidelines, just bringing drinks, he (Hamilton) was not really accustomed to the pace of the game. He wasn't prepared mentally to come out at that stage.
"It just probably gave him a quick jump. First time wicketkeeping in an international game as well, so probably a little bit of nerves. But I know Jahmar, he is a good 'keeper. I have played a lot of cricket with him - youth cricket, regional cricket. I know he will pick up the slack."