IND vs WI 2nd Test: Rain delays start of play on Day 5

Day 5 proceedings delayed due to rain (Pic: Twitter/BCCI)

Heavy rain delayed the start of the fifth and final day's play in the second Test between India and the West Indies here on Monday.

A rain-marred fourth day saw India pick two wickets to leave West Indies at 76 for two in their second innings, having set an imposing target of 365 runs to win the match and level the two-match series, which is the beginning of the World Test Championship (WTC) cycle for the two teams.

As and when the match starts, a stronger India will fancy their chances of winning the game and completing a 2-0 whitewash of the hosts.

Jermaine Blackwood (20) and Tagenarine Chanderpaul (24) were out in the middle at the close of fourth day's play.

To make worse at the Queen's Park Oval, it rained overnight.

On the fourth and penultimate day, India had given themselves the best chance to win the Test with an ultra-aggressive batting approach after lead pacer Mohammed Siraj produced career-best figures of 5/60.

Siraj's five-wicket haul in the morning session allowed India to bowl out the West Indies for 255 in their first innings after the hosts started day four at 229 for five.

In India's second innings, Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal wreaked havoc on West Indies bowlers as they recorded the fastest 50-run opening partnership for India. Rohit and Ishan Kishan both scored a half-century before the visitors declared at 181/2.

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Brief Scores:

India 1^st innings: 438 (Virat Kohli 121, Rohit Sharma 80; Jomel Warrican 3/89)

West Indies 1^st innings: 255 (Kraigg Brathwaite 75, Alick Athanaze 37; Mohammed Siraj 5/60)

India 2^nd innings: 181/2d (Rohit Sharma 57, Ishan Kishan 52; Shannon Gabriel 1/33)

West Indies 2^nd innings: 76/2 on Day 4 (Kraigg Brathwaite 28, Tagenarine Chanderpaul 24 batting; Ravichandran Ashwin 2/33)

(With PTI inputs)