India vs West Indies, 2nd Test Day 2 Highlights: West Indies 86/1 at Stumps get innings off to attritional start

They trail India (438 all out) by 352 runs. Quite a bizarre end to the day. A lot of things happened after Jadeja released the ball for the last time today. Very full on leg, Brathwaite tried to work it towards midwicket, as opposed to just tap it away as he had done throughout this over when he had to play at it. But the West Indies captain ended up falling out of his crease and then, Ishan Kishan could not gather the ball. He pushes the stumps with his gloves, Brathwaite brings the bat down in the meantime. Rohit's reaction shows that he feels that was a stumping chance missed. If it all had worked out according to his wishes, that would've been a real anticlimactic end to the day from a West Indies standpoint and from the point of view of those wanting to see a good contest in this match. The day hence ends with the West Indies 86/1, trailing India by 352 runs. Brathwaite is unbeaten on 37 off 129 and Kirk McKenzie is on 14 off 25.

Jadeja overpitches and McKenzie punishes him for that. Gets low and laces it through covers for four. 

Just two balls ago McKenzie had left the 2nd delivery of Ashwin's over and it straightened to pass within millimetres of the off stump. This time, he hits it right down the ground past the boundary for the first six of the innings.

And just like that, his penance ends with an attempted big shot. Jadeja gets the breakthrough.

Chanderpaul c Ashwin b Jadeja 33 (95), West Indies 71/1 in 34.2 overs

Chanderpaul on on 33 off 94, Brathwaite on 36 off 113. Jadeja comes in and he will be bowling to Chanderpaul for the first time today. 

He almost fell to a short ball trap from the fourth ball of that over with a miscued pull shot. This time though, he nails the pull shot to the boundary.

Chanderpaul looking for an aggressive cut of the third ball of the over from Siraj which was short and angling across, takes the inside edge and almost crashes onto off stump. It runs past Ishan Kishan to the boundary.

Rohit goes back to pace and brings on Mohammed Siraj. The two spinners brought the run rate down to almost a halt but India certainly are looking for wickets now. They would love to take at least a couple before stumps.

Two for Jadeja and one from Ashwin sandwiched in between. West Indies are 57/0 in 28 overs. Brathwaite on 35 off 93, Chanderpaul on 20 off 77. It is a real battle of attrition now and Ishan Kishan is doing his best to get in the batters' ears as well. 

Flat and full from Jadeja for the second ball of the 24th, Brathwaite clears his back leg and hits it down the ground along the surface.

Jadeja did come in for that last over, replacing Mukesh. Brathwaite is on 30 off 70, Chanderpaul on 18 off 64. This is almost exactly the kind of start West Indies would have been hoping for. Never mind the fact that the run rate has been low, a 50-run opening stand and no wickets being lost for much of the session is good stuff for them to work on. 

Brathwaite on 28 off 62, Chanderpaul on 17 off 60. Mukesh just finished his fourth over, Ashwin continues from the other end. Jadeja was loosening up so there is a chance that he might replace Mukesh in the next.

Ashwin's last ball of the over also drifts down the leg side, Chanderpaul sweeps that fine as well. And would you believe it, the umpire checks the ball again and it doesn't go through the gauge again. Out comes umpire Brathwaite with his bag of balls. Quite extraordinary. 

Full toss going down the leg side from over the wicket from Ashwin. A rare rank bad ball from him and Chanderpaul sweeps it fine. He goes into double figures after facing 58 balls. 

Must be the 100th time it has happened in this match and we are only into the second day. Fourth umpire Gregory Brathwaite is starting to sweat almost as much as the Indian pacers out there now. 

West Indies 34/0 in 17.2 overs. Mukesh Kumar goes back of a length outside off for the second ball of the 18th, Brathwaite waits for it and dabs it past gully for four. That ball went to the boundary quite quickly, which might be an indication of this outfield speeding up. The ball, by the way, was changed in the 16th over. 

Survival is the name of the game at the moment for the two West Indies openers. The run rate is 1.86 at the moment. Curtly Ambrose is making a point in the commentary box about how important it is to keep up a fairly good rate even when prioritising survival. For now, Chanderpaul is on 9 off 44 balls, Brathwaite on 19 off 46.

West Indies are 25/0 in 13 overs. Mukesh replaces Unadkat, who had bowled six overs on the trot. He had been a bowling gun for hire in local tennis ball cricket until the age of 19 and now here he is, ready to bowl for the first time in Test cricket on the ground where the likes of Michael Holding, Malcolm Marshal, Courtney Walsh and Curtly Ambrose dominated teams.

Ravichandran Ashwin replaces Jaydev Unadkat, probably to take advantage of the rough created by Unadkat at that end.

Steady going from Brathwaite and Chanderpaul as they make sure that they use the good batting conditions to their advantage instead of trying to make things happen. Brathwaite on 16, Chanderaul on four.

Siraj strays with his line for the first ball of the seventh, goes down the leg side and Brathwaite just helps it along fine. Chanderpaul had a hairy moment off the last ball of Siraj's previous over as he went for a madcap lose shot. Got away with it. West Indies 12/0. 

Three runs off Siraj's third over. Brathwaite is on three off 11, Chanderpaul on two off seven.

Siraj's over was a maiden and Unadkat comes in from the other end. Chanderpaul punches it past cover to get himself and his team off the mark.

Mohammed Siraj starts the Indian attack, West Indies captain Kraigg Brathwaite facing up with Tagenarine Chanderpaul at the other end. 

To say the West Indies have a mountain to climb is an understatement. Unlike yesterday, where they had the second session to themselves, they haven't really been able to stake a claim on any. The four wickets they took in this session were pretty much the final embers of the Indian innings and even then, it came at the cost of 65 runs. We are only halfway through Day 2 though, and the hosts' first priority would be survival.