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Jaiswal ton deflates West Indies on attritional Day 2
Yashasvi Jaiswal’s century on debut was the highlight of an attritional second day’s play in Dominica as India extended their domination over the West Indies in the first Test. Jaiswal displayed immense patience during his 350-ball stay for an unbeaten 143, having been involved in record double century partnership with skipper Rohit Sharma, who also got to his 10th Test hundred. West Indies picked up a couple of wickets in the second session but the hosts had nothing much to write home about otherwise. Jaiswal, who surpassed Mohammed Azharuddin’s record (322) for most deliveries faced by an Indian on debut, wore the West Indian bowlers down to take the visiting side to 312/2 at Stumps, extending the lead to 162.
Rohit and Jaiswal were mostly kept in check in the first session with the pacers bowling disciplined lines and the spinners finding plenty of purchase from the pitch. Only 66 runs came in the 32 overs bowled in the opening session, with Jaiswal being the quieter of the two openers as he went past 50, scoring only one boundary in the pre-lunch period. Rohit, on the other hand, was more proactive, scoring boundaries off pace and spin, and he also struck a six over midwicket off Alzarri Joseph en route to his fifty.
The spinners bowled the bulk of the overs in the second hour, with ripping turn and extra bounce troubling the Indian openers on multiple occasions. There was also a loud shout for caught-behind when Rahkeem Cornwall went past Jaiswal’s outside edge but West Indies ended up losing a review as they thought it was off an edge when there was none. Rohit got a top edge off a Cornwall delivery that had some extra bounce but the ball evaded backward square leg. The openers saw through the testing period to come out unscathed at the Lunch break.
The second session was all about milestones for Jaiswal, who became only the third Indian opener to register a hundred on Test debut. His 229-run association with Rohit was also the best opening partnership for India against West Indies as India pressed on in the second session, scoring at close to four an over. Rohit overcame a testing spell of short balls from Joseph while Jaiswal scored a few boundaries having been rather quiet in the first session, as both batters reached hundreds, making it only the sixth instance of both Indian openers scoring centuries in the same innings of an away Test.
Rohit, however, had to depart a short while later, gloving Alick Athanaze to the ‘keeper, with West Indies making successful use of the review. Shubman Gill had a lucky break as a poor throw meant West Indies missed a run-out chance. But he was soon caught at second slip off Jomel Warrican, who had to shoulder the bulk of the spin bowling responsibilities with Rahkeem Cornwall not taking the field in the second session due to a chest infection. Kohli was nearly caught at leg-slip off Warrican, having survived a leg-before review earlier, but he remained unbeaten along with Jaiswal as India’s lead neared the 100-run mark at Tea.
A lofted extra cover drive gave Jaiswal a boundary in the first over of the final session, helping India to the 250 mark. West Indies lost their final review when Warrican thought he had Kohli caught at slip off an inside edge, but replays revealed there was no bat involved and it was also missing the stumps. Jaiswal and Kohli, meanwhile, were building a watchful partnership to extend the lead and West Indies delayed taking the second new ball. Jermaine Blackwood’s introduction into the attack meant West Indies employed as many as nine bowlers in the innings.
The second new ball was finally taken, 20 overs overdue, with Kemar Roach and Joseph operating in tandem. A big shout for leg-before, when Roach came around the wicket to Jaiswal and rapped him on the pad, was not given. Replays revealed three reds but the hosts had already exhausted their reviews. The third wicket stand crossed fifty, Jaiswal punched a Joseph delivery for a four and then Kohli got his first boundary going through the cover region of Warrican. The pair extended the lead past 150 and remained unbeaten at the end of a slow-moving session in which 67 came off 32 overs.
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Sun directly overhead Hatthikuchchi, Kalankuttiya, Halmillewa, Ipalogama, Palugaswewa and Habarana at about 12:11 noon. today [10]
On the apparent northward relative motion of the sun, it is going to be directly over the latitudes of Sri Lanka during 05th to 14th of April in this year.
The nearest areas of Sri Lanka over which the sun is overhead today (10th) are Hatthikuchchi, Kalankuttiya, Halmillewa, Ipalogama, Palugaswewa and Habarana at about 12:11 noon.
B Sai Sudarshan and Prasidh Krishna once again stood up for Gujarat Titans (GT) as they beat Rajasthan Royals (RR) by 58 runs in Ahmedabad. This was GT’s fourth successive win in IPL 2025 and it took them to the top of the points table.
After RR opted to bowl on a red-soil pitch, Sai Sudharsan’s 82 off 53 balls, his third half-century of the season, steered GT to 217 for 6. With no dew in the second innings, it proved way too steep for RR to chase down. Mohammed Siraj and Arshad Khan struck in the powerplay before Prasidh picked up 3 for 24 in the middle overs to keep RR on the back foot. Despite Shimron Hetmyer’s fighting fifty, RR were all out for 159 in 19.2 overs.
Joffra Archer didn’t have a great start to IPL 2025. In his first two games, he conceded 109 from 6.3 wicketless overs. But he boucned back in his next two with a combined 4 for 38 from seven overs. He breathed fire tonight as well. In his first over, he rushed Sai Sudharsan with a 152.3kph bouncer. In his second, he got one to move in at 147.7kph and pegged back Shubman Gill’s off stump. His match-up against Gill in T20 cricket now reads: 15 balls, ten runs, three dismissals.
For his former captain Jos Buttler, Archer had two slips, a short leg and a catching square leg, and welcomed him with a menacing bouncer that Buttler did well to evade. Buttler inside-edged the next ball just wide of short leg, and then pushed Archer through the covers for four.
Sai Sudharsan generally takes time to get going. Here, he attacked right from the start. He ramped, scooped, drove and cut, and took his side to 50 in 5.1 overs. By the end of the powerplay, he had 39 against his name, off 22 balls. Only Wriddhiman Saha (54 vs Lucknow Super Giants in 2023) has scored more runs in an innings for GT in that phase.
Buttler was on 12 off 13 at one point but hit four fours in his next six balls to move to 31 off 19. He and Sai Sudharsan added 80 off 46 balls before Maheesh Theekshana trapped Buttler lbw. After a brief dip in the scoring rate, M Shahrukh Khan opened up and smashed 36 off 20 to re-inject momentum.
Sudharsan was dropped on 81 by Shubham Dubey off Archer in the 18th over, but he only added one more to his tally. Then Rahul Tewatia and Rashid Khan ransacked 30 in the last two overs to take GT past 200.
RR did not have a great start. Yashasvi Jaiswal slashed Arshad to deep third in the second over of the chase and Nitish Rana did the same against Siraj in the next. Sanju Samson and Riyan Parag counterattacked and added 48 off 26 balls for the third wicket. The stand was broken when Impact Sub Kulwant Khejroliya had Parag caught behind in the seventh over. Parag immediately reviewed the decision, confident that his bat had only hit the ground, but the third umpire thought otherwise, with Ultra Edge also bringing up a second spike when the ball passed the bat.
Coming into this game, Rashid had picked up just one wicket in four outings. Tonight, he struck in his first over. It was a shortish ball that didn’t bounce as much as Dhruv Jurel expected, and Sai Sudharsan at deep midwicket gobbled up the mistimed pull.
Rashid enjoys a favourable match-up against Hetmyer, having dismissed him six times in 63 balls for 79 runs before this game. He almost had Hetmyer lbw for a first-ball duck but the ball had pitched fractionally outside leg stump. From there on, Hetmyer dominated Rashid and hit him for 26 runs off 12 balls with the help of two fours and two sixes. However, Rashid was too good for RR’s Impact Sub Shubham Dubey and had him lbw for 1.
In his final over, the 16th over of the innings, Prasidh had Archer caught at mid-off and Hetmyer at deep-backward square leg, both off short balls. With RR 145 for 8 after 16 overs, the result was sealed. They dragged their innings into the final over but that did little to reduce the margin of their defeat.
Brief scores:
Gujarat Titans 217 for 6 in 20 overs (Sai Sudharsan 82, Jos Buttler 36, M Shahrukh Khan 36, Rahul Tewatia 24*, Rashid Khan 12; Joffra Archer 1-30, Tushar Deshpande 2-53, Sandeep Sharma 1-41, Maheesh Theekshana 2-54) beat Rajasthan Royals 159 (Shimron Hetmyer 52, Sanju Samson 41, Riyan Parag 26; Mohammed Siraj 1-30, Arshad Khan 1-19, Prasidh Krishna 3-24, Kulwant Khejroliya 1-29, Sai Kishore 2-20, Rashid Khan 2-37) by 58 runs
[Cricinfo]
President Donald Trump has announced a 90-day pause for countries hit by higher US tariffs, but a trade war with China escalated.
In a dramatic change of policy, just hours after levies against roughly 60 of America’s trading partners kicked in, Trump said he was authorising a universal “lowered reciprocal tariff of 10%” as negotiations continue.
At the same time he increased tariffs on goods from China to 125%, accusing Beijing of a “lack of respect” after it had retaliated by saying it would impose tariffs of 84% on US imports.
This comes a week after Trump announced import taxes on all goods entering the US, in the biggest upheaval of international trade in decades.
His plan set a baseline tariff of 10% on all imports – which remains in place – but also higher rates on partners the White House described as the “worst offenders” for what the president considers to be unfair trade practices.
This included the European Union, Vietnam, South Africa and many more – all of which were due to be on the receiving end of US tariffs ranging from 11% to more than 100%.
Major market turmoil followed Trump’s announcement last week, with sell-offs sparking trillions in losses across the world, many Americans fearing price rises, and some analysts predicting increased odds of recession.
On Wednesday, before Trump said he would suspend the higher tariffs on goods from countries other than China, the US government saw interest rates on its debt spike to 4.5% – the highest level since February.
Hours later, when the change was announced, US shares rocketed with the S&P 500 soaring 7% in afternoon trading. It later closed the day’s trading up 9.5%, while the Dow Jones surged by 7.8%.
Announcing the latest iteration of his plan on Truth Social, Trump said he was authorising a 90-day pause on tariffs for the countries that had not retaliated against his levies.
The additional tariff on Beijing, he said, would be effective immediately. “At some point, hopefully in the near future, China will realize that the days of ripping off the U.S.A., and other Countries, is no longer sustainable or acceptable,” he wrote.
(BBC)
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