Watch: Virat Kohli starts celebrating after hitting first boundary in 80 balls during first Test against West Indies

Star India batter Virat Kohli treated started celebrating after hitting his first boundary in 80 deliveries on Day 2 of the Dominica Test between West Indies and India. The 34-year-old came out to bat when India lost 2 wickets at the score of 240 runs in the 79th over. He remained unbeaten at the end of the day, along with Yashasvi Jaiswal.

Kohli played a steady knock of 36 runs off 99 balls and didn’t hit a single boundary in the first 80 deliveries. He was batting at 25 runs before he took on Jomel Warrican for a boundary at long off in the 109th over of the innings. After hitting the four, Kohli started celebrating by punching in the air.

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Yashasvi Jaiswal scored a ton in his debut Test match

In the meantime, India have put themselves in a commendable position to win the first Test match against West Indies at Windsor Park in Dominica. The visitors had a dominant outing on Day 2 after bowling the Windies out for 150 runs on Day 1. The main highlight of the Indian innings was the century by Yashasvi Jaiswal in his debut Test match.

After starting the day with 80 without loss, skipper Rohit Sharma and Jaiswal took the innings further and went on to put up a mammoth 229-run partnership for the first wicket in 75.4 overs. Jaiswal was the first batter to reach his century. The 21-year-old reached his triple-figure mark on the first ball of the 70th over after which he removed his helmet in delight.

A few overs later, Rohit also completed his hundred and assured that India gets a big lead in the first innings. He got out after scoring 103 runs off 221 balls hitting 10 fours and two sixes. After that, Shubman Gill couldn’t spend much time on the crease batting at number three as he got out after scoring just 6 runs. After his wicket, Jaiswal and Kohli took charge of the innings and put up an unbeaten partnership of 72 runs for the third wicket. Jaiswal would be aiming his double Hundred on Day 3 as he is still at the crease with 143 runs off 350 balls hitting 14 boundaries. For West Indies, Jomel Warrican and Alick Athanaze were the only wicket-takers on Day 2.