In the first four balls after lunch, on Day 1 of the second Test between India and West Indies at the Feroz Shah Kotla ground, Yashasvi Jaiswal unfurled three ferocious boundaries from the misplaced seam of fast bowler Jayden Seales. Off the fifth, after receiving Jaiswal’s forward defence, a frustrated Seales threw the ball back at full tilt, targetting the stumps but catching the batsman’s front pad instead. The Mumbai batter shrugged off the bit of needless aggression and got back down to business as he went on his way to mount a mammoth unbeaten 173.

The 15-minute exchange perfectly captured the 90 overs of action here on Friday, with the India top order mercilessly making the most of the batting friendly conditions on offer in the national capital to pummel the hapless West Indies bo

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