Ravindra Jadeja lastly handed India the much-awaited breakthrough with the dismissal of West Indies opener John Campbell; nonetheless, what shocked the Indian gamers was that umpire Paul Reiffel stopped for too lengthy earlier than being virtually compelled to boost his fingers in entrance of the determined attraction from the Indian gamers.
Whereas Indians have dominated the West Indies all through the collection, this was the primary time that the West Indies batting pair appeared to have had the higher hand over the Indian bowlers.
After having placed on a follow-on by the Indians, the Windies batters John Campbell and Shai Hope stitched an enormous partnership to guide the Windies to a decent whole on Day 3, and continued the identical for almost one hour of the morning session on Day 4.
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Umpire Paul Reiffel leaves the Indian gamers surprised over the delay to declare John Campbell out
After the large 150+ run partnership between the 2 West Indian batters and John Campbell, hitting his maiden Take a look at century at Delhi, veteran spinner Ravindra Jadeja lastly drew the primary blood of the morning for India.
The spinner, who initiated proceedings alongside Jasprit Bumrah, bowled a flat-arm ball to Campbell that pitched on the center stump and hit the batter’s entrance pads plumb in entrance of the wickets as he tried a reverse sweep. After being saved beforehand off the bowling of Jasprit Bumrah by DRS, nothing might change his destiny this time.
The centurion departed, however earlier than that, in a weird feat, umpire Paul Reiffel thought for ages on a dismissal that regarded completely plumb. He was virtually compelled by Jadeja and the Indian gamers with a determined attraction that led him to boost his fingers.
— crictalk (@crictalk7) October 13, 2025
John Campbell and Shai Hope stitched a 150+ partnership, ending an exile of 14 years
West Indies batters have clearly not had one of the best of data in red-ball cricket during the last decade. They’ve failed additional when it got here to enjoying beneath the sub-continent circumstances, and the stats reveal all of it.
Even a decade again, when the West Indian facet regarded enriched beneath the Captaincy of the present coach Darren Sammy, they’d the likes of batters like
John Campbell joined former West Indian greats on an inventory to have scored their maiden Take a look at century at Delhi
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