'Overconfident or complacent': Sunil Gavaskar assesses India star's 2nd Test performance

India stamped their authority in the two match Test series against West Indies as they had a good start to the current World Test Championship cycle. Having lost in the final of the last two WTC finals Rohit Sharma and Co are determined to make it count this time and they would be hoping to continue the momentum in the near future. India had a rather easy outing in the first Test but West Indies managed to show some kind of restraint in the second Test. The Men in Blue are now taking part in a three match ODI series.

3 things you need to know

• Virat Kohli will be India's flagbearer in the ICC Cricket World Cup
• He scored his 29th Test century against West Indies
• Incidentally, this was also his 76th international ton

Virat Kohli has had a good West Indies tour

Supporters will pin their hopes on Virat Kohli as he has remained the most decorated batsman in recent times. The 34 year old has managed to shrug off his difficulties and has been in fine form for his team. On the other side, Yashasvi Jaiswal etched his name in the history books as he registered a century on his debut but failed to follow up that with a substantial score in the later half of the series.

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Former Indian skipper dissected Virat Kohli's Test performance

Sunil Gavaskar took the opportunity to assess Virat's hundred as he claimed as the pitch didn't offer much a batsman ccoukld have got out only if he was overconfident or complacent. In his column in Mid-Day the former Indian captain wrote,

"Virat Kohli celebrated his 500th international appearance with a century. After seeing the first few deliveries it was apparent there was no devil in the pitch and a batter had to be overconfident or complacent to miss out on a hundred. Jaiswal lost patience and reached out to a widish half-volley and was caught at deepish backward point and Rohit didn't quite go to the pitch of the ball to be bowled.

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"In Trinidad though it looked so one-sided that there are barely a few hundred people at the ground to support the home team the West Indies. Most of those are the Indians living overseas who have come to see their favourite Team India. They were not disappointed as they saw a good opening stand between skipper Rohit Sharma and newcomer Yashasvi Jaiswal."

Indian team will also participate in a five match T20I series after the completion of the current ODI series and will then travel to Ireland for a brief T20I series.