Brian Lara Cricket Academy में Day 2 की कहानी... West Indies के मजबूत 194 for 3 से शुरू हुई, लेकिन धीरे-धीरे Pakistan के fast bowlers ने match की दिशा बदल दी। Kavem Hodge अपने overnight score में सिर्फ एक run जोड़ सके... और Khurram Shahzad ने उन्हें 84 पर रोक दिया। दूसरी ओर, Shai Hope ने धैर्य और timing के साथ innings को आगे बढ़ाया। उन्हें एक life भी मिली, जब Mohammad Ali की bowling पर Azan Awais ने first slip में catch छोड़ दिया। Hope ने उस मौके को पकड़ा... और West Indies को 300 के पार ले जाने की कोशिश जारी रखी। फिर pressure बढ़ा। Mohammad Abbas ने captain Roston Chase को wicketkeeper के हाथों catch कराया। Khurram Shahzad ने Kemar Roach को हटाया। Shamar Joseph ने आते ही counter-attack किया... एक six, चार fours, और Lunch से पहले West Indies की innings में अचानक आग भर दी। लेकिन Lunch के बाद Mohammad Ali ने कहानी का mood बदल दिया। Short ball पर Joseph out... फिर Shai Hope leg before wicket, 92 पर खत्म... और दो balls बाद Jayden Seales clean bowled। West Indies, 311 पर all out। Mohammad Ali ने 4 for 50 के साथ attack को lead किया, जबकि Mohammad Abbas ने 3 for 66 लेकर support दिया। Pakistan की reply की शुरुआत किसी nightmare से कम नहीं थी। Kemar Roach ने Azan Awais को duck पर bowled कर दिया। Scoreboard पर pressure था... crowd की energy West Indies के साथ थी... और तभी crease पर आए Imam-ul-Haq और Shan Masood। Imam ने शुरुआत से ही fluent drives और controlled boundaries के साथ जवाब दिया। Shan Masood को शुरुआती moments में luck का साथ मिला... कुछ edges boundaries तक गए, एक difficult chance भी बच गया... लेकिन उन्होंने scoring intent नहीं छोड़ा। Pakistan सिर्फ ninth over में 50 तक पहुंच गया। इसके बाद partnership ने match को नया चेहरा दिया। Shan Masood ने 46 balls में fifty पूरी की। Imam-ul-Haq ने Kemar Roach पर powerful drive के साथ अपना 11th Test fifty बनाया। Jomel Warrican को दोनों left-hand batters ने settle नहीं होने दिया। Runs आते रहे... pressure घटता गया... और 155-run second-wicket partnership ने Pakistan को सिर्फ बचाया नहीं, बल्कि Day 2 की command भी दिला दी। फिर Shamar Joseph ने breakthrough निकाला। Imam-ul-Haq, 63 पर flashy drive खेलते हुए second slip में catch दे बैठे। Babar Azam, जिन्हें fans प्यार से King Babar भी कहते हैं, positive intent के साथ आए और दो early boundaries लगाईं। लेकिन Jayden Seales ने उन्हें square up किया... edge, wicketkeeper के gloves में... Babar 23 पर out। Final session में Shan Masood ने tempo धीमा किया, लेकिन concentration नहीं छोड़ा। Fading light के बीच वह 88 not out रहे। Salman Agha, नौ balls खेलने के बाद zero not out पर उनके साथ खड़े थे। Stumps तक Pakistan 199 for 3 पर था... West Indies के 311 से अभी 112 runs पीछे। फिर भी Day 2 का emotional control Pakistan के पास था। Pacers ने सुबह रास्ता बनाया... Imam-ul-Haq और Shan Masood ने दोपहर से शाम तक उस रास्ते को एक comeback highway में बदल दिया। अब अगली सुबह का सवाल सीधा है... क्या Shan Masood अपनी 88-run vigil को बड़ी century में बदलेंगे, या West Indies नई ball और fresh energy के साथ match को फिर पलट देगा? आप सुन रहे थे Guru News Network, powered by द गुरु ज्ञान... जहां cricket की हर कहानी सिर्फ score नहीं बताती, बल्कि match की धड़कन भी सुनाती है। भरोसेमंद cricket news, sharp analysis और fastest live match movement के लिए द गुरु ज्ञान और The Guru Gyan Live Line के साथ जुड़े रहिए... क्योंकि असली cricket experience वहीं पूरा होता है, जहां जानकारी साफ हो, कहानी शानदार हो, और हर update समय से पहले आपके पास पहुंचे।

At the Brian Lara Cricket Academy, Day 2 began with West Indies holding the shape of the contest at 194 for 3. By evening, Pakistan had not seized the lead... but they had taken hold of the story. The transformation began with the ball. Kavem Hodge added only one run to his overnight score before Khurram Shahzad removed him for 84, opening the first crack in a West Indies innings that had looked settled. Shai Hope continued with composure. He survived a dropped chance at first slip when Azan Awais could not hold an opportunity created by Mohammad Ali, and he used that reprieve to carry the hosts closer to a commanding total. Yet Pakistan's pace attack refused to let the innings drift. Mohammad Abbas found the edge of captain Roston Chase. Shahzad removed Kemar Roach after a disciplined passage. Then Shamar Joseph arrived with a burst of defiance... one six, four fours, and enough force to push West Indies beyond 300 before Lunch. After the interval, Mohammad Ali took control. Joseph fell to the short ball. Hope, two runs short of a century, was trapped leg before wicket for 92. Two deliveries later, Jayden Seales was bowled, and West Indies were closed out for 311. Ali finished with 4 for 50, while Abbas returned 3 for 66. Pakistan's bowlers had done more than complete an innings. They had prevented West Indies from turning a strong position into a crushing one. Pakistan's reply began with immediate damage. Kemar Roach bowled Azan Awais for a duck, and for a moment the innings appeared vulnerable. Then Imam-ul-Haq and Shan Masood stepped into the pressure and began to redraw the match. Imam was fluent from the beginning, finding boundaries without surrendering control. Masood's early phase was less certain. A few edges ran safely, and a difficult chance went down. But fortune only opened the door. Intent carried him through it. Pakistan reached 50 in the ninth over, a clear statement that survival alone would not be enough. Masood accelerated to a 46-ball half-century. Imam later completed his 11th Test fifty with a forceful drive off Roach. Against Jomel Warrican, both left-handers looked assured. The second-wicket partnership grew to 155, and with every run, West Indies were pushed further away from the momentum they had owned at the start of the day. Shamar Joseph finally ended the stand when Imam, on 63, drove loosely and edged to second slip. Babar Azam, widely known among supporters as King Babar, began with two crisp boundaries and suggested another counter-attack. Jayden Seales answered with a fine delivery that squared him up and found the edge. Babar departed for 23. Through the fading light, Shan Masood changed his tempo but not his purpose. He ended unbeaten on 88, with Salman Agha beside him on zero not out after nine deliveries. Pakistan closed at 199 for 3, still 112 runs behind West Indies' first-innings total. The scoreboard says the visitors remain in deficit. The rhythm of the match says something more complicated. Pakistan's pacers created the opening. Imam-ul-Haq and Shan Masood turned it into a recovery. West Indies still hold runs in hand, but the first Test now stands at a delicate threshold. One strong morning could take Masood toward a defining century and Pakistan toward parity. One early burst from the hosts could expose the middle order and restore their control. Day 2 did not settle the contest... it made the contest worth watching. Thank you for listening to Guru News Network, powered by The Guru Gyan... where cricket is not reduced to a scorecard, because the game deserves better than that. For trusted cricket news, sharp match intelligence, and the fastest live match movement, stay connected with The Guru Gyan and The Guru Gyan Live Line... the place where every update arrives with clarity, context, and the feeling of being one step closer to the action.