Ravichandran Ashwin snared two wickets for India but West Indies showed a measure of resistance in reaching 76 for two after being set a daunting target of 365 on the fourth day of the second and final Test on Sunday.
A day packed with action at Queen’s Park Oval in between short, sharp showers saw Mohammed Siraj scything through the lower half of the home side’s first innings in the morning to earn his team a 183-run lead.
Blistering half-centuries by India captain Rohit Sharma and wicketkeeper-batter Ishan Kishan then facilitated a swift second innings declaration at 181 for two off just 24 overs.
Ashwin, destroyer of the West Indies in the first Test in Dominica with an 11-wicket match haul, removed home skipper Kraigg Brathwaite to a top-edged sweep and then had debutant Kirk McKenzie trapped lbw without scoring.
However the obdurate Tagenarine Chanderpaul, very much in the mould of his celebrated father Shivnarine, stayed to the close with vice-captain Jermaine Blackwood.
A target of 289 more runs on a final day pitch should be a step too far for the Caribbean side, especially given the greater experience, competence and confidence of an Indian side pressing for a 2-0 series sweep at the start of the new World Test…
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