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India beat West Indies in third Test

“We ve done quite a few firsts in the past year as a Test team”, said Indian captain Virat Kohli in acknowledging his team s historic achievement.

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Bravo kept the fight going at one smashing Jadeja for a six and a four to bring his first Test fifty in 2016. We have always aimed to win series’ away from India.

If Bhuvneshwar Kumar was the hero in the first innings, Mohammed Shami (3/15 in 11 overs) and Ishant Sharma (2/30 in 7 overs) did the maximum damage in the second innings.

Only Darren Bravo with 59 displayed any form of meaningful resistance with the visitors potent mix of pace and spin proving too much for Caribbean batsmen technically and temperamentally ill-equipped to cope with the challenge.

Earlier, Indian pacers responded beautifully to their skipper Virat Kohli’s decision of sporting declaration as they reduced West Indies to a precarious 53 for three at lunch.

Aggressive batting by Ajinkya Rahane (51 not out) and Rohit Sharma (41 not out) at the end of fourth day then led India to a 285-run lead with seven wickets remaining.

Following a third-day washout on Thursday, West Indies resumed in a solid position on 1-107 before losing its last seven wickets for 23 runs to be all out for 225 – 128 runs behind India’s first-innings 353. The hosts lost their last 6 wickets for 40 runs, and were bowled out for 108. On Saturday I got a lot of swing, maybe the ball was a good one. He bowled six maidens and conceded 16 runs.

“But yes, the aim definitely is to have as many overs as possible to bowl them out for a second time”, Kumar said.

A 2-1 series victory in Sri Lanka last August was a promising sign but sceptics wondered if India could replicate that display on a different continent. There was a sharp chance in the 62nd over off Jadeja, when the ball lobbed up and Rohit Sharma diving backwards at forward short leg only managed to get a hand to it. After multiple replays, the third umpire deemed them inconclusive to call it a no ball and Bravo had to depart.

Bravo made a top-score of 59 before becoming the eighth wicket to fall and a brief rally from No 11 Shannon Gabriel, who was the only other West Indies batsman to reach double figures, was only enough to take their innings past 100.

His opening partner, Kraigg Brathwaite, fell in the very next over as an inswinger from first innings destroyer Bhuvneshwar Kumar trapped him leg-before for four.

“For instance you can play a first-class game where a fast bowler hardly bowls the amount of overs we have bowled in this series”.

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Holder’s quick exit exerted more pressure on the tailenders, as the team lost four key wickets in a span of four overs for 10 runs to 212 from 202.

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