Rahane and Saha negotiated the remaining 12.5 overs adding 31 runs with minimum fuss.
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Percentage of Rahul’s career runs that have come from his three highest scores – 376 out of 414.
During a rain-hit post-lunch session, India declared their first innings on 500 for 9, stretching their overall lead to a massive 304, with Rahane unbeaten on 108 off 237 balls.
Rahane completed his century in the 170th over which is his seventh in Tests.
“Everyone expected at some point he would up the tempo a bit, but he just played his natural role”, said retired West Indies batting great Viv Richards of Rahane.
Brief Scores: West Indies: 196 all out (Jermaine Blackwood 62, Marlon Samuels 37; Ravichandran Ashwin 5/52, Mohammed Shami 2/23) vs India: 358/5 (Lokesh Rahul 158; Roston Chase 1/52).
At stumps, India had consolidated their lead to a sizeable 162 runs despite only 232 runs being scored in the 88 overs bowled in the day as the visitors looked to grind the home team with an aim of outbatting them. Glenn Turner scored 223 not out at this same venue in 1971-72 and Andrew Hudson hit 163 in Bridgetown in 1991-92.
Rahul was the only India batsman to get past 50.
The last Indian opener to register an innings of 150 or more outside the subcontinent was Gautam Gambhir – 167 at Wellington in April 2009.
Devendra Bishoo’s delivery wasn’t short enough to play the cut but Rahane took his chance.
Pujara’s strike-rate in Tests since the start of 2014, in 30 innings.
West Indies were dismissed by tea at Sabina Park for 196 in their first innings, and India finished the day on 126-1 – only 70 runs behind. Yes, we have new players coming in, but they still have to deliver.
Earlier, Rahul and Pujara had played out a slow morning session, as India were trailing the hosts by just 11 runs at lunch.
28 Consecutive innings for India without their second wicket having a century stand in West Indies.
Any hopes India had of putting the West Indies opening batsmen under pressure immediately were ended by the return of the showers and an early tea was taken.
Seven times against the West Indies, the top three partnerships in an innings for India produced fifty-plus runs – the last instance being at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai in November 2011.
The introduction of spin allowed Rahul to break the shackles as he used his feet to send the ball crashing through the off-side to move into ninties.
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Taking on a bowling attack that remains disciplined but lacking penetration through three sessions of play, the tourists continued to make steady progress in adding a further 74 runs in the afternoon period of play for the loss of the wicket of Cheteshwar Pujara.
