India trounce WI by 237 runs, ensure series win by 2-0 margin

Gros Islet St Lucia India today produced a splendid performance to clinically decimate West Indies by 237 runs in the third cricket Test thereby taking an unassailable 20 lead in the fourmatch seriesIndias captain Virat Kohli left shows the wicket as he leaves the field with wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha right and Shikhar Dhawan after defeating West Indies for 237 runs during day five of their third cricket Test match at the Daren Sammy Cricket Ground in Gros Islet St Lucia PicAFPHaving lost an entire day it was a superb effort by the bowling unit that saw them bundle out West Indies for 108 in 473 overs while chasing a stiff victory target of 346 in 87 oversIncidentally this is the first time in over six decades that India has won more than one Test match in the Caribbean islands The previous three series victories 1971 2006 and 2011 has been by an identical 10 marginIf Bhuvneshwar Kumar was the hero in the first innigs Mohammed Shami 315 in 11 overs and Ishant Sharma 230 in 7 overs did the maximum damage in the second inningsBhuvneshwar 113 Ravichandran Ashwin 128 and Ravindra Jadeja 220 also complemented the two pacers as none of the batsmen save Darren Bravo 59 showed any stomach for fightThe historic moment came when Shanon Gabriel 11s slog was easily pouched by Bhuvneshwar at deep midwicket off Jadejas bowling Skipper Virat Kohli was visibly ecstatic but there wasnt any overthetop celebrationsEarlier India batted for seven overs in the morning declaring their second innings at 217 for seven with Ajinkya Rahane remaining unbeaten on 78 off 116 ballsIndia bowled 20 overs before lunch in which they reduced West Indies to 53 for 3 In the post lunch session the home team lost 7 more wickets for 55 runsBravo and Roston Chase 10 looked to bat for time and resurrect the innings from a precarious 533 in the post lunch sessionThey faced a testing spell from Ishant and Bhuvneshwar who were using the 20overold ball well enough The former was pitching the ball up a lot more than he has done in this series and found instant result as one swung in sharply in the 26th over and knocked back Chases stumps bowling him through the gateWhen spinners came into the attack Jermaine Blackwood 1 was stumped off Jadeja as keeper Wriddhiman Saha did some excellent workShane Dowrich 5 then played out 8 overs with Bravo though only adding 16 runs for the 6th wicket It allowed Bravo enough breathing space to complete his 15th Test fifty off 73 balls but it was never going to be enoughShami then came back to bowl another brilliant spell to go with his prelunch one and had the keeperbatsman caught at second slipAshwin completed the allround display from the bowlers as first he ran out Jason Holder 1 who was in a terrible mixup with Bravo going for a nonexistent run and then Alzarri Joseph was caught in the 43rd overIn between Shami bounced out Bravo yet again the ball lobbing to Rohit Sharma at short leg the fielder having spent the entire day chatting with the lefthanderIn the morning the visitors had declared their second innings at 2177d 48 overs as the hosts struggled in front of a 346run target with 87 overs to bat Kumar and Shami had started off proceedings and the duo was right on the money with the new ball While the former tied down the batsmen with some tight swing the latter used pace to force them backIt resulted in a double success in the space of four balls as Shami had Leon Johnson 0 caught at forward short leg with Rohit Sharma completing a good anticipatory catch in the 4th over Four deliveries later Kumar trapped Kraigg Brathwaite leg before even as the ball stayed low just a bitMarlon Samuels 12 then resisted for a short while and saw off the two bowlers but he found Ishant Sharma 117 tough to handle as well He played an uncharacteristic stroke to an incoming delivery and was bowledThis was after India had declared their innings closed after 40 minutes of play in the morning session Starting from the overnight 1573 Rohit Sharma 41 1 four 3 sixes came out looking for quick runs but got a poor leg before decision from umpire Nigel Llong ended the formers stay after only two ballsThere was a thick inside edge which the umpire failed to detect and it wasnt his only howler as Wriddhiman Saha 14 was adjudged caught behind off a massive noball Llong didnt even bother to go upstairs to the third umpire and the keeperbatsman was given his marching ordersMiguel Cummins 648 benefitted on both occasions and then picked up his maiden fivewicket haul in Test cricket when Jadeja 16 was caught at deep cover going for a big shot Ashwin 1 then became his 6th dismissal and the last batsman out for India as skipper Virat Kohli decided that it was time to bowl