Day 3: Windies 195/3 at stumps, trail by 283

Kolkata, Nov 16: Despite being bowled out for 153 runs in the first innings, Windies came back strongly during their second innings with good partnerships from Adrain Barath (62) and Kirk Edwards (60), Darren Bravo and Shivnarine Chanderpaul are currently not out as Windies managed to score 195/3 at End of Day 3 in the second Test match played at the Eden Gardens

[Scorecard: 2nd Test; India Vs West Indies, Eden Gardens, Kolkata]

West Indies still needed 283 to make India bat again with two days remaining in the match. India will look to win the match tomorrow as Windies have seven wickets remaining.

Adrian Barath and Kirk Edwards batted positively adding a partnership of 93 runs for the second wicket. Ishant Sharma struck in the first over after tea when he had Adrian Barath caught by VVS Laxman at first slip on the third day of the second Test. Ishant Sharma trapped Kirk Edwards leg before to end the batsman's fine innings for West Indies

Earlier Indian captain MS Dhoni enforced the follow-on as Windies were bowled out for 153 in their first innings. Adrain Batath and Kirk Edwards steady the Windies innings after a poor start. Umesh Yadav struck early as Kraig Brathwaite gets an edge trying to play a ball outside the off stump with MS Dhoni taking a good low catch.

West Indies were bowled out for 153 on Day 3 of the second test played at Eden Gardens in Kokata. Windies trailed by 478 runs. West Indies lost six wickets with less than 100 runs on the board. Pragyan Ojha took four wickets while Umesh Yadav struck thrice.

India began Day 3 with a lead of 597 runs while Windies lost both their openers with a score of 34/2.

Ohja struck early claiming his 50th wicket in Test cricket trapping Kirk Edwards (16) lbw. Umpire made no mistake as the ball was hitting middle and leg. R Ashwin claimed the most important wicket trapping Shivnarine Chanderpaul (4) lbw. Chanderpaul playing across the line missed the straight ball completely and was hit right in front.

Tendulkar misses 100th ton

New Delhi, Nov 7: Sachin Tendulkar missed out on yet another opportunity to record his 100th international ton as India suffered a dramatic collapse to be 151 for four at tea, giving West Indies a slight edge on day two of the first cricket Test at Ferozshah Kotla on Monday.

Replying to the West Indies' 304 all out, the hosts were placed at 151 for four in their first innings with Rahul Dravid and Yuvraj Singh batting on 18 and 22 respectively. The four wickets India lost in the second session undid much of the good work Pragyan Ojha did early in the morning with his maiden five-wicket haul, which hastened the West Indies' collapse at the Feroz Shah Kotla stadium.


In reply, India openers Virender Sehwag (55 off 46 balls; 7x4) and Gautam Gambhir (41 off 41; 7x4) provided the early fireworks with an 89-run partnership in just 12.3 overs, but the latter's dismissal triggered a collapse that saw the hosts lose four wickets for an addition of just 31 runs. West Indies skipper Darren Sammy got a finger to Sehwag's booming straight drive and the ball went on to hit the stumps on the bowler's end, catching Gambhir well short of the crease.

If luck played a part in Gambhir's dismissal, Sehwag's wicket was bizarre. The batsman's right foot was in the air while he was trying to work the ball around his hip off leg-spinner Devendra Bishoo, and wicketkeeper Carlton Baugh clipped the bails off in no time. That brought Tendulkar to crease, but Kotla was stunned into silence in a matter of 25 minutes as the champion batsman made his way back to the dressing room after being rapped on the pads by Fidel Edwards.

Credit must go to Sammy, who brought in his most lethal bowler after Tendulkar's arrival. Edwards looked hostile during that spell and returned with measly figures of five for one in five quick overs. Tendulkar was followed by Laxman who was caught behind off Bishoo -- the most successful of the West Indian bowlers, returning figures of two for 35.

Low turnout at Kotla, but Sachin star attraction

New Delhi, Nov 6: The Delhi crowd continued to stay away from cricket as just 8,000 people turned up for the first Test between India and the West Indies despite the hype surrounding Sachin Tendulkar's 100th international ton.

According to official figures, 8058 people turned up on the opening day of the first of the three-match Test series at the 40,000 capacity Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium.

Despite being a Sunday, sparse crowd occupied most of the stands except for the lowest tier of the East Stand (Wing C) which was almost full. The crowd though could have been more had India batted first instead of the West Indies.

The low turnout continued to highlight the fans' lack of interest in cricket as the stadium did not have capacity crowd in the one-day international between India and England last month. The stadium was just half-full in the second ODI of the five-match series on October 17.

According to a cricket website, fans complained of their inability to buy tickets for the first day of the ongoing match at the venue as there was no counter at the stadium and many, who wanted to buy non-seasonal match-day tickets, had to return empty-handed.

"This counter was at the Ambedkar Stadium but was shifted to Asaf Ali Road because the police said crowd management will be a problem," Delhi and District Cricket Association Media Manager Ravi Jain said.

Tendulkar though continued to be the cynosure of all eyes of the small number that turned out and whenever he fielded at the boundary, the crowd cheered him.

Twice in the morning session, when he fielded at the backward square boundary, spectators at the Eastern Stand ran down from their seats and cheered the batting maestro, standing near the iron grill which separated the ground and the stands, waving the tri-colour.

Even when he was fielding at mid-on region, the crowd cheered and waved at him whenever he turned his face towards the stands.