West Indies 181 (Chase 53, Ashwin 4-37) trail India 649 for 9 decl. (Kohli 139, Shaw 134, Jadeja 100*, Pant 92) by 468 runs
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Some streaky devil-may-care batting from Roston Chase and Keemo Paul brought West Indies fleeting respite before India’s bowlers reinforced their hold to bowl them out in just 48 overs. Leading by 468, and with their bowlers still fresh, India decided to enforce the follow-on, which is a rare occurrence in Test cricket these days.
The day began with West Indies at 94 for 6, and Chase and Paul chanced their arm with nothing to lose really. A mix of well-timed and edged boundaries against the bowling of Mohammed Shami and Kuldeep Yadav ensued. The partnership reached fifty, both the batsmen approached that landmark, but then Umesh Yadav finally bowled the first bouncer of the morning, drawing a top edge for midwicket to catch. Paul fell on 47.
R Ashwin then produced a spell of lovely offspin bowling, teasing and tormenting the lower order with flight and drift. He had Chase dropped in one over, but in the next, he created a gap between his bat and pad with a lovely drift and the ball spun back to go through that gap and hit the stumps. Debutant Sherman Lewis then was flummoxed by a carrom ball. Shannon Gabriel, too, fell prey to the carrom ball. This time the ball missed the stumps, but an overbalanced Gabriel gave Rishabh Pant a stumping after he had 16 byes and two dropped catches against his name.
Source: ESPN Crickinfo