West Indies yield to 90/3 opposite India in initial Test

Antigua: India picked dual wickets as a West Indies crawled to 90 for 3 after a finish of a morning event during a third day of a opening Test cricket compare during a Sir Vivian Richards track on Saturday.

West Indies cricketer Devendra Bishoo bats during day 3 of a cricket exam compare between West Indies and India Jul 23, 2016 during Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in St John's, Antigua. AFP PHOTO
West Indies cricketer Devendra Bishoo bats during day 3 of a cricket exam compare between West Indies and India Jul 23, 2016 during Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in St John’s, Antigua. AFP PHOTO

Overnight batsman Kraigg Braithwaite (not out 46) and maestro Marlon Samuels (0) were during a double compartment lunch was called, with a hosts still 476 runs behind India’s huge initial innings sum of 566 for 8 declared. West Indies were 31 for one during a finish of Friday’s play.

Overnight batsman Devendra Bishoo (12) and left-hander Darren Bravo (11) were a wickets India picked. West Indies usually managed to supplement 59 runs in a session.

Night look-out left-hander Bishoo was stumped by wicket-keeper Wriddhiman Saha after being beaten in moody and dragged his feet forward to a smoothness from leg-spinner Amit Mishra.

Left-hander Bravo edged a rising behind of a length smoothness to Saha to palm over a cherished wicket to India, only in a penultimate over before lunch.

In a morning, Indian middle pacers Mohammed Shami and Ishant Sharma probed a West Indian twin of Braithwaite and Bishoo with parsimonious line and length. Testing them with occasional bouncers, Shami and Ishant frequency gave a batsmen any room as they attempted to only hang in there, but scoring.

India captain Virat Kohli put dual close-in fielders detached from a slips to send a summary to a West Indies that India need wickets. The West Indies batsmen were indeterminate as a round changed a lot, aided by a breeze and a Indians tested a stubborn calm of a hosts.

The participation of a non-regular batsman in Bishoo also didn’t assistance a hosts’ means as he struggled a lot — with a integrate of catches only avoiding a close-in fielders.

Braithwaite too struggled to negotiate a rebound and a pitch and once had a shot only drifting above a trip fielders.

Indian spinners came on they kept a vigour on a batsmen. Finally, they were rewarded with a wicket when Bishoo was stumped while attempting a cross-bat shot off leg-spinner Mishra.

After a wicket during 68/2, Bravo came and he played a integrate of good shots and Braithwaite also showed some positivity opposite off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, who was smacked for dual fours towards mid-on and point.

Later, Bravo finished adult circumference it behind off a Shami smoothness pitched outward a off branch only in a penultimate over before lunch to make it a successful event for a tourists.

Brief scores: India: 566/8d, West Indies: 90/3 (Kraigg Braithwaite not out 46; Mohammed Shami 2/23).

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