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In Pics: India vs West Indies, 2nd Test, Day 3

Images from Day 3 of the second Test between India and West Indies in Jamaica.

India moved closer to a Test series and tour sweep of the West Indies, reducing the home side to 45 for two at stumps after setting them the improbable target of 468 on the third day of the second and final Test at Sabina Park in Jamaica on Sunday. (AFP Image)


Having declined to enforce the follow-on after the West Indies were dismissed at the start of the day for 117 to trail by 299 runs on first innings, Indian captain Virat Kohli declared his side’s second innings at 168 for four in the day’s final session. (AFP Image)


Left to negotiate 13 testing overs from the tourists’ pace attack before the close of play, West Indies lost openers Kraigg Brathwaite and John Campbell to Ishant Sharma and Mohammed Shami respectively, leaving Darren Bravo and Shamarh Brooks to carry the fight into the fourth day. (AFP Image)


Kemar Roach spearheaded the effort taking three for 28 including a burst of two wickets off successive deliveries in which he claimed the prized wicket of Kohli first ball. Having removed Mayank Agarwal before lunch, the 30-year-old’s sustained pace and accuracy accounted for the other opener, KL Rahul, before despatching the India captain with his next delivery. (AFP Image)


Roach’s three wickets elevated him to ninth on the list of all-time leading wicket-takers in Tests for the West Indies with 193 victims, one ahead of the legendary Wes Hall, who was the consistent spearhead of the dominant Caribbean teams of the 1960s.


Jason Holder then prised out Chesteshwar Pujara to reduce India to 57 for four before first innings century-maker Hanuma Vihari joined Rahane in an unbroken fifth-wicket stand of 111, the pair completing half-centuries to prompt Kohli’s decision to close off the innings and give his bowlers an hour to make inroads into the West Indies batting line-up. (AFP Image)


Earlier, West Indies’ lower order offered a bit more resistance on the third morning than the frontline batsmen had shown late on day two when Bumrah’s hat-trick highlighted the demolition job by India’s fast bowlers, reducing their opponents to 87 for seven at the close of play. (AFP Image)


Bumrah failed to add to his six-wicket tally from the day before and it was left to the other frontline bowlers – Shami, Ishant and spinner Ravindra Jadeja – to eventually claim the last three wickets after 75 minutes’ play. (AFP Image)


Mindful no doubt of managing the workload on his bowlers in extremely hot conditions, Kohli opted to bat a second time, presenting Roach with the opportunity to further enhance his already burgeoning credentials as the best West Indies fast bowler of the modern era. (AFP Image)


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