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In Pics: India vs West Indies, 2nd Test, Day 4

Images from Day 4 of the second Test between India and West Indies which the visitors won by 257 runs to take the series 2-0.

India completed another crushing victory over the West Indies, demolishing the home side by 257 runs on the fourth afternoon of the second and final Test at Sabina Park in Jamaica on Monday. (AFP Image)


Set the improbable target of 468 late on day three, the home side tumbled in the post-lunch session, losing their last six wickets for 51 runs as they were dismissed for 210 to hand Virat Kohli’s side a clean sweep of a Test series in the Caribbean for the first time ever. (AFP Image)


This result also completed a 100 percent record for the tourists in all completed matches played on this tour. The 2-0 Test series triumph followed a 3-0 success in the T20 Internationals and a 2-0 victory in the One-Day Internationals, with one match ruined by rain. (AFP Image)


Pacer Mohammed Shami and spinner Ravindra Jadeja took three wickets each as the Indians once again had too many varied weapons for the home side. (AFP Image)


Shamarh Brooks completed a maiden Test half-century but it was little consolation for West Indies captain Jason Holder who was last out, bowled by Jadeja for 39 to trigger the Indian celebrations. (AFP Image)


Amid the jubilation there was concern for the welfare of key West Indies batsman Darren Bravo, who retired hurt on 23 just 15 minutes into the day’s play. He was eventually replaced by Jermaine Blackwood in the team according to the game’s new concussion protocol. (AFP Image)


Blackwood was called into duty within minutes of being drafted into the team after Shimron Hetmyer fell to yet another poor shot, caught at extra-cover to give fast bowler Ishant Sharma his second wicket of the innings. With Bravo and Blackwood both batting in the same innings, it gave West Indies the first 12-batsman Test scorecard under the protocol. (AFP Image)


Earlier Roston Chase was the first wicket to fall in the day after coming to the crease when Bravo went off, being trapped leg-before by Jadeja. (AFP Image)


Blackwood dominated a 61-run fifth-wicket partnership with Brooks but when the attacking right-hander became Bumrah’s only wicket of the innings via a catch at the wicket, it signalled the beginning of the end of the West Indies resistance with Brooks’ own carelessness contributing to his demise as he was run out by a direct hit from the effervescent Kohli. (Image: Windies Cricket)


The win was Kohli’s 28th as skipper, making him India’s most successful captain in Tests, overtaking MS Dhoni’s record of 27 wins. (AFP Image)


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