West Indies 255 (Brathwaite 75, Siraj 5-60, Jadeja 2-37) and 76 for 2 (Brathwaite 28, Chanderpaul 24 not out, (Ashwin 2-33) need a further 289 runs to beat India 438 and 181 for 2 dec (Rohit 57, Kishan 52 not out, Gabriel 1-33)
WEST Indies lost five wickets for 26 runs before lunch on the fourth day of their 100th Test match against India.
This allowed the Indian batsmen to play some T20 cricket and declare their second innings at 181 for 2.
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Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal put on 98 before the captain was out 57 from 44 balls with five 4s and three 6s. His 50 that came up in 35 balls was his fastest in Test cricket.
Keeper Ishan Kishan promoted to No 3, batted the only way he knows and ended unbeaten on 52 from 34 balls.
West Indies were set 365 for victory in a session and a day and ended on 76 for 2 heading into the final day on Monday.
Skipper Kraigg Brathwaite made 24 before he was caught by Jayved Unadkat off the bowling of Ravichandran Ashwin. Kirk McKenzie did not trouble the scorers and at the end Tagnairne Chanderpaul was on 24 and Jermaine Blackwood on 20.
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