The West Indies recovered well after a brief slump to stay on course for an improbable win against India on the third day of the first Test in Kingston (Jamaica) on Wednesday. At stumps, the hosts had reached 131 for three, requiring a further 195 runs with seven second innings wickets left.
Indian cricket team will be aiming to pick up pieces while spoiling Alastair Cook's farewell party in the fifth and final Test against England starting Friday.
Mohammed Shami was the wrecker-in-chief as India scored a resounding innings and 51-run victory over the West Indies in the first Test at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Friday. Victory, sealed with well over six sessions left, gave India its fifth Test win in a row, after the 4-0 whitewash of Australia earlier in the year.
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