West Indies Test: India bowls out visitors at 248; enforce follow-on
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New Delhi: India enforced a follow-on on West Indies with a commanding 270-run lead, thanks to Kuldeep Yadav’s 5-82, bowling them out for 248 in the first innings on Day three at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Sunday. Later at tea, Mohammed Siraj and Washington Sundar took a scalp each, reducing the West Indies to 35/2 in 14.3 overs of their second innings, continuing to be dominant in the second and final Test, IANS reported.
With the follow-on enforced, John Campbell began West Indies’ second essay with two boundaries off Ravindra Jadeja, before Siraj drew first blood with a well-directed cross-seam short ball that cramped Tagenarine Chanderpaul for room on a pull, and skipper Shubman Gill ran from mid-wicket to mid-on to complete a stunning catch.
Though Campbell continued to get boundaries off Jadeja, Sundar produced a moment of magic by deceiving Alick Athanaze with a rip-roaring off-break which drifted in and went past the outside edge to hit the off-stump at the stroke of tea, as West Indies’ struggle to stitch meaningful partnerships came back to haunt them again.
Previously, Kuldeep, in supreme control with his guile, variations and drift, turned the tide for India in the morning session with a decisive burst, removing Shai Hope, Tevin Imlach and Justin Graves in quick succession.
A late ninth-wicket stand worth 46 runs between Khary Pierre and Anderson Phillip offered brief resistance, but Jasprit Bumrah struck immediately after lunch with a peach to send the former’s off-stump on a cartwheel ride. The final wicket partnership of 27 runs tested India’s patience, with Phillip defending stoutly and Jayden Seales counter-attacking against Kuldeep.
But Seales eventually fell lbw to a well-disguised googly from Kuldeep, beating his inside edge and trapping him lbw. This gave him his fifth five-wicket haul in Tests, through a spell of 26.5 overs and sealed India’s big lead as well as enforced the follow-on to push West Indies further on the back foot at the tea interval.