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3rd Test! Bowlers put India in command at Gros Islet

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23:23   3rd Test! Bowlers put India in command at Gros Islet

West Indies: 225 & 80-5
India: 353 & 217-7 decl

Jadeja has Blackwood (1) stumped. 

However, Bravo eases the pressure with a boundary and a six in the same over. 

Bravo soon completes his first Test fifty of the year, with a single off Jadeja.

West Indies have a mountain to climb if they are to save this match though. 
21:35   3rd Test! West Indies head into lunch on 53-3 on Day Five

West Indies: 225 & 53-3
India: 353 & 217-7 decl

Ishant Sharma strikes in his second over, rattling Samuels' (12) stumps.

Roston Chase is the new man in. 

West Indies head into lunch on 53 for three (20 overs), needing a further 293 to win.

Bravo is unbeaten on 26, and Chase on 10.
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20:36   3rd Test! Quick wickets put India in total control

West Indies: 225 & 11-2
India: 353 & 217-7 decl

Mohammed Shami strikes in the fourth over, having Johnson (0) caught by Rohit at short leg.

In the fifth over, Bhuvneshwar Kumar has Brathwaite (4) out leg before.

West Indies in trouble.

Darren Bravo and Marlon Samuels have a lot to do. 
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20:03   3rd Test! West Indies need 346 to square series

West Indies: 225 & 1-0
India: 353 & 217-7 decl

Kraigg Brathwaite and Leon Johnson to open the batting for West Indiea and it will be Bhuvneshwar Kumar first up for India. 

Just a single off it.
19:49   3rd Test! Cummins takes six as India declare at 217-6

India: 353 & 182-5
West Indies: 225

Cummins get a fifth when he has Jadeja (16) caught by Samuels at cover. 

Five balls later, he gets his sixth, having Ashwin (1) caught by Brathwaite at backward points. 

India have declared at 217 for seven, an overall lead of 345. 

Rahane remains unbeaten on 78. Cummins ends with figures of six for 48.
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19:26   3rd Test! Cummins strikes peg back India on Day Five

India: 353 & 182-5
West Indies: 225

Good evening and welcome to the coverage of the fifth and final day's play of the third Test between India and West in Gros Islet, St Lucia.

Cummins strikes in the second ball of the day having Rohit (41) out leg before. 

Rohit's 59-ball innings was inclusive of a hit to the fence and three over it, and he helped Rahane add 85 for the fourth wicket.

Wriddhiman Saha is the new man in. He doesn't last long though, Cummins having him caught behind for 14. It's a wrong decision as Cummins has clearly overstepped. 

Ravindra Jadeja joins Rahane. 
03:07   3rd Test! Rahane, Rohit help India extend lead to 285

India: 353 & 157-3 (39 overs)
West Indies: 225

Rohit's second six, off Brathwaite over long-on, helps raise the 50-run partnership for the fourth wicket. 

A single by Rahane, off Chase, helps India reach the 150-run mark, in the 37th over. 

A single off Joseph helps Rahane complete a well-deserved fifty. 

India end Day Four on 157 for three, an overall lead of 285 runs.

Rahane remains unbeaten on 51 and Rohit on 41, the two having added 85 runs for the fourth wicket.
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02:34   3rd Test! Rahane, Rohit combine well for India in St Lucia

India: 353 & 113-3
West Indies: 225

Chase's sixth over, the 27th of the Indian innings, is an expensive one, 13 runs coming off it.

Rahane helps himself to a boundary to square leg before Rohit smashes the last ball for a six over long-on, the latter taking India past the 100-run mark.

Rahane and Rohit are doing a good job steadying the Indian innings, taking the overall lead close to 250 in the process.
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02:34   3rd Test! Rahane, Rohit combine well for India in St Lucia

India: 353 & 113-3
West Indies: 225

Chase's sixth over, the 27th of the Indian innings, is an expensive one, 13 runs coming off it.

Rahane helps himself to a boundary to square leg before Rohit smashes the last ball for a six over long-on, the latter taking India past the 100-run mark.

Rahane and Rohit are doing a good job steadying the Indian innings, taking the overall lead close to 250 in the process.
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01:56   3rd Test! Bowlers helps West Indies hit back in St Lucia

India: 353 & 72-3
West Indies: 225

Roston Chase is introduced into the attack in the 17th over, replacing Holder (5-1-17-0).

He strikes with his third ball, having Dhawan (26) out leg before).

Rohit Sharma joins Rahane at the crease with the Indian innings in a bit of a wobble.
01:34   3rd Test! Cummins makes early breakthroughs for hosts

India: 353 & 58-2
West Indies: 225

A couple by Dhawan, off Holder, helps India get past the 50-run mark, in the ninth over. 

However, Virat (4) falls cheaply for the second time in this match, this time leg before to Cummins. 

Ajinkya Rahane replaces his captain at the crease.
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01:15   3rd Test! Cummins strikes early after tea on Day Four

India: 353 & 49-1
West Indies: 225

The Indian openers continue to score at over six runs per over in the final session. 

However, the aggression eventually costs them the wicket of Rahul (28), caught at slips by Brathwaite off Cummins. 

Rahul's 24-ball innings included three hits to the fence, and he helped Dhawan add 49 runs for the opening wicket.

Virat Kohli, the captain, is the new man in. 
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00:42   3rd Test! India reach 31-0 at tea on Day Four

India: 353 & 31-0
West Indies: 225

Lokesh Rahul and Shikhar Dhawan to open the batting for India and it will be Shannon Gabriel to start the proceedings for the West Indies. Five off the over. 

Alzarri Joseph to bowl the second over. Three off it. 

India score at a brisk pace before tea, scoring 31 in five overs. 

Rahul is batting on 15, and Dhawan on 13. 
00:12   3rd Test! Bhuvneshwar takes five, WI bowled out for 225

West Indies: 225
India: 353

Ashwin takes the ninth wicket, having Cummins (0) caught behind. Shannon Gabriel is the new man in.

Kumar ends the West Indies innings having Dowrich (18) caught by Dhawan.

It's a third Test five-for for Bhuvneshwar.
West Indies bowled out for 225, giving India a lead of 128.
00:12   3rd Test! Bhuvneshwar takes five, WI bowled out for 225

West Indies: 225
India: 353

Ashwin takes the ninth wicket, having Cummins (0) caught behind. Shannon Gabriel is the new man in.

Kumar ends the West Indies innings having Dowrich (18) caught by Dhawan.

It's a third Test five-for for Bhuvneshwar.
West Indies bowled out for 225, giving India a lead of 128.
00:02   3rd Test! Bhuvneshwar takes six, Windies bowled out for 225

West Indies: 225
India: 353

Ashwin takes the ninth wicket, having Cummins (0) caught behind. Shannon Gabriel is the new man in.

Kumar ends the West Indies innings having Dowrich (18) caught by Dhawan.

It's a third Test five-for for Bhuvneshwar.

West Indies bowled out for 225, giving India a lead of 128.

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