Daijiworld Media Network

Kolkata, Nov 8 : India now lead by 219 runs. West Indies have a daunting task ahead of them. Their batsmen have to bat out of their skins, if they have to save this match. With the pitch being uneven and the ball turning, it will be interesting to see how the tackle the two Indian spinners.

Good comeback by West Indies after not getting wickets in the first hour. The first one hour certainly belonged to Ashwin and Rohit as they got their respective 100s and 150s. They seemed to be in no trouble and had seen off most of the bowlers. But it was Permaul who came into the attack and struck with his first ball. Rohit might consider himself unlucky as the ball might have just missed the off stump. But once he was gone, Shillingford got rid of Ashwin and Bhuvneshwar. Shami didn't hang around. Permaul was much better in this spell as he picked up two wickets.

West Indies finally dismissed India but not before Rohit Sharma and R Ashwin stretched the lead past 200 on the third morning. Their seventh-wicket partnership of 280 was the highest for their country, and the third biggest ever. Shane Shillingford claimed six wickets for his labours over 55 overs, his five-for coming when he bowled Ashwin on the sweep for 124.

The overnight pair of Rohit and Ashwin was in absolute control against a flat West Indies attack, having already added 82 runs in 21 overs. Rohit looked on course to become the sixth man to make a double-century on Test debut, but was halted by umpire Richard Kettleborough, who gave him out padding up to Veerasammy Permaul's first ball of the day. Replays showed the ball would have missed off stump.