Ashwin five-for takes India close to big win

Tea West Indies 243 and (f/o) 201 for 8 (C Brathwaite 32, Bishoo 32, Ashwin 5-72 trail India 566 for 8 decl. by 122 runsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details

It took more than four sessions coming, but once R Ashwin found his rhythm he ran through the West Indies batting to take India close to their first innings win in the West Indies. Just after lunch on day four, with India needing eight wickets to finish the match, Ashwin found the dip and drift and cut out on the loose balls to earn himself a five-for and a hundred in the same Test for a second time, more than any Indian. West Indies, as in the first innings, couldn’t offer much resistance, except for the unbeaten ninth-wicket partnership between Carlos Brathwaite and Devendra Bishoo, which pushed the match into the final session of the fourth day.

Before Ashwin struck, Marlon Samuels and Rajendra Chandrika had managed to hold India up for 22 overs, which did frustrate India a little, not entirely of its own volition. After Umesh Yadav had removed Darren Bravo in the first over of the morning – a repeat feeble push to a wide delivery from the first innings – an umpiring decision got India’s goat. In his first over of the morning, Mohammed Shami hit Samuels’ glove and offered a low chance to Wriddhiman Saha’s left, which the wicketkeeper claimed immediately.

Coach Anil Kumble, watching from the balcony, lifted his finger after the first replay. However, the replays – understandably not enough angles or quality for financial reasons – didn’t return a verdict beyond reasonable doubt nor was there a soft signal made by the on-field umpires. So the benefit of the doubt went to …

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