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West Indies 255 (Brathwaite 75, Siraj 5-60, Jadeja 2-37) and 76 for 2 (Brathwaite 28, Chanderpaul 24*, Ashwin 2-33) need a further 289 runs to beat India 438 (Kohli 121, Rohit 80, Jadeja 61, Ashwin 56, Warrican 3-89) and 181 for 2 dec (Rohit 57, Kishan 52*, Gabriel 1-33)
Port of Spain: India set a massive total of 365 runs for West Indies to win the ongoing second Test and Windies lost two wickets in the final session of day four in Port of Spain on Monday.
At the end of the day's play, WI was at 76/2, with Tagenarine Chanderpaul (24*) and Jermaine Blackwood (20*).
India started the final session at 118/2, with Shubman Gill (10*) and Ishan Kishan (8*) unbeaten.
In the final session, Kishan and Gill started attacking the Windies bowling line-up with some healthy strike rotation and big blows.
Kishan was the more aggressive of two batters, helping India reach the 150-run mark in 21.1 overs.
The duo brought up their fifty-run stand.
Kishan smashed Kemar Roach for two successive sixes in the 24th over, bringing up his maiden half-century in Tests in just 33 balls.
India declared their innings at 181/2, with Kishan (52*) and Gill (29*) unbeaten. India had a 364-run lead over the Windies, thus setting a 365-run target for the hosts.
In the chase, WI openers Tagenarine Chanderpaul and skipper Kraigg Braithwaite were cautious.
In their first ten overs, WI could score only 24 runs.
Ravichandran Ashwin's spin helped India make inroads into the Windies batting line-up. He first dismissed Braithwaite for 28 after the batter mistimed a sweep shot and was caught by Jaydev Unadkat. Then two overs later, he trapped Kirk McKenzie lbw for a four-ball duck. WI was reduced to 44/2.
Jermaine Blackwood came to the crease and he carried the chase forward with Chanderpaul.
The duo took WI through the remainder of the session without any loss of wicket.
Rain continued to interrupt play and India ended the second session on the day four of the ongoing second Test against West Indies with a healthy lead on Sunday.
Earlier, Mohammed Siraj's five-wicket haul followed by Indian openers Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal's fiery batting, helped India dominate the first session.
Resuming fourth day from 229/5, West Indies batters lost wickets in quick succession.
Mukesh Kumar took the first wicket of the day wicket, dismissing Alick Athanaze at 37. WI was 229/6.
Siraj picked the next wicket of Jason Holder at 15. He bowled an outswinger which got an edge of Holder carrying it to the wicketkeeper Kishan. WI was 233/7.
In the next over, Siraj again got the wicket. This time Alzarri Joseph was dismissed cheaply at 4. West Indies were 244/8.
With his outstanding bowling, Siraj completed his five-wicket haul, dismissing the remaining two batters Kemar Roach at 4 and Shannon Gabriel on a golden duck in consecutive balls.
West Indies managed to score 255 runs in their first innings and were trailing by 183 runs.
Indian openers Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal started with the same fantastic form as they were in the first innings.
They provided India with 50 runs at a fast pace in 5.3 overs, recording the fastest team fifty in Test cricket. Indian batters were batting at a run rate of almost 9 an over.
Rohit brought his fifty in just 35 balls with a boundary to Gabriel’s bowling. Rohit’s explosive knock came to an end when Gabriel bowled a short bowl and Rohit failed to smash a pull shot as he found Joseph in fine leg. He scored 57 in 44 balls with five fours and three sixes.
