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Mumbai: India are looking to keep the pressure on the beleaguered West Indies in the third and final Test of their series starting in Mumbai on Tuesday as they seek to seal a 3-0 series whitewash.
The hosts have cantered to a 2-0 lead, winning the opening Test in New Delhi by five wickets and the second in Kolkata by an innings and 15 runs, with a day to spare in both matches.
India, who tour Australia next month, will be pleased with the dominant display of their young bowling attack in the absence of injured paceman Zaheer Khan and axed off-spinner Harbhajan Singh.
Spinners Ravichandran Ashwin and Pragyan Ojha have troubled the West Indies batsmen with their clever variations on slow tracks to claim 13 wickets apiece so far in the series.
Seamer Umesh Yadav, who like off-spinner Ashwin made his Test debut in New Delhi, backed his spinners in Kolkata with a seven-wicket match haul.
Paceman Ishant Sharma is the most experienced bowler in the squad with 40 Tests, while Ojha, Ashwin and Yadav have a combined tally of 17 matches.
India also showed their batting prowess in Kolkata when they posted a mammoth 631-7 declared, with VVS Laxman, Dhoni and Rahul Dravid dominating the West Indies attack with centuries.
Millions of fans are keenly awaiting an unprecedented 100th international hundred from batting superstar Sachin Tendulkar, who has so far scored one half-century in three innings in the series.
India have dropped Yuvraj Singh, and barring any injuries Virat Kohli should be back for his fourth Test, all against West Indies. Do they want to have a look at Varun Aaron before they go to Australia?
But Sharma, who is yet to play a Test after figuring in 67 one-day internationals, faces competition from Virat Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane for the number six spot.
The India captain said his team expected a stiff challenge from the West Indies in the final Test, especially after the tourists' second-innings batting performance in the last match, when they scored 463.
Left-hander Darren Bravo showed the way with a sparkling 136, his second hundred in three Tests, while Marlon Samuels, Adrian Barath and Kirk Edwards made half-centuries.
The West Indies need to put in a sharp bowling performance to test a formidable Indian batting line-up. They looked impressive only in the first innings of the opening Test, when they bowled out India for 209.
Darren Bravo has obvious talent to match the Brian Lara mannerisms. It was well advertised that his century in Kolkata, Bravo's 12th Test, left him with an identical run aggregate and average as Lara had after 12 Tests. In his 13th, Lara scored 167 off 210 balls to set up an innings win.
West Indies have had an injury scare, but expect Shivnarine Chanderpaul to play despite a strained calf muscle. Ravi Rampaul will have recovered from his stomach bug, and could replace Kemar Roach. The batting has been a worry, but there isn't much West Indies can do other than shuffle the order and separate the inexperienced top three.
Teams from
India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain & wk), Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Ajinkya Rahane, Ravichandran Ashwin, Pragyan Ojha, Rahul Sharma, Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav, Varun Aaron.
West Indies: Darren Sammy (captain), Adrian Barath, Carlton Baugh (wk), Devendra Bishoo, Kraigg Brathwaite, Darren Bravo, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Fidel Edwards, Kirk Edwards, Kieran Powell, Denesh Ramdin, Ravi Rampaul, Kemar Roach, Marlon Samuels, Shane Shillingford.
Pitch and conditions
Wankhede usually provides fair tracks that make for exciting cricket. The red soil provides good bounce, liked by fast bowlers, spinners and shot-makers. The outfield is quick too. The Mumbai "winter" is kicking in, which merely means slightly nippy mornings and nights, and mid-30 temperatures during the day. Rain, clouds and bad light are not likely to affect the Test.
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Match facts
November 22-26, 2011
Start time 0930 local (0400 GMT)
