By: Tarish Bhatt
The Indian batsmen continued to make merry in the ongoing practice matches by posting 364 runs in the first innings. In reply, West Indies XI had lost a wicket when the stumps were called on the third day. They are still 158 runs behind. The Windies team had made 180 in the first innings.
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India vs West Indies Practice Match is scheduled for a 7:30 pm IST (10 am local time) start. There will be no live coverage and streaming of the match in India. The live score updates of the match will be available on BCCI’s official website and Twitter handle. You can also get the live scorecard of the match HERE.
The final day of the warm-up match might see India going for the win. They need nine wickets to win, and the way their spin trio has bowled in the match, a win is very much on the cards.
Earlier, KL Rahul continued his run-scoring form, and struck second fifty on the tour. Captain Virat Kohli and Ravindra Jadeja also scored their respective fifties. Meanwhile, Ajinkya Rahane, Wriddhiman Saha and Ravichandran Ashwin spent decent time in the middle.
“That was the purpose of coming here early to get used to the wickets and conditions and I’m really happy with the way I’ve batted in the last two innings,” Rahul said. “The wickets here have been hard, the weather is hot and humid so it’s not very easy to go out there and get runs.”
In the final few overs of the day, India struck through Ashwin, when the lanky off-spinner dismissed home captain Leon Johnson. This the last practice match for the Indian team in Caribbean before the Test series.
