India v http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 – 2nd Test – 4th Day’s Summary
India 631 v West Indies 153/ 463 - India won by an innings and 15 runs
India won the three-Test series against West Indies after beating the tourists by an innings and 15 runs in the second Test of the series on Thursday, November 17, 2011 at Eden Gardens, Kolkata, India.
Indian bowlers completed dominated the second Test and while before the Test West Indies were expecting a better show from their batsmen, the team actually failed to counter the Indian spin which left them in ruins and disgraced.
West Indies had a tough task at hand as not only did they need to draw the match but had to bat for two days which seemed like a distant probability because of the rampant bowling attack from the host side.
Having ended the third day on 195 runs for the loss of three wickets http://www.senore.com/Cricket/S-Chanderpaul-c2390 came out to bat and enhance their overnight scores of 38 and 21 to salvage the match against all odds.
Meanwhile, India on the other hand, were citing a win and wanted to end the misery of the West Indians by finishing off the match early on.
Nonetheless, West Indies who are undergoing a rebuild phase were in no mood to get annihilated by the hosts as Bravo and Chanderpaul exhibiting tremendous class and stamped their experience against their opponents.
The duo clobbered 108 runs in the fourth-wicket partnership as they left everyone surprised and left the Indians in complete shock as no one was expecting resurgence from the Windies.
The partnership was finally broken by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Umesh-Yadav-c94625 when the bowler grabbed the wicket of Chanderpaul who found his way back to the pavilion after smacking 47 runs. At the time of his departure, West Indies had managed to amass 269 runs on the board for the
loss of four wickets.
Nonetheless, if India still had their work cut out for them as the arrival of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Marlon-Nathaniel-Samuels-c74804 marked the beginnings of an another lethal partnership against he hosts.
While the Indians were already facing a tough time by bowling against Bravo, they now had Samuels to worry about, as both batsmen were just too hot to handle.
This time was the most intense part of the second Test as Bravo and Samuels seemed h**l-bent on steering their side to a draw.
The duo smashed 132 runs in the fifth-wicket partnership; however, the effort was still not good enough as the Windies lost the clash.
Bravo contributed 136 runs while Samuels amassed 84 runs in a bid to grab a miraculous face saving draw. In the end, West Indies fell after scoring 463 runs.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/VVS-Laxman-c2772 was named as the Player of the Match for his emphatic knock of 176 runs.
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