India boost hopes of clean sweep in Windies Test

India were 95 runs away from winning the third and final Test against the West Indies with six wickets in hand after Virender Sehwag's chancy half-century on the last day on Saturday. Sehwag was dropped thrice during his 65-ball 60 before India reached 148-4 in their secondinnings at tea chasing a 243-run victory target to complete a clean sweep of the series. Virat Kohli (20) and Venkatsai Laxman (19) were the not-out batsmen at the break. India lead 2-0 in the series after winning the opening Test in New Delhi by five wickets and the second match in Kolkata by an innings and 15 runs. Sehwag added 82 for the second wicket with Rahul Dravid (33) before falling in the afternoon, caught by skipper Darren Sammy at short fine-leg while attempting a reverse-paddle sweep off leg-spinner Devender Bishoo. Sachin Tendulkar, who needs just one more hundred to complete an unprecedented 100 international centuries, made just three runs before being caught by Kirk Edwards at mid-wicket off part-time spinner Marlon Samuels. Left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha (6-47) and off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin (4-34) were instrumental in sparking a sensational West Indies collapse which saw the tourists lose their last eight wickets for 43 runs in the morning. The West Indies, leading by 108 runs on the first innings, were bundled out for 134 in their second innings after being 91-2 at one stage, with Darren Bravo top-scoring with 48. The tourists had only their poor shot-selection to blame for their dismal performance, with none of their batsmen applying himself on a fifth-day track offering turn and bounce. The Indian spin duo maintained their supremacy over the West Indies batsmen, with Ashwin grabbing 22 wickets in his debut Test series and Ojha 20 in three matches. The West Indies started the day with an overall lead of 189 with eight wickets in hand before faltering against the Indian spinners. Ojha, who claimed his second haul of five or more wickets in an innings in the series, started the slide when he removed teenager Kraigg Brathwaite before accounting for Bravo and Samuels in the same over. Brathwaite added just one run to his overnight score of 34 before he was caught at point by Tendulkar while attempting to cut an Ojha delivery that turned and bounced. Bravo offered a return catch while Samuels was stumped by Mahendra Singh Dhoni for no score when he played the wrong line after stepping out of the crease.