India's Bhuvneshwar Kumar skittles West Indies

Omnisports 05:24 - 11 August 2016

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India lead by 285 runs with seven wickets remaining going into the last day of the third Test after Bhuvneshwar Kumar took 5-33 on Friday.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar ripped through the West Indies with a devastating spell of bowling that puts India in a commanding position in the third Test at Gros Islet.

Aggressive batting by Ajinkya Rahane (51 not out) and Rohit Sharma (41 not out) at the end of fourth day then led India to a 285-run lead with seven wickets remaining.

Bhuvneshwar's fine figures of 5-33 included the prize wicket of Marlon Samuels (48) as West Indies lost their last seven wickets for just 23 runs, slumping from 202-4 to 225 all out.

Opener Kraigg Brathwaite top-scored with 64 but after he was caught behind off the bowling of Ravichandran Ashwin (2-52), India scented blood and West Indies duly collapsed after lunch.

Samuels and Jermaine Blackwood added 67 for the fourth wicket but when Bhuvneshwar had Blackwood caught in the slips, Samuels followed a single run later to the same bowler, the West Indies batsman chopping on to his own stumps.

Bhuvneshwar followed up that brace by claiming the wickets of Shane Dowrich (18), Jason Holder (2) and Alzarri Joseph, who was out for a duck, giving India a healthy first-innings lead of 128.