RAJKOT, India (AP) — Ravichandran Ashwin took four wickets and the West Indies were bowled out for 181 runs in its first innings on day three of the first test, before India captain Virat Kohli enforced the follow-on and had the visitors 33-1 at lunch on Saturday, still 435 runs behind the hosts.
After India had scored 649-9d in their first innings, it ran through the West Indies batting lineup in 48 overs to set up an imposing 468-run lead and a likely victory in the first test of the two-match series.
Starting from overnight 94-6, West Indies showed a semblance of fight for the first time in this test as Roston Chase and Keemo Paul continued their seventh-wicket partnership from Friday evening and added 73 runs overall with some attacking batting.
Umesh Yadav (1-20) ended the resistance when he had Paul out for 47, fending off a bouncer in the 39th for a simple catch to mid-wicket.
The visitors' innings' unraveled quickly thereafter as Ashwin (4-37) ran through the tail. Chase, who compiled his 53 off 79 balls, and Sherman Lewis (0) fell in the space of four balls in the 44th over.
Devendra Bishoo (17 not out) threw his bat around to hit three fours, but was unable to delay the inevitable further with Shannon Gabriel stumped off Ashwin for one to end the innings.
Kohli had no hesitation in sending the visitors back in and Ashwin, taking the new ball, made another breakthrough in the penultimate over before lunch having Kraigg Brathwaite caught by teenage debutant Prithvi Shaw at short leg for 10.
At lunch, Kieran Powell was unbeaten on 21 with Shai Hope yet to score.
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