Lunch India 297 and 14 for 0 (Agarwal 8*, Rahul 6*) lead West Indies 222 (Chase 48, Ishant 5-43) by 89 runs

Mayank Agarwal and KL Rahul ensured India didn't lose any wicket in the seven overs they had to bat before lunch on the third morning of the first Test against West Indies. By the end of the session, India had extended their lead to 89 after Ishant Sharma's five-wicket haul had helped them bowl West Indies out for 222.

Resuming their innings on 189 for 8 on day three, West Indies resisted for 15.2 overs with overnight batsmen Jason Holder and Miguel Cummins frustrating India with a 41-run stand for the ninth wicket, of which Cummins' contribution was 0.

But once Mohammed Shami dismissed Holder for 39, Cummins went for a big heave against Ravindra Jadeja, only to be bowled for a 45-ball duck. However, the main destroyer was Ishant Sharma, who finished with figures of 5 for 43. On the second evening, West Indies were 174 for 5 at one stage before Ishant took three wickets in seven balls to reduce them to 179 for 8.

West Indies' hopes of getting close to India's first-innings total of 297 rested on their captain Jason Holder who farmed the strike as much as possible. With two fours in Jasprit Bumrah's second over of the day, Holder took West Indies past 200. In the pacer's next over, Holder chipped him wide of mid-on for another boundary.

At the other end, Miguel Cummins stuck to his brief of just hanging in there, and it wasn't that India didn't have a chance to bowl more than a couple of balls at a time at him. Ishant got two successive overs at him. While Ishant kept beating Cummins' bat, the batsman did well not to edge one.

Virat Kohli turned to Jadeja in search of the breakthrough. Jadeja too beat Cummins thrice in five balls in his first over of the day but the batsman just focused on protecting his stumps instead of poking at the ball.

Holder and Cummins saw out the first hour of the day with India seemingly growing frustrated. When it finally looked like Cummins had edged one behind the stumps off Mohammed Shami, the decision was overturned on review with replays showing the bat had hit the turf and not the ball.

However, Shami wasn't to be denied for long. On the first ball of his next over, he got Holder to nick one behind and this time there was no doubt about the edge.

While each of West Indies' top eight batsmen got into the double figures, apart from Holder, Roston Chase was the only one who offered any semblance of resistance. Chase, who top-scored for West Indies with 48, hit five fours and a six during his stay at the crease.

Earlier, Ajinkya Rahane's 81 had lifted India after a top-order collapse had left them precariously placed on 25 for 3. At 207 for 7, West Indies still had a chance to wrap up the innings under 250 but Jadeja added 90 with the last three batsmen to take India to a respectable total.