India were bowled out for 482 in their first innings at tea in reply to the West Indies’ 590 on the penultimate day of the third and final Test at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai yesterday.
Sachin Tendulkar yet again missed out on an unprecedented 100th international century when he fell for 94 before the West Indies gained the upper hand in the third Test against India yesterday.
India added 95 to their overnight total of 281-3 to reach 376-6 in their first innings at lunch on the penultimate day in reply to the West Indies’ 590, still needing 15 more runs to avoid a follow-on with four wickets in hand.
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Virat Kohli was unbeaten on 33 at the break with Ravichandran Ashwin (26 not out).
Tendulkar looked set to complete a century of centuries as he had been timing the ball magnificently before falling to a loose shot, trying to drive on the up to be caught by Darren Sammy at second slip off paceman Ravi Rampaul.
While the West Indies celebrated the big wicket, the master batsman walked back dejectedly and nearly 15,000 spectators fell silent at the 32,000-capacity Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
Tendulkar, 67 overnight, smashed two sixes and eight fours in his 153-ball knock.
West Indian skipper Sammy’s words came true a day after he said that his team hoped to break a “few Indian hearts” by trying to get local hero Tendulkar out early with a disciplined bowling performance.
As things turned out, his team broke millions of hearts.
The West Indies also removed Venkatsai Laxman (32) and skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni (8) in the morning session to put pressure on India, with paceman Fidel Edwards and seamer Sammy taking one wicket each.
It was the 10th time in an illustrious 184-Test career that Tendulkar had fallen in the nineties.
Tendulkar, who scored his 99th international hundred against South Africa in a World Cup match in Nagpur in March, also came close to achieving the feat in the fourth Test in England in August before being dismissed for 91.
The West Indies took the second new ball in the opening over of the day, only to see Tendulkar flick Rampaul for two runs and then past square-leg for four in the same over.
India, however, suffered a setback in the next over when Laxman fell at his overnight score, driving Edwards to gully where Marlon Samuels took the catch.
However, there was no stopping Tendulkar, who firmly straight-drove Rampaul for a four and then drove Edwards past mid-off and uppercut over the slips for a six in the same over to move into the nineties before disaster struck.
India lead 2-0 in the series after winning the opening Test in New Delhi by five wickets and convincingly winning the second match in Kolkata by an innings and 15 runs.
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