Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Chanderpaul Blocked INDIAN Victory

India won the three-Test series 1-0 following a 63-run victory inside four days in the first Test at Sabina Park in Jamaica, and a draw in the second Test at Kensington Oval in Barbados.
The visitors also wrapped up their second straight Test series victory over the West Indies in the Caribbean.
They also created a piece of history, becoming the first Indian side to win a Test and one-day international series in the Caribbean.
India suffered an early setback in their hunt for a victory target of 180.
India lost Abhinav Mukund lbw for a duck, playing back and across to the first delivery of the innings from Fidel Edwards in the brief passage of play before the break.
But Murali Vijay and Rahul Dravid steading the innings with a 72-run partnership for the second wicket. India, however, did not make any attempt to go for victory.
And once Vijay fell for 45, Dravid and VVS Laxman played a few overs before play was called off.
Earlier, Shivnarine Chanderpaul ended with the West Indies' top score of an undefeated 116, his 23rd Test hundred, making the occasion of his record 133rd appearance extra special.
He added a valuable 65 for the ninth wicket with Fidel Edwards, whose 30 was a career-best, and made him the object of great frustration for India.
But Suresh Raina had Edwards caught at long-off following a near three-hour long act of resistance, and in his following over, brought the curtain down on the West Indies' innings, when he had Devendra Bishoo caught at slip for one.
India had met defiance from West Indies before lunch, when Chanderpaul rallied the lower order to lead the home team to 294 for eight at the interval.
Chanderpaul became the second century-maker in the West Indies second innings, following Kirk Edwards' maiden hundred of 110 on debut the previous day.

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