Rain ruins play after India declare with 304 lead

After Virat Kohli and R Ashwin in Antigua, and KL Rahul here in Jamaica, it was Ajinkya Rahane’s turn on Monday to knock the stuffing out of the West Indian attack. On a day where the only thing to have possibly stopped India from thrusting into a position of further domination was rain, Rahane frustrated them further with a seventh century.

Of all his centuries, this too was special in its way. The bowling isn’t the most intimidating, but with a need to score quick runs, Rahane held one end strong even when West Indies finally had a bowler to show something.

Playing his second Test and going wicketless in the second, Roston Chase picked up 5 for 121, the last of which was followed by India’s declaration on 500/9; giving West Indies a stiff target of wiping put a deficit of 304 runs.

Stiff, because West Indies’ highest score in this series so far has been 243, and with over four sessions to go in the Test even with a tropical storm on forecast for Day 4, the hosts had to survive four sessions.

Scores: India 500/9 decl (Rahul 158, Rahane 108*; Chase 5/121), lead West Indies 196 all out by 304 runs