KOLKATA : Pragyan Ojha and Ravichandran Ashwin
shared four wickets as India beat a resilient West Indies by an innings
and 15 runs in the second Test to clinch the series at Eden Gardens in
Kolkata on Thursday.The West Indies were bowled out for 463 in
their second innings just before tea on the penultimate day after being
asked to follow on with 478 runs in arrears, with Darren Bravo smashing a
sparkling 136.Left-arm spinner Ojha dismissed free-scoring
Bravo and off spinner Ashwin removed Marlon Samuels for an impressive 84
before seamer Umesh Yadav ended the innings with the last two wickets
off successive balls.The West Indies, beaten by five wickets in
the opening Test of the three-match series in New Delhi, lost their last
six wickets for 62 runs in the afternoon session.The tourists,
dismissed for 153 in their first innings in reply to India's mammoth
631-7 declared, put in a much-improved batting performance in the second
innings as they made the hosts struggle for wickets on a good pitch."It
was a long fielding session. We got them out comfortably in the first
innings but saw that the track was getting flatter and there was nothing
in it for the bowlers," said India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni."I think the first innings was perfect and after that it was a game of patience. Bravo batted superbly."There
was no hint of a late collapse when Bravo and Samuels were dominating
the Indian attack with exciting strokeplay during their 132-run stand
for the fifth wicket Bravo smashed four sixes and 16 fours in
his brilliant 230-ball knock for his second Test hundred in three
matches, having hammered 195 in the second and final Test against
Bangladesh in Dhaka before the India tour.He made India wait for
the victory with his defiant stand with Samuels before being caught by
Rahul Dravid at lone slip in the afternoon.Ashwin, who got
married a day before the Test started, then removed Samuels as he got
trapped leg-before after cracking one six and 13 fours in his brisk
111-ball knock.I'd like to commend the guys in the second
innings and if we put two innings together we can pose a challenge to
other teams," said West Indies captain Darren Sammy, who made 32."It was a good fight in the second innings. India showed us how to bat on this track. It called for application."The third and final Test starts in Mumbai from Tuesday.
