The first man to be dismissed was Ajay Ratra. As expected, West Indies took the second new ball first thing in the morning. After surviving a loud shout for lbw against Cameron Cuffy, Ratra eventually perished in that very fashion. Although the ball was traveling down the leg side, umpire Tiffin upheld the appeal. Ratra was dismissed for 19, Ratra helped add 5 runs to India’s overnight score of 235.

Javagal Srinath has not inspired much confidence with the bat all series and the run continued. Spending an awkward time at the crease bobbing, weaving and fending in ungainly fashion, Srinath eventually gave Cuffy his second wicket of the day. A ball pitched just outside the off ducking in at the last moment. Srinath, moving away to the leg side as he has done to anything that is pitched slightly short heard the death rattle as leather hit timber.

Ashish Nehra, coming in at number eleven, did his best to defend in the hope of prolonging the innings as much as possible. With some clouds in the horizon, there was a possibility of rain. To ask the last man to defend forever is not realistic however. Nehra did have a wild heave every now and then.

Zaheer Khan though beat his fellow paceman back to the pavilion. Fittingly it was Merv Dillon who took the last wicket to fall. Zaheer Khan (12) slogged Dillon to Pedro Collins at cover and it was all over. Dillon ended with 23 wickets in the series.