Harbhajan Singh,Ishant Sharma put India on top against Windies

DOMINICA: India off-spinner Harbhajan Singh became the 11th bowler in history to capture 400 Test wickets as the West Indies were dismissed for 204 in their first innings of the third Test.
The umpires took an early tea break after Ishant Sharma rocked the hosts with figures of 5-77 from 21.3 overs on the rain-affected second day at Windsor Park.
However the focus was on Harbhajan, who bowled Carlton Baugh for a top score of 60 about an hour and 20 minutes after lunch to achieve the milestone in his 96th Test.
Only former captains Anil Kumble (619) and Kapil Dev (434) have taken more wickets for India than Harbhajan.
He is also the fourth spin bowler to take 400 wickets in Tests, following in the footsteps of fellow off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan (800), Australia’s Shane Warne (708) and Kumble.
It was Sharma who did most of the damage, though.
Following up his haul of 6-55 in the first innings of the drawn second Test in Bridgetown, Sharma took his series tally to 21 wickets at 14.04 apiece.
Sharma made the breakthrough for India, when he cut short a counter-attacking stand of 59 between Baugh and Darren Bravo, who had resumed after lunch with the score 5-128.
The beanpole fast bowler had Bravo caught behind for 50.
Score Board
India won toss
West Indies 1st innings
A B Barath b Sharma 12
K O A Powell c Laxman b Kumar 3
K A Edwards c Dhoni b Sharma 6
D M Bravo c Dhoni b Sharma 50
S Chanderpaul c Dhoni b Patel 23
M N Samuels b Kumar 9
†C S Baugh b Harbhajan 60
*D J G Sammy c Mukund b Harbhajan 20
F H Edwards b Sharma 3
R Rampaul not out 0
D Bishoo b Sharma 0
Extras (b 8, lb 10) 18
Total (all out; 76.3 overs) 204
Fall: 1-17, 2-24, 3-35, 4-84, 5-99, 6-158, 7-199, 8-200, 9-204, 10-204
Bowling: Kumar 16-7-22-2; Sharma 21.3-4-77-5; Patel 20-7-48-1; Harbhajan 15-7-26-2; Raina 4-1-13-0
India 1st innings
A Mukund not out 6
M Vijay not out 1
Extras (lb 1) 1
Total (0 wickets; 4 overs) 8
To bat: R Dravid, V V S Laxman, V Kohli, S K Raina, *†M S Dhoni, Harbhajan Singh, P Kumar, I Sharma, M M Patel
Bowling: Edwards 2-1-2-0; Sammy 2-0-5-0
Test debuts: K A Edwards and K O A Powell (West Indies)
Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pakistan) and R A Kettleborough (England). TV umpire: J S Wilson. Match referee: B C Broad (England)

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