India settle for draw in Dominica

ROSEAU, Dominica: India settled for a draw in the third and final Test against the West Indies after rock-solid century-maker Shivnarine Chanderpaul and the home bowlers gave them a fight on Sunday.
India, set a competitive 180 to win off 47 overs, had a sniff of victory when opener Murali Vijay (45) and Rahul Dravid (34 not out) added 73 for the second wicket.
But two wickets to Ravi Rampaul (2-31) encouraged the visitors to abandon the chase at 94-3 with 86 runs still needed from the last 15 overs.
The result meant that the visitors won the three-Test series 1-0, following a 63-run victory inside four days in Jamaica and a draw in the second Test at Barbados.
The visitors also wrapped up their second straight Test series victory over West Indies in the Caribbean and they also became the first Indian side to win a Test and one-day series here.
“I am not too disappointed about the final result,” said India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni. “Our team did really well throughout the series, particularly in this game.”
The decision to abort the run chase ended a frustrating day for India which started with the promise of a second victory in the series, but was blighted by Chanderpaul’s undefeated 116, his 23rd Test hundred.
That earned him the Man-of-the-Match award after he also stood firm in a valuable ninth-wicket stand of 65 with Fidel Edwards as West Indies were dismissed for 322 in their second innings about 45 minutes before tea.
“We are very pleased with this result, and the way the crowd responded to us made it feel like a Twenty20 game and that we had won,” said West Indies captain Darren Sammy to tumultuous roars from a crowd estimated at close to 9,000.
SCORE BOARD
India won toss
West Indies 1st innings 204 all-out (S Baugh 60, D Bravo 50; I Sharma 5-77, Kumar 2-22)
India 1st innings 347 all-out (M Dhoni 74, A Mukund 62; F Edwards 5-103, D Sammy 2-51)
West Indies 2nd innings
A B Barath c Kohli b Kumar 6
K O A Powell c Raina b Sharma 4
K A Edwards c Dhoni b Harbhajan 110
D M Bravo c Kumar b Harbhajan 14
S Chanderpaul not out 116
M N Samuels lbw b Harbhajan 0
†C S Baugh c Mukund b Kumar 10
*D J G Sammy c Mukund b Harbhajan 17
R Rampaul run out 1
F H Edwards c Kumar b Raina 30
D Bishoo c Dravid b Raina 1
Extras (b 8, lb 2, w 1, nb 2) 13
Total (all out; 131.3 overs) 322
Fall: 1-8, 2-10, 3-40, 4-201, 5-201, 6-223, 7-255, 8-256, 9-321, 10-322
Bowling: Kumar 21-6-44-2; Sharma 27-5-76-1 (1nb, 1w); Patel 24-5-71-0 (1nb); Harbhajan 42-14-75-4; Raina 15.3-2-32-2; Mukund 2-0-14-0
India 2nd innings
A Mukund lbw b F Edwards 0
M Vijay c Bishoo b Rampaul 45
R Dravid not out 34
S K Raina c & b Rampaul 8
V V S Laxman not out 3
Extras (lb 1, nb 3) 4
Total (3 wickets; 32 overs) 94
Did not bat: V Kohli, *†M S Dhoni, Harbhajan Singh, P Kumar, I Sharma, M M Patel
Fall: 1-0, 2-73, 3-86
Bowling: F Edwards 8-1-19-1 (2nb); Rampaul 11-2-31-2 (1nb); Sammy 5-0-26-0; Bishoo 8-1-17-0
Result: Match Drawn
Series: India won the 3-match series 1-0
Test debuts: K A Edwards and K O A Powell (West Indies)
Man of the Match: S Chanderpaul (West Indies)
Man of the Series: I Sharma (India)
Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pakistan) and R A Kettleborough (England). TV umpire: J S Wilson. Match referee: B C Broad (England)

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