Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav shines the ball for India

Patience. It's been the virtue the Indian team has been preaching over the past few days. R Ashwin had said after his knock yesterday that it was the kind of pitch where they will have to plan for and prise every batsman. On day three of the first Test between West Indies and India in North Sound, Antigua, a battle of attrition unfurled. In a game they were thoroughly dominating, India went wicket-less for significant periods. But they hardly wavered with their plans and were duly rewarded soon after. Umesh Yadav and Mohammed Shami were the architects of destruction for the Indians, taking four wickets each to bowl out the hosts for 243 in their first innings. While Shami was the picture of consistency, Yadav was sharp and impactful in bursts. After enforcing the follow-on, Ishant Sharma picked up the lone wicket to fall, that of Kraigg Brathwaite, in the very first over. For West Indies, Kraigg Brathwaite put up a spirited fight with a 218-ball 74, while Shane Dowrich opted to attack towards the end and gave his side a bit of a boost. Jason Holder, too, played a decent hand, scoring 36 before falling to Yadav. During their second innings, Rajendra Chandrika and Darren Bravo stood firm towards the end of the day to help the team end at 21 for 1, still adrift by 302 runs. With a little less than 15 overs to be bowled for the day, Kohli enforced the follow-on and he was rewarded immediately. Ishant picked up his first wicket of the match, getting Kraigg Brathwaite leg-before in the very first over. Bravo and Chandrika kept the Indians at bay from there on, but they and the rest of the batsmen will have to do much more of the same if they are to even get close to saving the game.