India won the toss and opted to field against the West Indies in the second Test at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Thursday.
Left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha grabbed a five-wicket haul as a disciplined effort from Indian bowlers backed by some pathetic West Indian batting saw the visitors bundled out for a paltry 182 at tea on the first day of Sachin Tendulkar's farewell Test match being played here.
West Indies batsmen were visibly uncomfortable against both pace and swing of Shami Ahmed and Bhuvneshwar Kumar and also looked clueless against spin twins Ravichandran Ashwin and Pragyan Ojha losing eight wickets for 89 runs in a single session.
Ojha, who was a bit unlucky in the first Test, was pick of the Indian bowlers grabbing five for 40 in 11.2 overs while Ashwin, who completed 100 wickets in Tests, had figures of three for 45 in 15 overs to show for his efforts.
Mohammed Shami (1/36) and Bhuvneshar Kumar (1/45) may not have got too many wickets but they created the initial pressure which helped the spinners to get on top of the opposition.
Opener Keiran Powell (48) was the top-scorer as most of the other batsmen found it difficult to survive even for 20 minutes.
It looks highly unlikely that the match will last the distance as the West Indian batsmen would find it even more difficult to survive on a wearing track on the third day having played only 55.2 overs on the opening day.
Having lost a couple of wickets in the first session, an inept Caribbean batting line-up looked out of sorts in the post-lunch session on a dry Wankhede track, that had both turn and bounce on offer.
The likes of Marlon Samuels, Narsingh Deonarine, Darren Sammy simply failed miserably to grind it out against Ojha and Ashwin as wickets fell at regular intervals. The manner in which Sammy (0) threw his wicket would raise questions about his position in the Test squad.
Shivnarine Chanderpaul (25), playing his 150th Test match, started off with a big six but was removed by Bhuvneshwar with a nice away going delivery that was snapped up in the slips.
Teams:
India: MS Dhoni (captain), Ravichandran Ashwin, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Pragyan Ojha, Cheteshwar Pujara, Rohit Sharma, Sachin Tendulkar, Murali Vijay.
West Indies: Chris Gayle, Kieran Powell, Darren Bravo, Marlon Samuels, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Narsingh Deonarine, Denesh Ramdin, Darren Sammy (captain), Shane Shillingford, Tino Best, Shannon Gabriel.
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