Darren Bravo leads West Indies run chase against India

Chasing 281-run target, West Indies lost opener Adrian Barath (27) immediately after lunch against India on the final day of the rain-hit second Test in Bridgetown on Saturday.

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Ishant Sharma struck in the second over of the post-lunch session to dismiss Barath and provided the visitors a perfect platform to go for a kill in the second Test and wrap up the series 2-0.

West Indies went for lunch at 51/2 in 16 overs with Barath and Darren Bravo on the crease. Hosts needing 230 more runs to level the three-match series 1-1.

Chasing 281-run off 83 overs, West Indies lost two wickets early after India declared their innings.

Praveen Kumar dismissed Ramnaresh Sarwan (8) in the seventh over to reduce the hosts to 27/2 after Ishant gave India a perfect start, when he scalped Windies opener Lendl Simmons (14) in the fourth over.

India declared their second innings at 269/6 and set a 281-run target for West Indies on Saturday.

Dhoni and his men got 83 overs to force a result on the fifth and final day of the match.

India lost Dhoni (5), VVS Laxman (87) and Virat Kohli (27) in quick succession in the morning session of the final day to Edwards before declaring their innings.

Pacer Fidel Edwards (5-76) struck thrice to jolt the Indian second innings in the first session of the final day. Edwards finished with five wickets for the innings after he dismissed Dravid and Mukund on the fourth day.

Edwards dismissed India skipper soon after removing Laxman in his previous over to reduce the visitors to 253/6 after they resumed at 229/3 on Day 5.

Laxman, who scored 85 in the first innings, hit eight fours in his 188-ball 87 knock as he missed to post a century in both innings.

Edwards struck in the second over of the day to get rid of Kohli, who was dropped from the Test squad for England series few minutes earlier by Indian selectors.

Earlier, Laxman and Kohli resumed India's second innings on the final day after Laxman and Rahul Dravid (55) put the visitors in a formidable position as they reached 229 for three in their second innings for an overall lead of 240 on the fourth day.