India chasing target of 276 against WI

Ravichandran Ashwin made his debut memorable with a five-wicket haul (six for 47) as India bundled out the West Indies for 180 in their second innings to set themselves a target of 276 in the first cricket Test, here on Tuesday.
    
In pursuit of a stiff target, Virender Sehwag (20 not out) and Gautam Gambhir (17 not out) then kept up the good work by guiding India to 38 for no loss at tea on the third day, leaving the hosts with another 238 runs to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.
    
Sehwag was lucky to have survived as he was dropped by Ravi Rampaul in his follow-through.
    
Inspired by Pragyan Ojha's first-innings performance, Ashwin (6/47) stole the limelight through some smart spin bowling on a Feroz Shah Kotla track where 25 wickets have gone down in the last two days.
    
In the process, Ashwin became the seventh Indian to begin his Test career with a five-for, and his match haul nine for 128 is also the second-best for an Indian on debut behind Narendra Hirwani's 16 for 136, incidentally, against the same opponents, in Chennai in 1988.
    
Ashwin, who dismissed opener Kieran Powell late on Monday evening to trigger the slide, deservingly signalled the end of the West Indies innings by having Ravi Rampaul caught at deep midwicket.
    
Just before that the 25-year-old off-spinner from Chennai removed Darren Sammy (42) with his trademark carom ball that skidded off the wicket, hardly giving the West Indian skipper any time to get his bat down.