Mukesh removes McKenzie earlier than rain arrives

Lunch West Indies 117 for two (Brathwaite 49*, Mukesh 1-11) path India 438 by 321 runs

Mukesh, who stored plugging away outdoors off, bought his first Test wicket – and a hundred and fiftieth first-class wicket – when he had McKenzie wafting behind. It is maybe for this accuracy and self-discipline that India had picked Mukesh forward of Navdeep Saini after Shardul Thakur had been sidelined from this Test with a groin niggle.

McKenzie’s innings was brief however candy. After having launched R Ashwin over mid-off for six late on day two, McKenzie unfurled extra eye-catching strokes on Saturday. He punched left-arm seamer Jaydev Unadkat for back-to-back fours, which could have performed his hero and fellow Jamaican Chris Gayle proud.

It pressured Unadkat to dig the ball into the pitch, however McKenzie was prepared to tug him on the again foot for 4 extra. Mukesh then broke by means of for India, after which the rain arrived in Port-of-Spain.