Yadav strikes rattle West Indies in second India Test

Hyderabad: India´s paceman Umesh Yadav took three wickets to leave the West Indies reeling at 76 for six at tea on day three as the hosts sniff victory in the second Test on Sunday.

The West Indies lead by 20 runs in their second innings with skipper Jason Holder on 4 and Sunil Ambris on 20 batting at the break in Hyderabad.

India, the world´s top Test side, lead the two-match series 1-0.

Yadav bowled first-innings centurion Roston Chase for six and then rattled the stumps of Shane Dowrich for nought to be on a hat-trick. Holder played out the hat-trick ball.

Earlier Holder had led the West Indies fightback, bowling out India for 367 and limiting the hosts´ first innings lead to 56.

But the visitors were hit hard early in their second innings with openers Kraigg Brathwaite and Kieran Powell returning to the pavilion without scoring.

Yadav, who returned career-best figures of 6-88 in West Indies´ first innings total of 311, got Brathwaite on the second delivery of the innings.

Shai Hope and Shimron Hetmyer offered some resistence during their 39-run third-wicket stand before left-arm wrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav ended the partnership.

Kuldeep Yadav got Hetmyer out for 17 and Hope was done in by Ravindra Jadeja´s left-arm spin after a well-made 28.