NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Shivnarine Chanderpaul’s unbeaten 24th test century hauled West Indies out of a rut, powering them to 256 for five wickets on the opening day of the first test against India on Sunday.

Chanderpaul (111 not out) featured in a 108-run fourth-wicket stand with opener Kraigg Brathwaite (63) to rebuild the innings after the visitors had slumped to 72-3 soon after lunch.

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Opener Kraigg Brathwaite and veteran Shivnarine Chanderpaul hit unbeaten half-centuries to guide West Indies to 159 for three wickets at tea on the opening day of the first test against India on Sunday.

The 87-run unbeaten stand between the pair revived the tourists after the Indian spinners had reduced them to 72-3 soon after lunch.

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Opener Kraigg Brathwaite and veteran Shivnarine Chanderpaul hit unbeaten half-centuries to guide West Indies to 159 for three wickets at tea on the opening day of the first test against India Sunday.

The 87-run unbeaten stand between the pair revived the tourists after the Indian spinners had reduced them to 72-3 soon after lunch.

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha struck twice in the morning to reduce West Indies to 69 for two wickets at lunch on the opening day of the first test on Sunday.

Kraigg Brathwaite (29) and Darren Bravo (10) were together at the break, both looking far from comfortable against the Indian spinners, who managed substantial turn on an opening-day track at the Feroz Shah Kotla stadium.

NEW DELHI, Nov 6 (Reuters) – Indian left-arm spinner
Pragyan Ojha struck twice in the morning to reduce West Indies
to 69 for two wickets at lunch on the opening day of the first
test on Sunday.

Kraigg Brathwaite (29) and Darren Bravo (10) were together
at the break, both looking far from comfortable against the
Indian spinners, who managed substantial turn on an opening-day
track at the Feroz Shah Kotla stadium.

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – West Indies captain Darren Sammy on Saturday promised a “fearless” display in the three-test series against India, which he labelled as his team’s biggest challenge to date.

Barring Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Marlon Samuels, none of the 13 other West Indies cricketers have played a test match in India and Sammy seemed fully aware of the task ahead.

NEW DELHI, Nov 5 (Reuters) – West Indies captain Darren
Sammy on Saturday promised a “fearless” display in the
three-test series against India, which he labelled as his team’s
biggest challenge to date.

Barring Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Marlon Samuels, none of
the 13 other West Indies cricketers have played a test match in
India and Sammy seemed fully aware of the task ahead.

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – The anticipation of Sachin Tendulkar’s 100th international century is the expected highlight of the team’s three-test series against West Indies but India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni is not willing to let it become a distraction.

Tendulkar has been stuck on 99 tons (51 in tests and 48 in one dayers) since the 50-over World Cup earlier this year and fans expect him to reach the milestone on home soil against a West Indies attack not without its limitations.

NEW DELHI, Nov 5 (Reuters) – The anticipation of Sachin
Tendulkar’s 100th international century is the expected
highlight of the team’s three-test series against West Indies
but India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni is not willing to let it
become a distraction.

Tendulkar has been stuck on 99 tons (51 in tests and 48 in
one dayers) since the 50-over World Cup earlier this year and
fans expect him to reach the milestone on home soil against a
West Indies attack not without its limitations.

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Cricket administrators will have to join hands with governments and law makers across the world if they are to stamp out corruption from the game, a cricket historian said on Friday.

Pakistani cricketers Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir were jailed on Thursday for their roles in a spot-fixing scandal, exposing the game’s soft underbelly and creating a general air of cynicism.