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Campbell, Hope hit tons as West Indies lead by 91 against India / Photo: © AFP
Campbell, Hope hit tons as West Indies lead by 91 against India
A defiant West Indies battled to 361-9 at tea on day four of the second Test against India after gritty centuries from John Campbell and Shai Hope took the visitors into the lead on Monday.
Thrashed by an innings in the first Test of the two-match series, the tourists lead by 91 runs after following on at Delhi's Arun Jaitley Stadium.
Justin Greaves (35) and Jayden Seales (18) were batting at the break after the West Indies slipped to 311-9, with the last pair frustrating the hosts in an unbeaten stand of 50 in an extended afternoon session.
Campbell (115) and Hope, who scored 103, put on 177 runs for the third wicket to thwart the Indian attack on a pitch that still looked good to bat on.
Campbell reached his first Test ton with a six off Ravindra Jadeja before the left-arm spinner trapped him lbw in the morning session.
Hope kept up the charge after lunch and reached his first Test hundred in eight years with a boundary off pace bowler Mohammed Siraj.
Siraj had his revenge soon when the batter dragged his delivery onto his stumps.
Kuldeep Yadav, who took 5-82 in the West Indies' first innings, then took charge to send back wicketkeeper Tevin Imlach, trapped lbw for two.
The left-arm wrist spinner then struck twice in three balls including skipper Roston Chase for 40 to rattle the West Indies.
The visitors had waged a fightback after being reduced to 35-2 in their second innings on day three.
India enforced the follow-on after they bowled out the West Indies for 248, a deficit of 270 from the hosts' first-innings 518-5 declared.
L.Jeong--SG
