Indian Spinners take West Indies for a spin

Aiming to finish the five-day test match within four days, as India turned up the heat to limit New Zealand to 140 runs for five loss of wicket as they chase the monstrous target of 540 to win the match.

Ravichandran Ashwin’s hot strikes toppled New Zealand’s top order as India’s win seems within reach, Ashwin ended the day with a 3/27 record and Daryl Mitchell posted 60 off 92 balls and Henry Nicholls scored 36 runs in their bid to prolong the loss while Ajaz Patel picked up a total of 14 wickets in the series to equal the world record. Skipper Virat Kohli who was eyeing some batting time finished with 36 off 84 balls and India declared their second innings at 276 for 7 to set up the big target for New Zealand.