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Why is it that pitches that produce three-day results are scrutinised but ones that lead to dull draws are not?

In the absence of their lynchpin, West Indies came into the Test with their top seven having played fewer Tests than Virender Sehwag, but they were far from intimidated at the Wankhede Stadium

Darren Bravo has said West Indies decided to play their strokes and express themselves in the second innings at Eden Gardens

MS Dhoni has said he is more than satisfied with an inexperienced bowling attack that won the series against West Indies with a match to spare

Adrian Barath says West Indies' improved batting performance in the second innings shows it was just a lack of application that let them down first time around

Pragyan Ojha said he was confident that another early start on Thursday would allow India to complete a win in quick time

VVS Laxman was relieved to get his first century in 15 months, a period in which he scored several crucial fifties

ESPNcricinfo presents the Plays of the Day from the second day of the second Test between India and West Indies in Kolkata

Ottis Gibson, the West Indies coach, says it is hard bowling at Eden Gardens and his bowlers did well to take five wickets

Rahul Dravid has said that his 119 against West Indies was relatively the easiest of the four he has now scored at Eden Gardens

ESPNcricinfo presents the Plays of the Day from the first day of the second Test between India and West Indies in Kolkata

Without Chris Gayle, West Indies' top order is inexperienced and on a sluggish surface in Delhi their lack of nous was sorely exposed

ESPNcricinfo presents the Plays of the Day from the fourth day of the first Test between India and West Indies in Delhi

Plays of the Day from the third day of the Test between India and West Indies at the Kotla

The West Indies captain may not have flattering personal statistics but he brings to his side a discipline that helped them bowl India out for 209

Plays of the Day from the first day of the Test between India and West Indies at the Kotla

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