Persistent India get substantial lead

Ishant Sharma gave India early success by removing Ramnaresh Sarwan with his first ball of the second day © AFP

Praveen Kumar changed all that with an incisive spell that began with Barath's dismissal © Associated Press

Along with Shivnarine Chanderpaul, he added 45 runs for the sixth wicket © Associated Press

Those wickets sandwiched Ishant Sharma's dismissal of a loose Darren Sammy © AFP

Abhinav Mukund looked more assured in his second innings in Test cricket as India built their lead slowly © Associated Press

Mukund perished to Devendra Bishoo for 25 © AFP

Virat Kohli survived some nervy moments against Fidel Edwards' pace and bounce, but stayed put as India moved 164 ahead by stumps © AFP

A tense passage of play followed for West Indies, and Adrian Barath weathered the storm with a doughty innings © AFP

He opened up once the spinners came on, and grew in confidence ... © Associated Press

He also accounted for Brendan Nash and Darren Bravo as India took charge by lunch © Associated Press

India's problems compounded when Praveen was barred from bowling for the rest of the innings after running on the danger area three times © AFP

West Indies eventually fell well short of Fidel Edwards' prediction of a 400-plus score as Amit Mishra picked up the last two wickets, giving India a lead of 73 © AFP

Darren Sammy let them off the hook when he grassed an easy chance off Rahul Dravid in the slips © Associated Press

One wicket led to another as Sammy removed VVS Laxman for a duck © Associated Press

... to bring up his third score in excess of 50 in Tests, as West Indies moved into a strong position © Associated Press

Carlton Baugh mixed dogged defence with some attacking shots to resist India's surge © AFP

Harbhajan Singh intervened, though, removing both batsmen in his afternoon spell © AFP

India lost M Vijay for a duck to a delivery from Ravi Rampaul that kept low © AFP

Mukund and Dravid put on a half-century stand as India's lead moved past 100 © AFP

Dravid calmed the nerves with a typically gritty innings © AFP