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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

Darren Bravo's resolute century, which left him with statistics identical to Brian Lara's at the end of 12 Tests, wasn't enough to deny India an innings win

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

West Indies were in a fight to prevent a big loss at Eden Gardens, needing to bat close five more sessions with seven wickets in hand

Ottis Gibson, the West Indies coach, has said his team's batsmen have to be positive against spin if they are to get close to India's first-innings score of 631 for 7 at Eden Gardens

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

India established firm control on the Kolkata Test through a quick 224-run stand between VVS Laxman and MS Dhoni followed by two quick wickets

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

If it is Eden gardens, it must be Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman

Darren Sammy, the West Indies captain, has said his team allowed the India spinners to gain the upper hand in Delhi and should be more attacking in the second Test

ESPNcricinfo previews the second Test between India and West Indies in Kolkata