West Indies Fight Back on Day 3 of Delhi Test

• By Thetripurapost Desk, Delhi
• Oct 12, 2025
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After being bowled out for 248 and forced to follow on, West Indies staged a strong fightback on Day 3 of the Delhi Test against India. At stumps, they reached 173/2, trimming India’s lead to just 97 runs.

John Campbell remained unbeaten on 87, while Shai Hope held firm on 66, sharing a 138-run partnership. Earlier, Alick Athanase (7) fell to Washington Sundar and Tegnarayan Chanderpaul (10) to Mohammed Siraj.

India had declared their first innings at 518/5, giving them a 270-run lead.

Follow-On: India enforced the follow-on after their massive lead, a strategy allowed in Tests when a team leads by 200+ runs.

Playing XI:

India: KL Rahul, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sai Sudarshan, Shubman Gill (c), Dhruv Jurel (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj

West Indies: Tegnarayan Chanderpaul, John Campbell, Alick Athanase, Roston Chase (c), Shai Hope, Tevin Imlach (wk), Justin Greaves, Khary Peers, Jomel Warrican, Anderson Phillip, Jayden Seales