_{WINDIES A squandered early momentum to find themselves in a tough position, with India A needing just another 107 runs to win with seven wickets remaining on the final day of the unofficial second Test at Taunton.}

_{At stumps, Hanuma Vihari’s patient 65 for 123 balls anchored India A to another second innings fightback, which saw the team close the day at 214 for 3.}

_{Earlier, Indian A found themselves on the back foot after devastating spells of pace bowling from Raymon Reifer and Oshane Thomas left the team all out at 192 in their first innings, well short of the Windies A total of 302.}

_{In response, Windies A seemed in good shape at 125 for 2 on the back of 61 from opener John Campbell and 67 off 84 balls from Jermaine Blackwood.}

_{The line-up struggled to come to grips with the bowling of Mohammed Siraj who took wickets at regular intervals to stop the regional team from inflicting heavy damage.  The spinner ended with figures of 4 for 64.  In response, India A lost opener Ravikumar Samarth (18) with 51 runs on the board.}

_{However, a solid partnership of 136 from Vihari and Karun Nair put the team in firm control of the match.  They, however, assisted by poor play in the field by Windies who conceded 45 extras, which included 25 byes and a mammoth 17 wide deliveries.}

_{The Windies A ended on a high note as Nair was dismissed on the final delivery of the day by Jomel Warrican.}

WINDIES A st innings 302
INDIA A 1st innings 192
WINDIES 2nd innings 210 (o/n 96 for one)
J. Campbell c wkp. Pant b Mohammed Siraj 61
D. Thomas c wkp. Pant b Gurbani 25
J. Blackwood b Gurbani 67
S. Brooks c wkp. Pant b Mohammed Siraj 2
S. Ambris c (sub.) b Nadeem 5
V. Singh c Samarth b Mohammed Siraj 16
R. Reifer c Easwaran b Gurbani 0
R. Shepherd c wkp. Pant b Mohammed Siraj 5
J. Warrican c (sub.) b Yadav 1
S. Lewis b Yadav 0
O. Thomas not out 6
Extras: (b-7, lb-12, w-1, nb-2) 22
Total: (all out, 57.3 overs) 210
Fall of wickets: 1-51, 2-125, 3-137, 4-160, 5-180, 6-180, 7-203, 8-204, 9-204.
Bowling: Mohammed Siraj 20-3-64-4, Gurbani 17-1-64-3, Yadav 7.3-2-23-2, Nadeem 13-2-40-1.
INDIA A 2nd innings (target: 321 runs)
R. Samarth c wkp. Thomas b Reifer 18
A. Easwaran c wkp. Thomas b Shepherd 31
K. Nair c Campbell b Warrican 55
H. Vihari not out 65
Extras: (b-25, w-17, nb-3) 45
Total: (3 wkts, 46 overs) 214
Fall of wickets: 1-51, 2-78, 3-214.
Bowling: Lewis 9-1-35-0, Thomas 10-1-54-0, Reifer 12-1-29-1, Shepherd 5-1-25-1, Warrican 7-0-30-1, Campbell 3-0-16-0.
Position: India A require 107 runs with seven wickets intact.