Third test ends in a draw

Shivnarine Chanderpaul scored a insolent 116 as the West Indies managed to escape with a draw in the third and final test against India at Windsor Park. Needing 180 for a win, India were 94/3 when they decided to discontinue their chase by offering a draw to the hosts.

India astonishingly opted not to press for a win with 86 needed from 15 overs with seven wickets in hand as the third and final cricket Test against the West Indies ended in a draw, giving the visitors a 1-0 series victory here.

Needing 180 for a win from 47 overs, India were 94 for three after 32 overs but they decided to end their run chase just before the start of 15 mandatory overs on a Windsor Park
pitch which was not too bad for a fifth day track.

Rahul Dravid was batting on 34 while V V S Laxman was giving him company on three when India decided to close and their offer of a draw was readily accepted by the hosts.

Initially, India appeared serious on the chase when Murali Vijay 45 and Dravid put on 73 runs for the second wicket and West Indies began resorting to negative strategy by asking leg-spinner Devendra Bishoo to bowl down the legside.

India clinched the three-match series 1-0 with the solo victory coming at Kingston, Jamaica in the opening Test. The second Test at Bridgetown, Barbados had also ended in a draw.

India now have recorded their third series victory in the Caribbeans.Mahendra Singh Dhoni's side, however, missed out on a chance to beat West Indies 2-0 at the Caribbeans for the first time.