Seamers strengthen India A's position

The India A seamers, led by Jaidev Unadkat, had West Indies A on the backfoot yet again at Leicester after taking a first-innings lead of 147. India held the edge at the end of the third day with West Indies still trailing by 22, but with only five second-innings wickets in hand.

India started off the day poorly as they lost wickets in a rush to Andre Russell, the Jamaican fast bowler. India lost the early wicket of Rahane for 69, and the trio of Manish Pandey, Manoj Tiwary and Cheteshwar Pujara all stumbled to Russell, who was in the middle of a dream spell. The complexion of the game changed as India slid from 202 for 3 to 207 for 8. The wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha offered resistance with an important half-century, with the tail to support him. He scored an exact 50, off 91 balls, before he was trapped lbw by Lionel Baker. Russell finished with 5 for 68.

West Indies lost the early wicket of Kraigg Brathwaite for 1, but Omar Phillips and captain Devon Smith steadied the innings with a stand of 59. However, C Ganapathy dismissed Smith shortly after he began his spell and Unadkat later got rid of Phillips. Both were dismissed in their 30s, just when West Indies were looking to the pair to erase the deficit. Andre Fletcher was soon run out and Chadwick Walton was trapped lbw by Unadkat shortly before the close of play. Unadkat, the left-arm seamer who took seven in the first innings, increased his match tally to ten.