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Tagnarine Chanderpaul's (24*) patient innings kept West Indies alive in the game After Ravichandran Ashwin added two more scalps to his legendary tally in the longest format.

The opener added 32 runs in a steady partnership with Jermaine Blackwood to keep India waiting for another Test win which is just eight wickets away with the hosts eyeing a tough chase.

Ashwin picked up a success in breaking the well-established opening stand of 38 runs, dismissing the Windies skipper Kraigg Brathwaite (28). He then followed it with another strike as he dismissed the debutant Kirk Mckenzie (0) in his very next over.

Mohammed Siraj and Mukesh Kumar looked on point earlier in the innings with the latter bowling multiple maiden overs to increase the pressure on the batters.

Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja arrived and proved to be effective straight away as they kept things tight till the former struck twice.

Earlier, India set a mammoth target of 365 runs for the hosts as they declared their innings on 181/2 after fiery shows with the bat from Rohit Sharma (57) and Ishan Kishan (52*). The latter smashed his maiden Test half-century before skipper Rohit decided to declare.

"Was really special. I knew what the team needed from me. Everyone backed me. Virat backed me and told me to go and play your game. Let's hope we will finish the game tomorrow. It was Virat bhai who took the initiative and told me that I should go in," Ishan said at the close of play.

"There was a slow left-armer who was bowling. It was a good call for the team. Sometimes you need to take these calls. We had the plan that we will play 10-12 overs after the rain break and score 70-80 runs. We wanted a 370-380 target," he added.

Rohit and Yashasvi Jaiswal put yet another successful opening stand, this time adding 98 runs for the first wicket before the skipper's dismissal.

Earlier, India bowled the West Indies out for 255.

Resuming the day at 229 for 5, the home side suffered a batting collapse as they added just 26 runs while losing five wickets in 7.4 overs. India had made 438 all out in their first innings and the visitors took a lead of 183 runs.

Mohammed Siraj scalped four quick wickets on Sunday to complete a five-wicket haul, his second in Tests.