West Indies were 12 for two wickets in 3.5 overs when reports last came in.Put in to bat, the Indians again struggled to come to terms with the accurate West Indies pace attack. They lost makeshift opener MSK Prasad with only 10 runs on the board when umpire David Orchad adjudged him caught behind off Courtney Walsh. Prasad, who managed only two runs, was clearly unlucky as TV replays showed the ball had brushed his pad.

Skipper Saurav Ganguly, who opened for the first time during this series, scored 34. But Dravid came to India's rescue, and put on 59 and 77 for the fourth and fifth wickets with Jacob Martin and Vinod Kambli respectively.

Scoreboard

India: MSK Prasad c Jacobs b Walsh 2; S Ganguly b Dillon 34; S Ramesh c Campbell b Dillon 2; J Martin c Jacobs bWalsh 33; R Dravid b Dillon 77 (87b, 6x4, 2x6); VG Kambli c Jacobs b Dillon 26; Robin Singh c Lara b Dillon 11; Nikhil Chopra not out 4. Extras (b0, w16, nb14, lb6): 36.

Total (in 50.0 overs, for 7 wickets): 225

Fall of wickets: 1-10 (Prasad) 2-24 (Ramesh) 3-61 (Ganguly) 4-120 (Martin) 5-197 (Kambli) 6-203 (Dravid) 7-225 (Robin Singh)

Bowling: Walsh 10-1-30-2, King 10-0-37-0, Dillon 10-1-51-5, Adams 8-0-47-0, Collymore 10-0-36-0, Powell 2-0-18-0.