New Delhi, Nov 16: Sachin Tendulkar got a fitting farewell in his last Test as India crushed the West Indies by an innings and 126 runs at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Saturday.
Mohammed Shami registered victory by shattering the stumps of Shannon Gabriel.
Tendulkar has now won each of his last competitive cricket match be it ODI, T20, Ranji, IPL or CLT20.
The West Indies lost their ninth wicket when R Ashwin trapped Shane Shillingford plumb in front of the wicket.
Pragyan Ojha registered a five-wicket haul by trapping West Indies captain Darren Sammy plumb in front of the wicket by an arm ball.
The West Indies lost their seventh wicket when R Ashwin trapped Shivnarine Chanderpaul plumb in front of the wicket.
Pragyan Ojha dismissed Marlon Samuels, Chris Gayle and Narsingh Deonarine to bring India closer to victory.
Pragyan Ojha struck in the fifth over of the day when he had Marlon Samuels stumped by captain MS Dhoni.
Ojha induced Samuels out of his crease with a flighted delivery but it spun away past the flashing blade and Dhoni had ample time to take off the bails.
The day's play started with Chris Gayle and Samuels resuming the West Indies second innings, facing the prospect of an innings defeat.
Tendulkar may have missed out on a fairytale hundred on Day 2, but there were two young Indian batsmen who managed to notch three-figure scores.
Cheteshwar Pujara and Rohit Sharma showed that the future of India's batting was in good hands. Pujara played a big one for the first time in this series, setting himself up mentally for the tour of South Africa that lies ahead. Sharma took off from where he had left in Kolkata, adding meat to the restored reputation and further cementing his spot at No. 6 in the Indian team.
The two centuries were scored in contrasting styles. In the morning, when Pujara resumed at an unbeaten 33, the West Indies pacers - Tino Best in particular - showed renewed energy running in with the ball. There was pace to counter and Pujara did well, staying around, getting his runs and not let the momentum break with Tendulkar batting at the other end.
Sharma was a little more prolific. He got his 111 not out off 127 balls, with a life when batting on 85. Caught at long on off Shane Shillingford, Sharma was on his way back to the dressing room when umpire Nigel Llong stopped him to check if the ball was legitimate. It wasn't as the off-spinner was guilty of overstepping by quite a distance and his innings resumed from where it had paused.
Laced with 11 fours and three sixes, he took on the West Indies attack and did a VVS Laxman by playing expertly with tailenders, and got to the landmark. He now has a whopping 288 runs in just two Test innings.
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