West Indies fought back well with three wickets after lunch to restrict India to 182-5 at tea on the third day of the third Test in Dominica Friday. India leads the three-Test series 1-0 and is just 22 runs behind West Indies first innings total but its dominance could have been more emphatic had the Caribbean bowling attack not stuck to its task well. Abhinav Mukund, who had made his maiden Test half-century, must have been fancying his chances of going on to a first hundred but he was caught, off a bat-pad, by Adrian Barath from Devendra Bishoo's spin. Virat Kohli was then caught behind off the bowling of West Indies skipper Darren Sammy to leave the tourists at 168-4. A key breakthrough for the home side came with the dismissal of Vangipurappu Laxman in unusual circumstances – the Indian batsman, on 56, let go a wide delivery from occasional spinner Shivnarine Chanderpaul but lifted his foot briefly and wicketkeeper Carlton Baugh reacted sharply to stump him. West Indies is without seamer Ravi Rampaul who is down with a virus. Lanka ‘IPL' postponed The inaugural Sri Lanka Premier League has been postponed to next year following the withdrawal of the Indian cricketers, the island nation's sports minister said Friday. “The company which is organizing (the tournament) said financially they are not in a shape to organize this without the Indian players,” sports minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage said. Twelve Indian players were set to participate but were denied permission by the Indian cricket board (BCCI) that eventually led to the tournament's postponement.
