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India on the attack

AFP, St John's
Rahul Dravid hit a solid unbeaten 86 to help India survive a first-ball dismissal of master batsman Sachin Tendulkar in the fourth Test against the West Indies here on Friday.
Dravid put on 155 for the second wicket with opener Wasim Jaffer (86) and 58 for the unbroken fourth wicket with skipper Sourav Ganguly as India reached 226-3 at stumps on the opening day after being put in to bat.
Left-arm fast bowler Pedro Collins removed Jaffer and Tendulkar off successive deliveries before Dravid and Ganguly (41 not out) sustained their team's hopes of posting a sizeable total.
This was Tendulkar's fourth first-ball dismissal in his illustrious 95-Test career.
The 25-year-old paceman nearly upstaged Jaffer and Dravid with his 3-65 effort on a batsmen-friendly pitch at the Antigua Recreation Ground.
Ganguly survived the hat-trick ball and then went on bat aggressively in a bid to seize the initiative, hitting four boundaries and a pulled six off paceman Adam Sanford in his unbeaten 71-ball knock.
Dravid has so far struck 12 fours in his 266-ball innings.
Jaffer and Dravid had put India on course for a big total with their century stand before Collins
grabbed two wickets.
Collins threatened to change the course of the Indian innings in the fifth over after tea when he had Jaffer caught by wicket-keeper Ridley Jacobs with an angled delivery.
The same delivery accounted for Tendulkar, who edged it low to Jacobs's right for his first first-ball dismissal.
Tendulkar, who fell to Collins in a similar manner in the third Test at Bridgetown, now has scores of 0, 0, 8 and 0 in his last four innings for a rare lean patch.
Collins struck after Dravid and Jaffer had made the West Indies pace attack look ordinary on an easy-paced pitch as they gathered runs with consummate ease.
West Indies skipper Carl Hooper put India in to bat for the third successive Test, but his four fast bowlers rarely troubled Dravid and Jaffer on a track that had neither bounce nor pace.
SCOREBOARD
Scoreboard at stumps on the opening day of the fourth Test between the West Indies and India at the Antigua Recreation Ground here on Friday:
INDIA: First innings
Das b Collins 3
Jaffer c Jacobs b Collins 86 Dravid not out 86 Tendulkar c Jacobs b Collins 0 Ganguly not out 41 Extras: (nb-6, w-1, lb-3) 10 Total: (for 3 wkts) 226
Fall of wickets: 1-13, 2-168, 3-168
BOWLING O M R W
Dillon 22 6 46 0
Cuffy 20 4 40 0
Collins 21 5 65 3
Sanford 19 4 52 0
Hooper 5 2 11 0
Hinds 2 0 9 0
Sarwan 1 1 0 0
Umpires: David Shepherd (Eng) and Russell Tiffin (Zim)
Match-referee: Ranjan Madugalle (Sri)