Dinesh Mongia claimed a few honours with a fighting 67 but his effort could only delay the inevitable as the Indians crashed to 150 in their first innings and were forced to follow-on on the third and final day of the three-day game against Busta XI here today. Mongia and off-spinner Sarandeep Singh resisted the Busta XI attack for some time after the Indians resumed at their overnight 73 for seven. They added 50 runs for the eighth wicket in 102 balls to take the score to 122. SCOREBOARD (At Lunch) Busta XI (1st Innings): 437 Indians (1st Innings): SS Das c Breese b Jeremy 13; W.Jaffer lbw Collins 0; Deep Dasgupta b Ramnarine 7; D.Mongia c Powell b Breese 67; S.Bangar run out 1; VVS Laxman b Ramnarine 4; A.Ratra lbw Powell 0; A.Kumble c R.Hinds b Ramnarine 11; Sarandeep Singh c Morton b Breese 32; Harbhajan Singh c Powell b Ramnarine 0; T.Yohannan not out 0. Extras (lb4, nb11): 15; Total: 150 Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-20, 3-20, 4-40, 5-45, 6-51, 7-72, 8-122, 9-123 Bowling: Collins 15-2-46-1, Powell 11-2-16-1, Jeremy 10-3-16-1, Ramnarine 23-7-49-4, Breese 9.1-2-19-2. Indians (2nd Innings): S.S. Das lbw Collins 0; W.Jaffer batting 12; Deep Dasgupta batting 6; Extras (nb4): 4; Total (for 1 wkt): 22. Fall of wicket: 1-2 Bowling: Collins 4-0-12-1, Powell 4-2-5-0, R.Hinds 1-0-1-0, Ramnarine 1-0-4-0. Sarandeep Singh was out when he guided a Gareth Breese delivery to slip fielder Runako Morton after making 32 with five fours. There was no scoring from either Harbhajan Singh or Tinu Yohannan, who remained unbeaten, but they lasted long enough to enable Mongia reach his half-century. Mongia scampered to his 50 with a quick single against Dinanath Ramnarine. He then hoisted Ramnarine into the long-on stands for a six and swept him from outside the off-stump to mid-wicket boundary to race into his sixties. He was out as the last wicket to Breese in the next over. India fell 287 runs short of Busta XI first innings score of 437. The end came one and a half hour into the morning session. On Saturday, leg-spinner Dinanath Ramnarine grabbed three wickets to push the visitors to 73 for seven at the close of play. Ramnarine sent back Deep Dasgupta, Vangipurappu Laxman and Anil Kumble to drop a hint to the West Indies selectors with extraordinary figures of 15-7-15-3 after Wavell Hinds had staked his claim for a Test spot with a swashbuckling 175. Opener Wasim Jaffer, hoping to impress captain Saurav Ganguly and coach John Wright ahead of the third Test at Barbados starting on May 2, was bowled by Pedro Collins for a first-ball duck. Dasgupta, who had opened in the first drawn Test at Georgetown, did not last long either. He was bowled for seven by Ramnarine, who managed to get vicious turn on a flat wicket. All-rounder Sanjay Bangar was run out, stranded in the middle of the pitch after a misunderstanding with Mongia over a sharp single to mid-off.
