Indian cricket is in serious trouble if the bowlers on view here on Saturday are the second string of its bowling repertoire.Not a single bowler looked the part of an international bowling attack and was promptly taken to the cleaners by the West Indies batsmen on this flat track. SCOREBOARD Board President’s XI (1st Innings): 275-8 decl West Indians (1st Innings): C Gayle c Bangar b Sarandeep Singh 62; W Hinds lbw Kartik 147; R Sarwan batting 93; S Chanderpaul batting 20. Extras (b2, lb6, nb11): 19; Total (for 2 wkts): 341 Fall of wickets: 1-128, 2-278. Bowling: Bangar 12-3-44-0, L Balaji 13-3 32-0, Sarandeep 19-2-66-1, Yohannan 14-1-64-0, Kartik 18-4-69-1, Amit Mishra 19-4-58-0. It was not just their lack of penetration that gave cause for worry. That could be explained away as lack of help from the track. Even their approach and line of attack betrayed their lack of skills.But for the West Indies openers throwing away their wickets after feasting on the bowling attack to their heart’s content. They conceded a whopping 321 runs in a single day’s play as the West Indies careered to 341 for two in reply to the home team’s first innings total of 275.
