Terry Alderman
Ex-Australia seam bowler on BBC Test Match Special

"How well has Jason Holder, the 23-year-old skipper, played? The application that the lower order has given has been superb. They are going to get at least a respectable score on the board."

Jay:, external All those blaming the lack of IPL for English players' dearth of skills, take a good look at West Indies.

Nitesh Gohil:, external Maybe the WIndies should consider turning there batting order upside down and start with players who can rotate the striker.

Leonard Odicean:, external For those of us old enough to remember watching Viv et al, it's very sad to listen to struggling #Windies.

Holder has got his eye in here. He skips down the track to Ashwin's first ball and lofts him inside out over extra-cover for another maximum. That big shot off the first ball eases the scoring pressure on the rest of the over and the batsmen are content to rotate with singles. 11 off the over, another very handy one for West Indies.

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Now Jerome Taylor gets in on the act! Umesh Yadav offers him a bit of width and Taylor crunches him behind point for four. He tries to go again down the ground but Yadav makes a good stop. There were runs to be had here for West Indies' top-order batsmen, if only they'd knuckled down.

Brad Hogg
Ex-Australia spinner on BBC Test Match Special

"If the top order had applied themselves what could they have made today? If you get in you can score runs. But the West Indies top order could not play the Indian short-pitched bowling, but Holder has come out and played it with ease."

At 6ft 7in, Jason Holder certainly has long levers, and he's putting them to good use here. Shami digs one in with decent pace but Holder stands and delivers, nailing a pull shot right out of the screws for four. More tonk! Holder clears his front leg and swings through the line, that one's in the crowd. These are very handy late-innings run for West Indies as they bid to get up to a halfway defensible total.

Andrew Samson
BBC Test Match Special statistician

"Sammy was the first WI wicket to fall in the batting powerplay in the tournament. They scored 118 runs off 15.3 overs in the batting powerplay in the tournament before Sammy's wicket."

Brad Hogg
Ex-Australia spinner on BBC Test Match Special

"You get a lot of value from hitting straight down this ground. Holder is running out of partners and he needs to make the most of the opportunities he is presented by the bowlers."

Holder is entitled to have a go now, with only the bowlers for company, and have a go he does, sizing up Jadeja and clumping him back down the ground for a big six.

We're into the bowlers now for West Indies. Jerome Taylor is the new batsman.

Brad Hogg
Ex-Australia spinner on BBC Test Match Special

"Sammy wasn't in control of that shot. He played away from his body and moved his head backwards as he played it, which is a technical error. Let's just hope there's a little miracle here and that these two tail-enders can weasel their way to a competitive total against this formidable India batting line-up."

The introduction of the batting powerplay does for that promising partnership, but in truth this wicket is down to good bowling rather than reckless batting. Sammy tries to make room to hit through the off-side but Shami surprises him with a bit of extra pace and bounce, and the ball rears up and flicks the edge on its way through to the keeper.

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Chris Hill from Cape Town: The Windies might be able to knock Zim all over the park, but they're playing the rest of their games like they want to be on the first plane home. Are the 3 W's of West Indies cricket now just wicket, wicket, and wicket?

Brad Hogg
Ex-Australia spinner on BBC Test Match Special

"The ICC have got to help the West Indies Cricket Board out to try to get some continuity between the islands. There is talent out there but they just need direction and structure. The players have got to help too."

Just a single from Sammy off the rest of the over, another tight one from Jadeja.

Almost disaster for the West Indies as Holder and Sammy get their wires crossed and Holder is caught stranded up the pitch, but as the throw comes in, the retreating Holder inadvertently knocks it with his bat and just takes enough of the sting out of it to make his ground safely Lucky escape.

More variety from the masterful Mohit, the Sir Mixalot of this India attack. You can criticise the West Indies batsmen for not scoring more heavily against him, but he has built pressure superbly with his array of deliveries. Just two from the over, but would you believe it, this is already West Indies' biggest partnership of the innings.

Brad Hogg
Ex-Australia spinner on BBC Test Match Special

"I have been impressed with Holder. He was thrown in at the deep end when he was barely holding his position in the side ahead of this tournament. But he has led from the front. He has held himself well off-field and he is now trying to get a score here with Sammy."

There are plenty of singles on offer in the middle overs in one-day cricket, with most of the fielders sitting on the rope, but the West Indies just haven't quite mastered the art of milking them - as we saw Sri Lanka do so brilliantly against England a few days ago. Just two from Jadeja's latest over.

Devendra: , externalCall legends of 70's out of retirement. They will show more commitment than these extremely talented IPL players.

Sebastian:, external Oh dear it looks as though the Windies have been taking lessons from England!