After Ojha special, Team India gives Sachin Tendulkar unique guard of honour

West Indies crashed to their second consecutive innings defeat as Pragyan Ojha took 10 for 89 to reduce the second Test at Wankhede Stadium to a no contest on Saturday. Starting Day 3 at their overnight score of 43 for three and trailing by 270 runs, West Indies made a sprightly start but undid all that with some poor commitment. West Indies were all out for 187 to lose by an innings and 126 runs shortly before lunch as India completed a two-nil rout in a series dedicated to Sachin Tendulkar.

The Indian players gave Tendulkar a rousing send off after the Little Master ran in to grab a souvenir stump in his 200th and last Test match. After the hugs and embraces, a weeping Tendulkar was given a never-seen-before "running" guard of honour by Dhoni and Company as the 'God' of cricket walked all the way back to the pavilion acknowledging the cheer from an almost packed Wankhede crowd. The West Indians were gracious in defeat as the entire team lined up to give Tendulkar a warm hug as emotions got the better of a man who played cricket like a colossus for 24 long years.

Skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni opted for spin straightaway in the morning. Ojha and Ravichandran Ashwin started proceedings but the visitors made a breezy start, adding 30 runs before the Caribbeans started throwing away the early initiative with poor application.  

Marlon Samuels charged down the track, missed the pitch of Ojha's delivery and Dhoni did some smart glovework. West Indies needed Samuels and Gayle to bat at least through to lunch but the slide continued as Gayle was the next to go. Another Ojha-Dhoni combo plotted Gayle's exit as the big Jamaican tried his favourite cut and top-edged. With four fours and six, Gayle scored a typically fast 53-ball 35, but West Indies were not chasing runs on Saturday.

The procession continued with Narsingh Deonarine caught and bowled by Ashwin for zero. Looking to drive, the batsman pushed the ball back to the bowler, the soft dismissal reducing West Indies to a horrible 89 for six in the 24th over. West Indies lost three top order batsmen in a space of 37 balls and the writing was on the wall.

Shivnarine Chanderpaul played a dogged knock of 41 (62 balls) but Ashwin caught him plumb in front with a ball that didn't spin and hurried off the wicket. From 157 for 7, West Indies plummeted to 162 for 8 after Ojha got a controversial LBW decision against Darren Sammy for his 10th wicket in the match.

But for Denesh Ramdin's gritty half-century, West Indies went down without a fight as Ashwin trapped an ambitious Shane Shillingford for 8. Dhoni gave Tendulkar a couple of overs in which the 40-year-old conceded 8 runs but the Indian skipper was keener to finish off the match, brought back pacer Mohammed Shami, who completed the last rites for the Sachin Tendulkar show to begin for one last time.