(Updates at lunch)
* India set West Indies target of 281
* West Indies lose two early wickets
By Julian Linden
BRIDGETOWN, July 2 (Reuters) - India put themselves in a position to chase a series-clinching win over West Indies in the second test in Barbados on Saturday when they captured two early wickets after making a bold declaration on the fifth and final day.
India, 1-0 up in the three-match series after winning the opening test in Jamaica, declared their second innings closed at 269-6 more than an hour before lunch, setting West Indies a formidable, but not impossible, target of 281 in two-and-a-half sessions to win.
Any real thoughts the West Indians had of chasing down the runs and squaring the series soon gave way to survival when they limped to lunch on 51-2 after losing Lendl Simmons and Ramnaresh Sarwan.
Simmons departed in the fourth over after making a quickfire 14 off 12 balls, featuring three boundaries, when he edged fast bowler Ishant Sharma to Rahul Dravid in the slips cordon.
Then Sarwan, who has scored just 29 runs in the series, made another early exit for eight when he fended a short-pitched delivery from Parveen Kumar to Suresh Raina at third slip.
Adrian Barath struck three fours and a six to reach lunch unbeaten on 23 while Darren Bravo was on five and the pair faced the prospect of needing to bat for a long period to salvage a draw from a match that was heavily interrupted by rain delays on the preceding days.
India resumed on 229 for three and added just 40 runs for the loss of three wickets when captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni called his players in.
For the second time in the match Vangipurappu Laxman fell short of a century, departing for 87 after making 85 in the first innings.
Laxman had batted patiently to get within reach of a hundred when he got a thick edge to a short ball from Fidel Edwards outside off stump and deflected it to Darren Sammy at second slip.
Edwards captured all three wickets to fall in the session to finish with five for 76, his ninth five-wicket haul in tests.
Virat Kohli was also caught by Sammy at second slip for 27 while Dhoni spooned a catch to Shivnarine Chanderpaul at mid-off for five.
* India set West Indies target of 281
* West Indies lose two early wickets
By Julian Linden
BRIDGETOWN, July 2 (Reuters) - India put themselves in a position to chase a series-clinching win over West Indies in the second test in Barbados on Saturday when they captured two early wickets after making a bold declaration on the fifth and final day.
India, 1-0 up in the three-match series after winning the opening test in Jamaica, declared their second innings closed at 269-6 more than an hour before lunch, setting West Indies a formidable, but not impossible, target of 281 in two-and-a-half sessions to win.
Any real thoughts the West Indians had of chasing down the runs and squaring the series soon gave way to survival when they limped to lunch on 51-2 after losing Lendl Simmons and Ramnaresh Sarwan.
Simmons departed in the fourth over after making a quickfire 14 off 12 balls, featuring three boundaries, when he edged fast bowler Ishant Sharma to Rahul Dravid in the slips cordon.
Then Sarwan, who has scored just 29 runs in the series, made another early exit for eight when he fended a short-pitched delivery from Parveen Kumar to Suresh Raina at third slip.
Adrian Barath struck three fours and a six to reach lunch unbeaten on 23 while Darren Bravo was on five and the pair faced the prospect of needing to bat for a long period to salvage a draw from a match that was heavily interrupted by rain delays on the preceding days.
India resumed on 229 for three and added just 40 runs for the loss of three wickets when captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni called his players in.
For the second time in the match Vangipurappu Laxman fell short of a century, departing for 87 after making 85 in the first innings.
Laxman had batted patiently to get within reach of a hundred when he got a thick edge to a short ball from Fidel Edwards outside off stump and deflected it to Darren Sammy at second slip.
Edwards captured all three wickets to fall in the session to finish with five for 76, his ninth five-wicket haul in tests.
Virat Kohli was also caught by Sammy at second slip for 27 while Dhoni spooned a catch to Shivnarine Chanderpaul at mid-off for five.
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