Kolkata, Nov 16: Having enforced the follow-on after dismissing West Indies cheaply in the first innings, India closed in a on a win at Eden Gardens despite some resistance from the visitors. Left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha did his reputation a whole lot of good cantering to his 50th Test wicket while skipper Dhoni effected his 36th dismissal behind the wicket this year to equal Matt Prior’s 2011 record.

Take a look at the numbers that matter from Day 3 of the Test being dominated by the hosts.

• Pragyan Ojha became the quickest left-arm spinner to reach the 50-wicket milestone for India when he dismissed Kirk Edwards in the first innings. The details:

Indian left-arm spinners who’ve taken fewest Tests to reach 50-wicket mark

• West Indies’ first innings total of 153 is their third lowest on Indian soil and fifth lowest overall against India. The details:

West Indies’ lowest totals against India

• This is the fifth time that India have enforced the follow-on against West Indies. The details:

India enforcing the follow-on against West Indies

* The follow-on margin was reduced to 150 runs because the first day’s play was lost

• Incidentally, India have won 10 out of the last 11 home Tests in which they have enforced the follow-on.

• The 478-run lead is the second biggest lead gained by India in Test cricket. The details:

India’s biggest leads in Test cricket

• Shivnarine Chanderpaul, on 9 in the second innings, completed 2,000 Test runs vs India, becoming the second West Indies batsman after Clive Lloyd to do so. He also became only the fourth batsman overall to reach that mark after Clive Lloyd, Javed Miandad and Ricky Ponting.

• MS Dhoni – with two dismissals effected in the day (separated by the innings) – equalled England’s Matt Prior’s record of most (36) dismissals in 2011.