300-run lead can turn match India's way: Jaffer

ST. JOHN'S (ANTIGUA): After leading India's fightback in the first Test with an unbeaten century, opener Wasim Jaffer said the team would be looking for a lead of 300 runs to give ace spinner Anil Kumble a chance to bowl them to victory.

Jaffer's unbeaten 113 on the third day of the match took India to an overall lead of 85 after having incurred a 130-run first innings deficit. And Jaffer felt a target of 300 would be tough for the hosts, considering India had Kumble in their ranks.

"If we can get a lead of 300, it would be difficult for the West Indies since they would be facing up to Anil Kumble," he said.

"The wicket has become easy but Kumble can still be a factor. We still have to bat really well on the fourth day tomorrow," the Mumbai batsman said.

 Amidst the chaos which passed off as a press conference, Jaffer showed the same calm which he exhibited in the middle, squaring up to volley of questions coming from all directions.

"I didn't practice as much as I normally do but still am happy to have come good at a time when my team needed it most," said Jaffer, who has come on the tour on the back of a shin-bone operation in his right leg.