GROS INLET, St. Lucia (AP) West Indies began its reply with 107-1 after centuries from Ravichandran Ashwin and Wriddhiman Saha helped India reach a first innings total of 353 on the second day of the third test on Wednesday.
Resuming on 234-5 overnight, Ashwin made 118 and wicketkeeper-batsman Wriddhiman Saha added 104 before India was bowled out in the second session. Their partnership helped India to recover from a precarious 126-5 on Tuesday.
Starting Wednesday's afternoon session on 316-5, the tourists soon lost Saha, caught behind off the bowling of Alzarri Joseph.
Worse was to come, though, with the dismissal triggering a lower order collapse as India lost five wickets for just 14 runs and slumped from 339-6 to 353 all out.
Ravindra Jadeja (6), Bhuvneshwar Kumar (0) and Ishant Sharma (0) all fell within minutes of each other as West Indies tore through India's tail end.
Among the bowlers, Miguel Cummins finished with 3-54, a haul that included Ashwin's wicket after the batsman completed his second century of the series, Joseph took 3-69, and Shannon Gabriel and Roston Chase chipped in with two wickets apiece.
Having batted through nine overs to reach tea without loss, the West Indies top order remained patient in the evening session.
Opener Leon Johnson (23), who replaced Rajendra Chandrika in the West Indies lineup, was punished for attempting a risky single as he was run out with a direct hit from Lokesh Rahul.
Fellow opener Kraigg Brathwaite (53) and Darren Bravo (18) saw the hosts safely through to stumps.
With rain expected over the next two days, the chances for both teams to create a winning position may be limited.
India leads the four-match series 1-0.
