Shreyas Khanolkar hit his maiden first-class century when reaching 102 off just 92 balls as the Nehru Stadium continued to favour the batsmen.

Khanolkar hit 20 fours in his explosive two-hour innings before Ryan Hinds, the sixth bowler used, finally dismissed the Railways opener.

It was to be the only success for the West Indies in the 32 overs they had to bowl in the final session.

Earlier, the touring side, resuming on 297-2, added 152 for the loss of six additional wickets before declaring.

Daren Ganga added just five to his overnight 66, while Marlon Samuels, Hinds, Ramnaresh Sarwan and Ridley Jacobs all fell cheaply.

Gareth Breese (58 not out) and Daren Powell (39 not out) then put on 95 for the ninth wicket before stand-in skipper Jacobs declared.

By then Kulamani Parida had taken four for 107 with his off-breaks.

Scorecard:

West Indies

C.Gayle b Harvinder Singh 154
W.Hinds c Martin b Parida 50
D.Ganga c Kartik b Harvinder Singh 71
M.Samuels c Sharma b Hussain 4
R.Hinds c Kartik b Yadav 19
R.Sarwan lbw b Parida 10
R.Jacobs b Parida 9
G.Breese not out 57
D.Powell c Kartik b Parida 0
M.Nagamootoo not out 39
Extras (b-9 lb-4 nb-23) 36
Total (for eight wickets, declared) 449

Fall of wickets: 1-71 2-296 3-302 4-308 5-330 6-347 7-350 8-354

DNB: C.Cuffy

Bowling: Harvinder Singh 21-4-62-2, Hussain 17-2-65-1, Yadav 20-6-38-1, Kartik 44-10-117-0, Parida 35-12-107-4, Tejinder Pal Singh 13-3-38-0, Khanolkar 2-0-9-0.

Indian Railways

S.Khanolkar c Powell b Ryan Hinds 102
M.Kartik not out 72
T.Singh not out 2
Extras (lb-2 nb-1) 3
Total (for one wicket, 32 overs) 179

Fall of wicket: 1-167

To bat: J.Marin, A.Sharma, J.Yadav, Y.Goud, R.Ali, K.Parida, H.Singh, Z.Hussain

Bowling (to date): Cuffy 9-1-51-0, Powell 5-0-37-0, Nagamootoo 4-0-34-0, Breese 7-1-37-0, Gayle 4-1-15-0, Ryan Hinds 3-0-3-1 (nb-1)