India beat West Indies

Tendulkar raises his bat after getting 15,000 test runs AFP

Sachin Tendulkar cutting a ball on his way to 15,000 runs. AFP

India posted a five-wicket victory over the West Indies on the fourth day of the opening Test in New Delhi on Wednesday to gain a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.

Sachin Tendulkar (76) and Venkatsai Laxman (58 not out) scored half-centuries as India comfortably achieved the 276-run target to win the match with a day to spare. The second Test starts at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on November 14.