Bowlers — a fraternity that has been on a hiding

Not till the sixth outing in a cluster of eight did a team batting first finally manage to successfully defend a total. India’s 14-run victory in Sunday’s third Twenty20 International had to be earned the hard way, but at least it provided some solace to a fraternity that has been on a hiding to nothing since West Indies’ snappy white-ball tour of India began in Thiruvananthapuram on September 27. There is much to be said of the advantages of chasing in India at this time of the year, when the dew is quite pronounced and gripping the ball in the…