Kumar confident of final day triumph

India quick Bhuvneshwar Kumar is confident his team can bowl the West Indies out on the final day of the third Test and claim a series clinching victory.

Kumar's heroics with the ball on Friday allowed India to work their way back into a Test match that has been hampered by inclement weather conditions.

The entire third day of play was lost because of rain, but Kumar's five-wicket haul during West Indies' first innings allowed India to head into the final day 285 runs ahead of the hosts and with an outside chance of pulling off what earlier appeared to be an unlikely victory.

Kumar got the ball to swing both ways, claiming the vital wickets of Jermaine Blackwood and Marlon Samuels on his way to a third five-wicket haul of his Test career.

"Today I got a lot of swing, maybe the ball was a good one," Kumar admitted after play. 

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"It is tough to predict for tomorrow, but there is something in the pitch for the bowlers so I think we can get them out again."

The Test is Kumar's first five-day contest for his country for over 19 months and his first since he played against Australia at the SCG last year.

Kumar admitted to feeling some nerves prior to his Test return, but said they quickly settled down once the match commenced.

"When I found out that I was playing I was a bit nervous," Kumar added.

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"There was no pressure as such but if you are playing after so long there are some nerves, whatever format you play.

"For me if I play in club cricket still I have some nerves. 

"But when I came to the ground and bowled the first ball, everything felt normal.

"Maybe because I was thinking only about the process and focusing on that came from practice. 

"I practice the way I am bowling in the match but it is not easy to sit outside for so long and then come back."

Kumar said he had been working extra hard to increase his fitness during his Test exile and that he was always ready to perform when his country needed him.

"It is important that you keep preparing yourself for the chance that might come," he said. 

"It is not necessary that you might get wickets, but it shouldn't be that you are not prepared."