Ravichandran Ashwin, Wriddhiman Saha Rescue India After Early Jitters

It was quite a bright and sunny day at Gros Islet in St. Lucia in morning, ahead of the start of the third Test (All images from BCCI and West Indies Twitter, AFP, PTI)

Conditions looked ideal for a cricket match, the only disappointment was empty stands

The Indian cricket team was all prepared to take on the Windies

West Indies captain Jason Holder won the toss and asked India to bat

And India skipper Virat Kohli gladly accepted the challenge

But it was a very poor start from India after Shikhar Dhawan got out in only the third over of the day

Lokesh Rahul tried to keep the innings together but perished immediately after scoring his half-century

Ajinkya Rahane then tried to hold the innings together but he too got out after getting a decent start

It was a dream debut for 19-year-old Alzarri Joseph who picked up the wickets of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma

And ended the day with figures of 2/38

The star of the second Test Roston Chase also bowled brilliantly

And also picked up two wickets

The first half of the day completely belonged to the West Indies but India fought back in the afternoon

As Ravichandran Ashwin and Wriddhiman Saha struck a 108-run partnership to save India the blushes as the visitors ended Day 1 at 234/5