India vs West Indies 3rd Test, St Lucia, Highlights: Windies Solid In Response To India's 353

An unbeaten fifty from Kraigg Brathwaite helped Windies dominate the third session of the second day's play at St. Lucia. Earlier, R Ashwin and W Saha guided India to 353 in their first innings. Catch all the highlights of India vs West Indies here. (SCORECARD | Play Fantasy Cricket)

03:10 hrs IST: That's all we have for today. Do join us tomorrow for the live coverage of third day's play. Until then, it's goodbye. Cheers!

Kraigg Brathwaite led WI's solid reply with his unbeaten fifty. 

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03:01 hrs IST: And that's the end of day's play. Windies finish on 107/1. Excellent comeback by them after tons from Ashwin and Saha. 

02:49 hrs IST: Windies are 96/1 after 45 overs. Brathwaite 45*, Bravo 18*. Just three more overs left. 

02:35 hrs IST: Bhuvneshwar Kumar has been given the first official warning for running on the pitch. 

02:25 hrs IST: Windies are 83/1 after 39 overs. Brathwaite 39*, Bravo 15*

STAT ATTACK - This is the first time that India's no. 6 and 7 (Ashwin and Saha) have made hundreds in the same Test innings. 

01:57 hrs IST: Windies are 72/1 after 29 overs. Brathwaite 33*, D Bravo 11*. 19 more overs still left in day's play. 

01:47 hrs IST: FOUR! Touch short from Shami and Bravo pulls it firmly to mid-wicket boundary. Windies are 69/1 after 27 overs. 

Now six #Ind batsmen have 4 or more Test 100s vs WI
First five - have in total 5 career Test wkts
the last - R Ashwin - has 189 wkts#WIvInd

- Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) August 10, 2016

01:35 hrs IST: WICKET! Much needed breakthrough for India. Brilliant fielding from Rahul. Johnson goes for 23(75). Windies are 59/1 after 24 overs. 

01:20 hrs IST: Windies are 50/0 after 20 overs. Brathwaite 29*, Johnson 16*. 28 more overs still left in the day. 

STAT ATTACK - 35: West Indies's highest opening stand in Tests since the start of 2015 in 26 innings, before this match. 

00:56 hrs IST: FOUR! Short ball from Shami, Brathwaite gets into position early and pulls it nicely to mid-wicket for his third boundary. Windies are 38/0 after 15 overs. 

00:52 hrs IST: Windies are 34/0 after 14 overs. Brathwaite 18*, Johnson 16*. 

00:38 hrs IST: FOUR! Shortish delivery from Shami, Brathwaite goes on back foot and dispatches it to deep square leg boundary. Windies are 26/0 after 11 overs. 

00:32 hrs IST: Welcome all! Ashwin to start the proceedings for India. Johnson to take strike. 

00:12 hrs IST: And that's tea. Windies are 16/0 after 9 overs. We'll be back in 20 minutes time. 

STAT ATTACK - 14: Runs added by India after Saha's wicket. The visitors lost their last five wickets in 48 balls. 

23:49 hrs IST: Watchful start from both Brathwaite and Johnson. Windies are 11/0 after 4 overs. 

23:37 hrs IST: Excellent start from Bhuvi. Windies are 1/0 after first over. 

The 213-run stand between R Ashwin and W Saha helped India post 353 in first innings. 

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23:35 hrs IST: Straightaway some shape for Bhuvi. He's playing a Test after a gap of one and a half years. 

23:34 hrs IST: Time for live action. Brathwaite and Johnson make their way out in the middle. Bhuvi to start the proceedings for visitors. 

23:25 hrs IST: And that's the end of India's innings. They finish on 353. Brilliant batting from both Ashwin and Saha. At one stage, it looked like that India would not even get close to 250 but Ashwin and Saha showed grit and propelled the visitors to a fighting total. 

23:16 hrs IST: OUT! Bhuvneshwar c Johnson b Gabriel 0(9). India are 353/8 after 129 overs. 

23:06 hrs IST: Maiden Test wicket for Miguel Cummins. He had to wait for 281 deliveries for this. 

23:05 hrs IST: OUT! Jadeja c Dowrich b Cummins 6(17). India are 351/7 after 127.1 overs. Can they get to 400? 

22:52 hrs IST: From 123/4 to 234/5 to 345/6 - India's innings in a symmetry. 

22:45 hrs IST: WICKET! Saha c Dowrich b Joseph 104(227). India are 339/6 after 122 overs. 

22:37 hrs IST: And that's 100 for Saha. His maiden ton in Tests. An innings that he'll remember for a long time. 

Yahi hai right choice baby, Saha !
West Indies Se surely ab Saha nahi jaata !
Well done @Wriddhipops#WIvIND

- Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) August 10, 2016

22:29 hrs IST: And Ashwin and Saha complete 200-run stand for sixth wicket. India are 328/5 after 119 overs. 

22:21 hrs IST: SIX! And that's 100 for Ashwin. His 4th in Tests. Tossed up from Chase, Ashwin dances down the track and smacks it over mid-wicket for a maximum. 

Fewest inns to reach 4th Test 100 vs W Indies
6 K Walters #Aus
8 S Gavaskar #Ind
9 R ASHWIN #ind
10 M Yousuf #Pak
12 G Smith #RSA #WIvInd

- Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) August 10, 2016

22:14 hrs IST: Welcome back! Joseph to start this session as well. 

21:35 hrs IST: And Ashwin remains on 99 at lunch. What a session for India! 82 runs in 25 overs. Saha is also just seven short of his maiden hundred. We'll be back in a few minutes time. 400 is very much on the cards now. 

21:29 hrs IST: India have played 22 balls since R Ashwin got to 99. Can he get to his hundred before lunch? 

21:25 hrs IST: FOUR! Flighted delivery from Chase and Saha lofts it over mid-off for his 11th boundary. Moves to 88 now. 

Absolutely brilliant batting from Ashwin & Saha. It wasn't easy out there. Bowling has been incisive & pitch not dead. Well done India!

- Sanjay Manjrekar (@sanjaymanjrekar) August 10, 2016

21:09 hrs IST: FOUR! And Ashwin moves to 99 now. India are 292/5 after 111 overs. 

20:57 hrs IST: FOUR! Leg-stump half-volley from Cummins, Saha gets into position and clips it over backward square leg for a boundary. Moves to 71 now. 

20:48 hrs IST: FOUR! Flighted delivery from Chase and Saha sweeps it over mid-wicket for his 7th boundary. India are 270/5 after 106 overs. 

20:39 hrs IST: FOUR! Full and wide from Joseph, Saha comes forward, opens the bat face and drives it past backward point. India are 262/5 after 104 overs. 

20:32 hrs IST: Excellent start from Cummins. Saha fails to pick him on most of the deliveries. India are 255/5 after 103 overs. 

20:28 hrs IST: Miguel Cummins is back into the attack. 

High batg ave Indian Test all-rounders
min 100 wkts
35.79 R Shastri
34.87* R Ashwin
31.57 I Pathan
31.48 V Mankad
31.05 Kapil Dev#WIvInd

- Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) August 10, 2016

20:17 hrs IST: FOUR! First boundary of the day for India. Overpitched delivery from Joseph, Saha leans forward and drives it through deep extra cover for his fifth boundary. India are 254/5 after 100 overs. 

20:12 hrs IST: With the talks going around, still get a feeling that it would be too early to say whether Ashwin is India's new number six. He'll be tested by the likes of Anderson, Broad and Starc when India tours England and Australia and then only it'll be determined whether he's the all-rounder India have been looking for. 

20:08 hrs IST: We've the live feed back. India are 250/5 after 98 overs. Ashwin 82*, Saha 52*. Their partnership is worth 124 runs. 

20:05 hrs IST: Meanwhile, this shooter - who was a strong medal contender for India - has crashed out in the finals of 50m air-pistol event. Read here. 

20:02 hrs IST: News coming in. The official broadcasters have lost the live feed. We'll get back as soon as possible. 

19:50 hrs IST: Single and that's fifty for Saha. His 3rd in Tests and more importantly, has come at a time when team needed it the most. India are 247/5 after 95 overs. 

19:44 hrs IST: Not enough help off the pitch for Windies bowlers (as of now). Ideal opportunity for Ashwin and Saha to up the scoring rate. 

19:40 hrs IST: Good shot from Saha. Overpitched delivery from Gabriel and Saha times it well between the fielder at point and cover point for two runs. 

19:35 hrs IST: Gabriel from the other end. Two slips for him. 

19:34 hrs IST: Good over from Joseph. Five runs off it. India are 239/5 after 91 overs. 

19:29 hrs IST: Time for live action. Ashwin and Saha make their way out in the middle. Joseph to start the proceedings for Windies. 

Knocking them down! Watch out @BhuviOfficial & @ImIshant uproot a dummy stump during practice before start of day 2. pic.twitter.com/WlE6ui51d0

- BCCI (@BCCI) August 10, 2016

19:20 hrs IST: For viewers who missed Day 1's play, hosts Windies had India on backfoot till tea but R Ashwin and W Saha then played sensibly and ensured that India were in steady position at stumps. 

19:10 hrs IST: Good evening and welcome to our live coverage of the second day's play of the third Test between India-West Indies. 

R Ashwin and Wriddhiman Saha shared an unbeaten 108-run stand on the day 1 of 3rd Test vs WI.

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An unbeaten century stand for the sixth wicket by Ashwin and Wriddhiman Saha put India in a respectable position. The visitors were 234 for five at the close of play with all-rounder Ashwin on 75 and wicketkeeper Saha on 46, the pair having added 108 to leave honours even at the Darren Sammy Stadium in Gros Islet.

Opener Lokesh Rahul chipped in with a brisk 50 earlier but India's batsmen were otherwise bogged down until Ashwin and Saha cut loose against the second new ball, plundering 46 runs off the final nine overs.

The late flurry took the gloss off what had been an encouraging day for West Indies after the hosts won the toss and decided to bowl.

Teenage paceman Alzarri Joseph enjoyed a dream debut, in his third over claiming the prized wicket of India captain Virat Kohli, caught at first slip for three.

Joseph (2-38) also snared Rohit Sharma, caught behind for nine, while all-rounder Roston Chase continued his excellent series by picking up two wickets with his off spin.