West Indies added 15 runs in a rain-interrupted second session lasting only 19 balls to progess to 75-3 before tea was called Wednesday on the opening day of the third Test against India. Darren Bravo (22 not out) and Shivnarine Chanderpaul (17 not out) shared an unbroken fourth-wicket partnership of 40 either side of lunch to revive the hosts from early crisis at Windsor Park. Chanderpaul, playing in his 133rd Test to move one past Courtney Walsh as the most capped West Indian player, hit one boundary in 44 deliveries. Bravo cracked three fours off 53 balls. Ishant Sharma (2-23) and Praveen Kumar (1-19) made early inroads with the new ball after India won the toss and chose to bowl. West Indies slumped to 35-3 midway through the first session as Adrian Barath and the two debutants, Kieran Powell and Kirk Edwards, perished cheaply. Kumar made the first strike, claiming left-hander Powell (3) to an outside edge to second slip. Sharma then bounced out both Barath (12) and Edwards (6). Barath under-edged a pull into his leg stump while Edwards deflected his hook through to wicketkeeper Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Bravo and Chanderpaul frustrated the Indians before lunch and, soon after resumption, the rain did the same.
