Published on 12:00 AM, August 12, 2016

Rain spoils Day 3

Covers on the field are seen as rain delays the start of day 3 of the 3rd Test between West Indies and India. File Photo: AFP

The third day of the second Test between West Indies and India was washed out due to rain in St Lucia on Thursday, depriving the home side of a chance to build on their strong reply against India's 253.

West Indies made 107-1 at stumps on the second day on Wednesday after Ravichandran Ashwin and Wriddhiman Saha had scored centuries to lift the visitors from a precarious position.

SCORES IN BRIEF

INDIA: First innings 353 all out (Rahul 50, Rahane 35, Ashwin 118, Saha 104; Joseph 3-69, Cummins 3-54)

WEST INDIES: First innings 107 for 1 (Brathwaite 53 not out, Johnson 23, Bravo 18 not out)