MUMBAI (Reuters) ? West Indies openers Adrian Barath and Kraigg Brathwaite made a confident start to take their side to 80 without loss at lunch on the first day of the third and final test against India at Wankhede Stadium on Tuesday.
Barath (37) and Brathwaite (35) batted resolutely to take West Indies to lunch, after captain Darren Sammy won the toss and chose to take first advantage of the easy-paced pitch.
Barath was the more attacking of the duo and used his feet well against the spinners to hit six boundaries during his 76-ball knock. Brathwaite scored four boundaries.
India's pace bowlers Ishant Sharma and debutant Varun Aaron failed to extract much movement off the pitch prompting captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni to introduce left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha in just the eighth over of the match.
But Ojha and off-spinner Ravichandran Aswin, however, also proved ineffective against the dogged approach of the batsmen.
West Indies, trailing 2-0 in the three match series, were earlier dealt a blow when key batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul failed to recover from his calf injury and was replaced by Kieran Powell.
Pace bowler Kemar Roach was also ruled out due to a stomach bug and made way for the return of Ravi Rampaul, who missed the second test in Kolkata with an upset stomach.
India brought in right-handed batsman Virat Kohli for Yuvraj Singh, who was dropped after the second test, while paceman Aaron made his debut in place of Umesh Yadav.
(Reporting by Sudipto Ganguly; editing by Greg Stutchbury; to query or comment on this story, email sportsfeedback@thomsonreuters.com)
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