Toss West Indies selected to bat vs India

In the absence of the skilled Mohammed Shami, India's seam assault includes Mohammed Siraj, Jaydev Unadkat and Shardul Thakur. R Ashwin returns to the XI after being omitted for the World Test Championship closing. He will accompany Ravindra Jadeja within the spin division.

West Indies, too, went in with two spinners in Jomel Warrican and Rahkeem Cornwall.

While the West Indies has been probably the most seam-friendly a part of the cricket world because the begin of 2020, Roseau has been extra conducive to spin. However, that is the primary Test at this venue in six years.

West Indies: 1 Kraigg Brathwaite (capt), 2 Tagenarine Chanderpaul, 3 Raymon Reifer, 4 Jermaine Blackwood, 5 Alick Athanaze, 6 Jason Holder, 7 Joshua Da Silva (wk), 8 Rahkeem Cornwall, 9 Alzarri Joseph, 10 Kemar Roach, 11 Jomel WarricanIndia: 1 Rohit Sharma (capt), 2 Yashasvi Jaiswal, 3 Shubman Gill, 4 Virat Kohli, 5 Ajinkya Rahane, 6 Ravindra Jadeja, 7 Ishan Kishan (wk), 8 R Ashwin, 9 Shardul Thakur, 10 Jaydev Unadkat, 11 Mohammed Siraj