Toss West Indies chose to bat vs India
In the absence of the experienced Mohammed Shami, India’s seam attack comprises Mohammed Siraj, Jaydev Unadkat and Shardul Thakur. R Ashwin returns to the XI after being left out for the World Test Championship final. He will accompany Ravindra Jadeja in the spin department.
West Indies, too, went in with two spinners in Jomel Warrican and Rahkeem Cornwall.
While the West Indies has been the most seam-friendly part of the cricket world since the start of 2020, Roseau has been more conducive to spin. However, this is the first 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 Warrican
India: 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