Toss India opt to bowl vs West Indies
Mukesh had made his Test debut in the second match of the recently-concluded series against West Indies. He has played 24 List A games and has picked up 26 wickets at 37.46.
Rohit said he wanted to try a few things ahead of the ODI World Cup and see where the team was heading into the marquee tournament.
West Indies, meanwhile, brought back Shimron Hetmyer into the side and picked Dominic Drakes and Jayden Seales as the two frontline fast bowlers. Gudakesh Motie and Yannic Cariah were the two spinners in the side.
West Indies come into the series on the back of a disappointing World Cup qualifier campaign where they failed to make it to the main event for the first time in their history.
India: 1 Rohit Sharma (capt), 2 Shubman Gill, 3 Virat Kohli, 4 Suryakumar Yadav, 5 Hardik Pandya, 6 Ishan Kishan (wk), 7 Ravindra Jadeja, 8 Shardul Thakur, 9 Kuldeep Yadav, 10 Umran Malik, 11 Mukesh Kumar
West Indies: 1 Shai Hope (capt & wk), 2 Kyle Mayers, 3 Brandon King, 4 Alick Athanaze, 5 Shimron Hetmyer, 6 Rovman Powell, 7 Romario Shepherd, 8 Yannic Cariah, 9 Dominic Drakes, 10 Jaydon Seales, 11 Gudakesh Motie