West Indies gained the toss and selected to bowl first towards India within the second and ultimate Test of their two-match sequence at Queen’s Park Oval.
The house aspect suffered an innings loss in three days in Dominica final week when India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin took a match haul of 12 wickets.
West Indies have given a debut to top-order batter Kirk McKenzie for Raymon Reifer and introduced in quick bowler Shannon Gabriel for spinner Rahkeem Cornwall in Trinidad on Thursday.
McKenzie, a left-hander like Alick Athanaze, who debuted final week, has a first-class common of 39.40 from 9 matches.
India picked medium-pace bowler Mukesh Kumar for the primary time after Shardul Thakur suffered a groin harm. Kumar averages 21.55 in first-class cricket.
The pitch has no grass and is predicted to grow to be slower.
The match is the one hundredth Test between the groups. West Indies have gained 30 and India 23.
WEST INDIES: Kraigg Brathwaite (captain), Tagenarine Chanderpaul, Kirk McKenzie, Jermaine Blackwood, Alick Athanaze, Joshua Da Silva, Jason Holder, Alzarri Joseph, Kemar Roach, Jomel Warrican, Shannon Gabriel.
INDIA: Rohit Sharma (captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Ravindra Jadeja, Ishan Kishan, Ravichandran Ashwin, Jaydev Unadkat, Mohammed Siraj, Mukesh Kumar.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
