Overview

• The two-match World Test Championship series starts on October 2 in Ahmedabad with the second Test on October 10 in Delhi.
• Sammy says a four-man pace unit — Alzarri Joseph, Shamar Joseph, Jayden Seales and Anderson Phillip — plus all-rounder Justin Greaves has the variety to take 20 wickets in Indian conditions.
• Selection calls include dropping former captain Kraigg Brathwaite and recalling Tagenarine Chanderpaul and Alick Athanaze, with Jomel Warrican and uncapped Khary Pierre among the spinners.
• West Indies will skip practice fixtures, travel on September 22 to arrive in Ahmedabad on September 24, and use the ten days before the opener for targeted drilling.
• The coach frames the approach as emulating New Zealand’s 2024 whitewash despite India’s spin-friendly venues and West Indies’ long winless run there.