Overview

• West Indies captain Roston Chase won the toss in Ahmedabad and chose to bat in the first Test.
• India’s XI features three spinners—Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar and Kuldeep Yadav—with Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj as the seamers, and Nitish Kumar Reddy preferred over Axar Patel.
• The match launches a two-Test World Test Championship series and is Shubman Gill’s first home assignment as Test captain against a touring side missing injured pacers Shamar Joseph and Alzarri Joseph.
• A green-tinged red-soil surface has been prepared at the Narendra Modi Stadium, with expectations of early seam movement before turn later in the game.
• In India the game airs on Star Sports and streams on JioHotstar, with Willow (U.S./Canada), TNT Sports (U.K.) and Fox/Kayo (Australia) carrying coverage internationally.