West Indies won the toss and chose to bowl first against India in the second and final Test of their two-match series at Queen’s Park Oval.
The home side suffered an innings loss in three days in Dominica last 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 brought in fast bowler Shannon Gabriel for spinner Rahkeem Cornwall in Trinidad on Thursday.
McKenzie, a left-hander like Alick Athanaze, who debuted last week, has a first-class average of 39.40 from nine matches.
India picked medium-pace bowler Mukesh Kumar for the first time after Shardul Thakur suffered a groin injury. Kumar averages 21.55 in first-class cricket.
The pitch has no grass and is expected to become slower.
The match is the 100th Test between the teams. West Indies have won 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.
