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Kingston: Abhinav Mukund, Virat Kohli and Praveen Kumar make their Test debuts for India. The West Indies have left out Kemar Roach and Marlon Samuels.
The Indian batting line-up has pioneered the team's surge to the top spot. With experienced campaigners such as Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman back in the fold, the West Indian bowling will surely be tested.
Also, with regular skipper Dhoni coming back fresh from a break, the youngsters in the team will feel at home.
Without Zaheer Khan and Sreesanth, the Indian pace attack looks way short on penetration. The onus will be on spinners Harbhajan Singh and Amit Mishra to get the wickets.
With the likes of Dravid, Sachin, Laxman and Zaheer nearing the end of their careers, the series will provide a serious platform for the youngsters to prove their mettle at this level.
India will be hoping that they will grab the chance but the young batsmen will have to contend with some disconcerting pace and bounce. If the untested opening duo fails, their job will be much more harder.
The bowling attack of the West Indies has sheer pace at its disposal in Kemar Roach and Fidel Edwards who will love to revel on bouncy tracks.
But the hosts are an unstable and inexperienced team. And the batting looks fragile barring Ramnaresh Sarwan and Shivnarine Chanderpaul.
The West Indies have a chance to resurrect their dwindling fortunes and their sorry Test record over the last several years. They do have a chance of doing so against an understrength Indian line-up.
The West Indies have a history of disintegrating in a jiffy. Unless the new ball yields wickets, containing a solid batting line-up will be tough.
