West Indies won the toss and elected to bowl.
Early wicket for Roach.
India 1/5.
Windies v. India. First Test.
How the West Indies became a fast-bowling paradise again
https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id ... dise-again
"In the year 2011, his first as coach of the regional team, Gibson insisted that they use Duke's balls for home Tests. The draw percentage since the change has fallen from 40 to 18.91, almost on par with England and India, and a better rate than New Zealand and the UAE.
...
In 2017, though, West Indies consciously changed the nature of their pitches too. In Shannon Gabriel and Kemar Roach, with support from Jason Holder and Alzarri Joseph, they had a pace attack that could make use of these harder, bouncier, seamer-friendly tracks. They went against the advice of the outgoing coaches Stuart Law and Nic Pothas when they stuck with Duke's balls and green pitches for the series against England last year.
The argument was that England were used to facing Duke's balls, and they had a seam attack that hoped the Duke's balls would, in the words of their coach Trevor Bayliss, play into their hands. To their credit, the current administrators didn't want to risk boring cricket by going for the safety of the Kookaburra. Moreover, Duke's had by now started manufacturing customised balls to suit the conditions in the Caribbean. If anything, the hosts dialled up the green on the pitches further. The results have been emphatic."
https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id ... dise-again
"In the year 2011, his first as coach of the regional team, Gibson insisted that they use Duke's balls for home Tests. The draw percentage since the change has fallen from 40 to 18.91, almost on par with England and India, and a better rate than New Zealand and the UAE.
...
In 2017, though, West Indies consciously changed the nature of their pitches too. In Shannon Gabriel and Kemar Roach, with support from Jason Holder and Alzarri Joseph, they had a pace attack that could make use of these harder, bouncier, seamer-friendly tracks. They went against the advice of the outgoing coaches Stuart Law and Nic Pothas when they stuck with Duke's balls and green pitches for the series against England last year.
The argument was that England were used to facing Duke's balls, and they had a seam attack that hoped the Duke's balls would, in the words of their coach Trevor Bayliss, play into their hands. To their credit, the current administrators didn't want to risk boring cricket by going for the safety of the Kookaburra. Moreover, Duke's had by now started manufacturing customised balls to suit the conditions in the Caribbean. If anything, the hosts dialled up the green on the pitches further. The results have been emphatic."
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