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India won the toss and elected to bat in the first Test against the West Indies [Images] at the Antigua Recreation Ground in St John's, on Friday.
The visitors decided to strengthen their batting and went in with only one spinner in Anil Kumble [Images] and three pacers, in young V R V Singh, who will make his Test debut, S Sreesanth [Images] and Munaf Patel [Images].
Harbhajan Singh [Images] and Irfan Pathan [Images] were left out.
For the West Indies Shivnarine Chanderpaul [Images], who did not play the final two one-dayers because of a hamstring injury, returned to the side.
Teams:
India: Rahul Dravid [Images] (captain), Wasim Jaffer [Images], Virender Sehwag [Images], VVS Laxman, Yuvraj Singh [Images], Mohd Kaif, M S Dhoni [Images], Anil Kumble, S Sreesanth, Munaf Patel and VRV Singh.
West Indies: Brian Lara [Images] (captain), Christopher Gayle, Daren Ganga [Images], Ramnaresh Sarwan [Images], Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Dwayne Bravo [Images], Denesh Ramdin (wk), Ian Bradshaw, Corey Collymore, Fidel Edwards and Dave Mohammed.
India's tour of West Indies: The Complete Coverage
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