It’s not been a happy return to India for West Indies, who once held a proud 14-5 Test record in this country but have lost nine of their last 11 matches, six by an innings.

The crushing innings-and-140-run surrender in Ahmedabad last week was their sixth loss on the bounce in India. One has to go all the way back to December 1994 for their last Test victory on Indian soil while their last series triumph here came in 1983, when they stormed to a 3-0 rout in a six-match 
showdown.