India hot favourites for home Tests against struggling West Indies | Sports

AHMEDABAD, India, Sept 30, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Shubman Gill's India will be heavy favourites when they play a home two-Test series starting Thursday against a West Indies side struggling with injuries and a pale shadow of the team that once dominated cricket. The Caribbean team have endured years of decline and their T20 team registered a new low this week with a series defeat to non-Test playing nation Nepal. In the longest format the West Indies were swept 3-0 at home by Australia this year and were bowled out for 27 in the third match -- the second-lowest score in Test history. The debacle prompted West Indies cricket boss Kishore Shallow to call for an emergency meeting involving past greats....