There is no such thing as a Test match without a context, certainly not in an era where Test cricket is playing second fiddle to the T20 upstart. But especially not now, with the World Test Championship trophy up for grabs and every game having so much riding on it. 

West Indies can’t end a 42-year wait for a series triumph in India, but they are still in with a chance to score their first Test win in these shores since 1994. The odds don’t favour them, not after the two-and-a-half-day pounding in Ahmedabad, but Roston Chase’s side have little choice but to buckle down and try and dispel some of the doom and gloom that has enveloped West Indian cricket for a while.