In 2019, India played two Tests in the West Indies and dominated both, clean sweeping the series 2-0. In the first Test at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua (August 22 to 26), West Indies skipper Jason Holder won the toss and put the visitors in. It seemed to be the perfect call as Team India's top order crumbled against the pace of Kemar Roach and Shanon Gabriel.

Opener Mayank Agarwal (5) was the first to fall, edging Roach to wicketkeeper Shai Hope in just the fifth over the day. In the same over, Cheteshwar Pujara (2) was dismissed in similar fashion, with the scoreboard reading 7-2. Skipper and No. 4 batter, Virat Kohli didn't last long either, struggling to deal with a short one from Gabriel and only managing to find Sharmarh Brooks at gully.