India, Oct. 4 -- After a three-day break, India and West Indies begin a five-match T20I series here on Tuesday at the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium with the visitors upbeat after a record win in the final ODI of the three-match series at New Chandigarh.

The T20 leg follows India's 2-1 ODI series win, but West Indies ended the series on a high by chasing down 352-their highest successful ODI run chase against India-on Saturday thanks to captain Shai Hope's unbeaten 162. The last India-West Indies T20 series was played in 2023 in the Caribbean, which the hosts clinched 3-2.

That momentum, coupled with India fielding a T20 side led by Shreyas Iyer with Tilak Varma as deputy, sets up a battle India will want to dominate at home...