Team India's Test skipper Shubman Gill claimed that the hosts will be looking to play hard grinding cricket in the two-match Test series against the West Indies with the first Test to be played at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad from Thursday, October 2. Gill is aware of the fact that the Test matches in India of late haven't quite been lasting the whole five days.

However, the Indian captain shed light on how every Test match of the recent Test series between India and England went the distance and claimed that his team had the temperament and strength needed to meet the demands of a long Test match. India dished out turning tracks against New Zealand in their home season last year, but that tactic failed miserably as the Kiwis ended up winning the series with an astonishing margin of 3-0.