If the Ahmedabad defeat was bruising, the Sharjah collapse was shattering.

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.

After Brathwaite stepped down in March, CWI put short-listed candidates through a process that included "psychometric testing to evaluate leadership style" before choosing the 33-year-old Chase, the board said in a statement on Friday.

West Indies, who are co-hosts of the T20 World Cup which gets under way on June 1 in the United States, will face South Africa again on Sunday to conclude the series.

A polished century by Roston Chase guides West Indies out of trouble and into a decent position on 286 for six against Pakistan on the first day of the second test in Barbados on Sunday.