The 3-0 drubbing against New Zealand at home last year was a "lesson" that "we don't want repeated again". That's the sentiment within the India team, according to chairman of selectors Ajit Agarkar , as they build towards their first home Test since that defeat last November.

"Of course, because of the WTC [World Test Championship], every Test match becomes very important," Agarkar said at a press conference to announce the India Test squad for the two-Test series against West Indies starting on October 2 in Ahmedabad. "Obviously, we had a terrible series against New Zealand. Maybe it was a wake-up call. It was a lesson. We don't want that repeated. We've generally been, over a long time, very strong at home. It was after a while that we had a few bad results. And we want to try

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