Chris Gayle has been ignored for West Indies' first Test against India at Sabina Park beginning Monday. Gayle, who is involved in a bitter row with the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB), had an unproductive meeting with the managementu00a0 on Tuesday.

Dwayne Bravo also has not been considered. The all-rounder, who played in the first two ODIs against India before asking to be rested for the remaining matches, had expressed his wish to play in the Test series. All-rounder Andre Russell was also dropped.

Shivnarine Chanderpaul, who did not play the in the ODI series owing to injury, has found a place in the squad.u00a0 "Following communications between WICB management and Chanderpaul over the past weeks the WICB management and team management will meet with Shivnarine Chanderpaul prior to the Test," the board said.