A day after becoming the world's number one Test nation, India has made a solid fourth Test start against West Indies, picking up two wickets before rain halted play for the day.
Ishant Sharma and Ravichandran Ashwin claimed a wicket apiece on Thursday as the Windies reached 2-62 in the 22 overs available at Queen's Park Oval in Port of Spain.
India assumed top spot on the International Cricket Council (ICC) rankings when Australia lost the third Test and were swept 3-0 in their series against Sri Lanka on Wednesday.
However, their ascendancy could be short-lived, as they need a victory to claim the series 3-0 and prevent Pakistan leapfrogging them.
Indian captain Virat Kohli acknowledges his team's improvement since losing a four-Test series 2-0 in Australia early last year but says they're in no danger of getting carried away with the ranking.
He knows there will be bigger fish to fry than the struggling Windies, with eight home Tests looming against New Zealand and England before year's end.
"Ever since Australia we've really tightened up the screws and brought the team back to the top in Test cricket but (it could be) a pretty short-lived one," Kohli said after opposite number, Jason Holder, won Thursday's toss and opted to bat.
"We know the (ranking) table's pretty close. We haven't played the number of games the other teams have played, so I think we'll be in a better position to judge ourselves as a team at the end of this long season."
Ishant didn't open the attack but after biding his time in the field for 11 overs, the lanky paceman struck with his first ball, a rising delivery that Leon Johnson, on nine, could only fend into the hands of a diving Rohit Sharma at short leg.
Off-spinner Ashwin dismissed Darren Bravo in the 15th over with a beautiful delivery that pitched on leg stump and turned to take the number three's off stump.
Opener Kraigg Brathwaite was unbeaten on 32 when the rain arrived, with Marlon Samuels four.
The umpires subsequently suspended play for the day as the conditions persisted and the outfield become increasingly waterlogged.
India made two changes from the third Test, bringing in opener Murali Vijay for Shikhar Dhawan and Cheteshwar Pujara as an extra batsman in place of spinner Ravindra Jadeja.
West Indies brought in leg-spinner Devendra Bishoo for pace bowler Alzarri Joseph.
