The 29-year-old Nurse picked up a niggle in his shoulder in the previous match in Mumbai and looked in discomfort, rendering him unavailable for the fifth and final ODI against India.
A clinical performance by India saw off West Indies for a paltry score of 104 through the help of the bowlers and Rohit's fifty wrapped up the match in style.
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Chasing the huge total, West Indies were bowled out for 153 with rookie left-arm seamer Khaleel Ahmed grabbing 3 wickets.
It can be considered as a masterstroke by Jason Holder to give the ball to Marlon Samuels who earned them the wicket of the danger man, Virat Kohli.
India notched up 321 for six, while the West Indies, needing 14 runs in the final over and five off the last ball, levelled the score with Hope (123 not out) cutting Umesh Yadav for a boundary.
Despite's Kohli unbeaten 157, West Indies somehow managed to scrape the bottom of the barrel to salvage a draw against India in a thriller in Vizag.
Holder felt the 320-odd runs his team scored at Guwahati was below par, and given the way Kohli and Rohit made mince-meat of the bowlers on a featherbed, he is not way off the mark.
Shimron Hetmyer's 106 was the high point of their innings and the skipper said he could have gone a bit deeper.
Asked about the positives, skipper Holder termed Roston Chase and Sherman Lewis' performance.
Indian spinners went off the boil in the final session as all-rounder Roston Chase hit a gutsy unbeaten 98 to take the West Indies to a respectable 295 for seven on the opening day of the second Test, here on Friday.
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West Indies last drew an away Test series against India way back in 1994 when Lara scored 91 at Mohali.
He also defended the field placements of stand-in skipper Kraigg Brathwaite, who opened the field quite early in the game.
The unit is not short on talent but it has little idea of playing in India with only five members of the 15-man squad having featured in a Test in the country.
There is not much to gain for India against the eighth-ranked West Indies who, on their part, will be trying their best to make an impression in one of the toughest places to tour.
Fast bowler Jason Holder spearheaded the West Indies with career-best match figures of 11-103.
After the home team compiled 354 in its first innings, Bangladesh was bowled out for a meagre 149 in reply with Holder taking 5-44 in 10.1 overs.
Bangladesh, after its lowest Test score of 43 in the first innings, was all out for 144 in the second after resuming day three on 62/6.
Lasting for just 18.4 overs, the tourists posted the lowest total since India was dismissed for 42 in 1974.
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