Ashwin successfully caught Smith (11) off his own bowling after Indian captain MS Dhoni won the toss and decided to bowl against West Indies.
Smith along with fellow opener Chris Gayle put up a crawling 38-run partnership in which Gayle survived twice as he was dropped on 0 and 9.
Their sagging morale lifted after a thumping win over Pakistan, Indian spinners will now have to brace up for the ever-dangerous Chris Gayle.
A victory against Pakistan was just the kind of shot in the arm that was required before facing a team that has world's most devastating T20 batsman in Gayle.
Dwayne Bravo and Marlon Samuels are also capable enough to destroy any bowling attack on their day.
While Samuels might take some time to settle down, he can effortlessly shift gears as he had shown some 18 months ago during the last edition's final at the Premadasa Stadium in Colombo.
The Indian batsmen had an easy day in office against Pakistan with a smaller target to chase. But both Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma would also do well to get a big score under their belt.
Teams:
India: Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni (Capt & wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Amit Mishra, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami.
West Indies: Chris Gayle, Dwayne Smith, Marlon Samuels, Lendl Simmons, Dwayne Bravo, Dinesh Ramdin (wk), Darren Sammy (Capt.), Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Samuel Badree, Krishmar Santokie.
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