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Team India is now ready to play a 2 -Test series against the West Indies only 3 days after winning the Asia Cup. T20 vice captain Shubman Gill will be seen captaining Tests for the first time at home ground. In his leadership, India played the first series 2–2 draw in England.
The match will begin at 9.30 am at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. The toss is to be at 9 pm. At the same time, red clay pitch will be used for the match. However, there will also be some grass on the pitch. Given this, the toss winning team can remain in the position of confusion whether to choose the first batting or bowling.
Ravindra Jadeja will be the vice captain of India in the Test series against the West Indies.
Captain Shubman’s first domestic test series In October last year, Team India suffered a 3–0 defeat in the Test series against New Zealand. Which was the team’s first series defeat in 12 years at home ground. Ravichandran Ashwin, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, who were part of the series, have now retired. In the absence of Ashwin, Team India will play Tests at home for the first time since November 2010.
This is also the first Test series on the home ground under his captaincy of Shubman Gill. He started his captaincy career against England in July from Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy. The 5 Test series was drawn 2–2. This is the first challenge at home in front of Shubman with the young team.
Shubman Gill was the Player of the Series against England.
West Indies are also passing through transition phase In Australia’s domestic series, West Indies were reduced to just 27 runs. The team lost 3–0. Now, before the first Test started in India, 2 fast bowlers Aljari Joseph and Shamar Joseph have become engrossed. In such a situation, the bowling of the team has also become very weak. The team also lost the T20 series against Nepal recently.
West Indies captain Roston Chase during practice.
3 records on records
- West Indies’ Jayten Seals are close to 100 Test wickets. He has taken 88 wickets at the best average of 22.32.
- Ravindra Jadeja is 114 runs away from scoring 4000 Test runs. As soon as he scored 114 runs, he will become the fourth player in the world to take 300 wickets with 4000 runs. Before him, Ian Botham, Kapil Dev and Daniel Vitori can do this.
- John Campbell of West Indies is 6 runs away from 1000 Test runs.
West Indies captain Roston Chase said,
When you have nothing to lose, then you play carefully. I know that everyone is expecting us to lose. Now the new series against India is starting, so we are focusing on forgetting everything in the previous and making a new beginning.
Players of West Indies during fielding practice.
Team India captain Shubman Gill said,
I have played a lot of T20 cricket here, but the pitch remains different in Tests. The previous test was played here on a black earthen pitch, but this time red soil was used. Looking at the red earthen pitch, we can give 3 pacers a chance.
Team India fast bowler Mohammad Siraj during practice.
Shubman 2025 India’s top scorer In 2025, captain Shubman Gill has scored the highest 787 runs for India. After him, Ravindra Jadeja and KL Rahul are the top scorers in the current squad. Mohammad Siraj has taken the most 27 wickets for the team.
Brendon King West Indies top scorer This year Middle Order Barendon King has scored the most runs for the West Indies. He has scored 129 runs for the team in 3 matches. Shamar Joseph has 3 matches in his name 22 wickets, but he is outside the series due to injury. After him, Jomel Warikan took 19 wickets.
The opportunity to take an edge in the World Test Championship Team India is third and West Indies at number six in the current bicycle of the World Test Championship (WTC). India has 46.67% points with 2 wins in 5 Tests. The West Indies could not open their points account till now by losing 3 matches. The team will strengthen their situation at number three with 61% points by defeating West Indies 2–0.
West Indies won more matches in India The West Indies team could not win a Test match in India for 31 years. The team won the last victory in 1994 on the grounds of Mohali. The West Indies also won the last Test series win in India in 1983. The team then defeated India 3–0.
Overall 100 Tests were played between the two teams. India won in 23 and West Indies in 30. During this time there were also 47 draws. Both played 47 Tests in India. India won in 13 and West Indies in 14. By winning the series 2–0, India can overtake the West Indies in this matter. There were also draws 20 matches.
What happens on a red clay pitch? The red clay pitch dries quickly. In the early days of the Test, fast bowlers get good bounce. It is also easy to score runs, but as the day grows, the pitch starts to disintegrate. Batting starts getting difficult and spin bowlers start getting help.
However, this time the grass has also been left on the red clay pitch. Due to which fast bowlers are also likely to get help on the first day. According to reports, the first 2-3 days on the pitch may be easy for batting, then the spinners are likely to dominate.
So far 15 Tests have been played at Narendra Modi Stadium. In 4, the first batting in 4 and the first bowling teams won. There were also draws 7 matches. If moisture remains on the pitch till the morning of the match, then the teams can win the toss and choose bowling. If there is no moisture, then the teams will choose the batting first.
Jasprit Bumrah was a part of the Asia Cup. Given the workloadum management, they can be rested in the first Test.
Possibility of rain on the first day In Ahmedabad, there is a possibility of rain on the first day of the match in 35%. At the same time, the weather will be clear to play cricket for the remaining 4 days.
Possible playing-11 of both teams India: Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudarshan, Shubman Gill (Captain), Dhruv Jurlel (wicketkeeper), Nitish Reddy/Akshar Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammad Siraj and Jaspreet Bumrah/famous Krishna.
West Indies: Tejnarayan Chandrapaul, Kevalon Anderson, Elik Ethanaz, Brendon King, Shai Hope (wicketkeeper), Roston Chase, Justin Greaves, Khairi Pieri, Joler Warikan, Anderson Philip and Jaden Seals.
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