#cricketlive #indvswi #iqbalsports
India vs West Indies Live Commentary & Score | IND vs WI 1st Test, Day 3 | IND vs WI Live, Session 3
Business query:
[email protected]
Join Telegram: https://t.me/iqbalsports
Preview: Twelve years after India last played a Test match in Dominica, they return for a series-opener where the focus will largely be on the new personnel that will be driving their World Test Championship campaign. Having finished as the runners-up twice in the competition, there have been a few bold calls made by the selectors in picking the squad. On the eve of the Test, skipper Rohit Sharma confirmed that they'd have a debutant opener and new No. 3 coming in.
With Yashasvi Jaiswal set to open, given India's requirement of a left-hander, and the move to have Gill in the middler-order gives the batting order a new look. Additionally, the performances of this duo in those slots will be imperative for India to help solve a batting problem that has persisted for a while. The line-up has been particularly poor against pace over the last three years, as the records suggest, with the dwindling form of the likes of Virat Kohli looming large as they attempt to fix a faltering middle-order.
The batting concerns mirror those of the home side as well, which showed up in South Africa earlier this year and has forced them to have a rethink. However, despite the changes, the batting order bookended by two veterans in Kraigg Brathwaite and Jason Holder, remains heavily dependent on their performances. The series offers others in the ranks another opportunity to step up and match up to the riches that their pace attack otherwise provides for the team.
Their potency in Tests, particularly at home, has largely been down to the pace exploits led by Kemar Roach, with Shannon Gabriel and Alzarri Joseph, adding more firepower. And it is a facet that India's transitioning team will look to emulate. In the absence of Mohammed Shami, the mantle of lead pacer belongs to the ever-improving Mohammad Siraj. Nevertheless, the focus will be trained towards the next line of attack where there is an element of rawness that has the potential to even up the match-up between the sides over the course of two Tests.
India Probable XI: Rohit Sharma, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Ravindra Jadeja, KS Bharat/Ishan Kishan, Ravichandran Ashwin, Jaydev Unadkat, Mohammad Siraj, Navdeep Saini
West Indies Probable XI:Kraigg Brathwaite, Tagenarine Chanderpaul, Raymon Reifer, Jermaine Blackwood, Alick Althanaze, Joshua Da Silva, Jason Holder, Rahkeem Cornwall, Alzarri Joseph, Kemar Roach, Shannon Gabriel
West Indies Squad: Kraigg Brathwaite(c), Jermaine Blackwood, Alick Athanaze, Tagenarine Chanderpaul, Joshua Da Silva(w), Rahkeem Cornwall, Jason Holder, Raymon Reifer, Kirk McKenzie, Kemar Roach, Alzarri Joseph, Shannon Gabriel, Jomel Warrican
India Squad: Rohit Sharma(c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ajinkya Rahane, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Srikar Bharat(w), Ishan Kishan, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Shardul Thakur, Navdeep Saini, Mukesh Kumar, Mohammed Siraj, Jaydev Unadkat
Score Credit: crex.live
Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statutes that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational, or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use
