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Just 3 days after winning the Asia Cup, Team India is now ready to play a 2 Test series against the West Indies. T20 vice-captain Shubhman Gill will be seen captaincy in the Test for the first time on the field. In his leadership, India played the first series 2-2 in England.
The match will start at 9:30 am at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. The toss is about to take place at 9am. Also, red clay pitches will be used for the confrontation. However, there will be some grass on the pitch. Given that the toss winning team may be in a state of confusion or batting first or bowling.
Ravindra Jadeja will be the vice -captain of India in the Test series against the West Indies
Captain Shubhman’s first Home Test Series In October last year, Team India lost a 3-0 defeat in the Test series against New Zealand. Which was the first series of the team in 12 years. Ravichandran Ashwin, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, who are part of the series, have now retired. In the absence of Ashwin, Team India will play a test for the first time since November 2010.
Shubhman Gill is also the first Test series on his home ground in his captaincy. He started his captaincy career with Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy in July against England. The 5-Test series was a 2-2 draw. This is the first challenge at this house against Shubhman with the young team.
Shubhman Gill was a player of the series against England.
West Indies are also going through transition phase The West Indies were all out for just 27 runs in the home series against Australia. The team got a 3-0 defeat. Now 2 fast bowlers Alzhari Joseph and Shamar Joseph were injured before the first Test began in India. The bowling of the team has also become very weak. The team also lost the T20 series against Nepal in the last days.
West Indies captain Roston Chase during practice
Look at 3 records now
- West Indies Jaden Seals are close to 100 Test wickets. He has made 88 wickets in his own name at the Best average of 22.32.
- Ravindra Jadeja is 114 runs away from scoring 4000 Test runs. He will be the fourth player in the world to take 300 wickets with 4000 runs after scoring 114 runs. Before him, Ian Botham, Kapil Dev and Daniel Vittori have been able to do so.
- West Indies John Campbell is 6 runs away from 1000 Test runs.
Captain statements West Indies captain Roston Chase spoke,
‘When you have nothing to lose, you are relaxed. I know that everyone is hoping to lose us. A new series is starting against India now, so we are focusing on forgetting everything behind.
West Indies players during fielding practice
Team India captain Shubhman Gill said,
‘I have played T20 cricket here, but the pitch is different in the test. The last test was played on a black clay pitch here, but this time red clay was used. We can give 3 fast bowlers a chance to see the red clay pitch. ‘
Mohammad Siraj, fast bowler of Team India during practice
Shubhman Gill, India’s top scorer in 2025 Captain Shubhman Gill scored the highest runs for India with 787 runs in 2025. After that, Ravindra Jadeja and KL Rahul are the top scorer in the current team. Mohammad Siraj has taken the highest wicket for the team with 27.
Brendon King, Top Scorer of West Indies Middle-order Better Brendon King has scored the highest runs for the West Indies this year. He has scored 129 runs in three matches. Shamar Joseph has taken 22 wickets in three matches, but is out of the series due to injury. After that the Jomel Varican comes with 19 wickets.
A chance to get into a strong position in the World Test Championship (WTC) Team India is third and West Indies sixth in the current bicycle of the World Test Championship (WTC). India has 46.67% points with 2 wins in 5 Tests. The West Indies have not yet opened their points account by losing 3 matches. The team will strengthen their position with 61% points, beating the West Indies 2-0.
India won more matches than West Indies The West Indies team has not won any Test match in India for 31 years. The team won the last win in 1994 on the field of Mohali. The West Indies also won the last Test series in India in 1983. The team then defeated India 3-0 in the 6 Test series.
Over 100 Tests have been played between the two teams. India won the 23rd and the West Indies in the 30th. Meanwhile, 47 matches were also drawn. Both played 47 Tests in India. India won 13 in India and 14th West Indies. India can overtake the West Indies in this regard by winning the series 2-0. There were also 20 draws.
What is on a red clay pitch? The red clay pitch dries soon. Fast bowlers get good bounces in the early days of the Test. It is also easy to make a run, but the pitch starts to break as the day increases. Batting starts to get difficult and spin bowlers begin to get help.
However, this time the grass has also been released on a red clay pitch. Due to this, fast bowlers are likely to get help on the first day. According to reports, the starting 2-3 days on the pitch may be easy for batting, then the spinners are likely to be dominated.
There have been 15 Tests at Narendra Modi Stadium so far. Batting first in 4 and the bowling team won the first. There were also 7 matches draws. If the moisture is on the pitch until the morning of the match, the team can also choose to bowl by winning the toss. Also, if the moisture is not noticed, the team will choose the bat before.
Jasprit Bumrah was part of the Asia Cup. Given the workload management, they may be rested in the first test
The possibility of rain on the first day In Ahmedabad, 35% of the rainfall is expected on the first day of the match. Also, the weather will be clear to play cricket for the remaining 4 days.
Potential Playing-11 India (IND) of both teams: Shubhman Gill (Captain), Yashwashi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudarshan, Dhruv Jureel (wicketkeeper), Nitish Reddy/Akshar Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammad Siraj and Jasprit Bumrah/Famous Krishna.
West Indies (WI): Tejnarayan Chandrapol, Cavalon Anderson, Alic Ethnaz, Brendon King, Shi Hope (wicketkeeper), Roston Chase, Justin Greens, Khairi Pierre, Jomel Varikan, Anderson Philip and Jaden Seals.
