Team India is on a month-lengthy Caribbean tour the place they’ll play the West Indies in two Tests, three ODIs and 5 T20Is beginning with crimson-ball video games on Wednesday, July 12. The Indian gamers shall be again on the sector after a month for the reason that World Test Championship (WTC) ultimate debacle. A break, so lengthy, is uncommon nowadays contemplating Indian gamers’ busy worldwide schedule in addition to the IPL. However, with a brand new WTC cycle set to start, the 2-time finalists shall be raring to go.
The Indian staff made a few important modifications with Yashasvi Jaiswal and Ruturaj Gaikwad getting their maiden name-ups as Cheteshwar Pujara, the veteran batter confronted the axe alongside pacer Umesh Yadav. The BCCI has hit the transition interval and it looks as if the phasing out of the seniors will happen slowly, one after the other. However, essentially the most stunning determination was the re-election of Ajinkya Rahane because the vice-captain.
Rahane, who was the most effective batter for India within the WTC ultimate, has been handed over the accountability as soon as once more with all three of Rishabh Pant, KL Rahul and Jasprit Bumrah unavailable.
On the opposite hand, the West Indies have their very own points to kind out. West Indies misplaced to South Africa 2-0 after they final performed a Test sequence and the nationwide staff specifically hasn’t had an important run because it failed to qualify for Super 12 in T20 World Cup final 12 months and now the ODI World Cup this 12 months. Playing in opposition to and beating India, there won’t be a greater motivating issue for the Windies to do higher than what they did within the earlier cycle.
Here’s all you need to know in regards to the India-West Indies Test sequence:
Full Schedule:
1st Test – July 12-16 at Windsor Park, Roseau, Dominica
2nd Test – July 20-24 at Queen’s Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad
Squads
West Indies (for first Test): Kraigg Brathwaite (Captain), Jermaine Blackwood (Vice Captain), Alick Athanaze, Tagenarine Chanderpaul, Rahkeem Cornwall, Joshua Da Silva, Shannon Gabriel, Jason Holder, Alzarri Joseph, Kirk McKenzie, Raymon Reifer, Kemar Roach, Jomel Warrican
Travelling Reserves: Tevin Imlach, Akeem Jordan
India: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Virat Kohli, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ajinkya Rahane (vice-captain), KS Bharat (wk), Ishan Kishan (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Axar Patel, Mohd. Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Jaydev Unadkat, Navdeep Saini
Live telecast and streaming
The two Test matches between India and the West Indies could have a 7:30 PM IST begin. The Test sequence could have a live telecast by way of Doordarshan (DD) Sports channel however solely on Free cable networks and never on DTH. The sequence could be streamed live by way of JioCinema and Fancode. Thus, the sequence could be watched live on these two apps and their web sites.
