WI Vs IND 2nd Test Match Preview: The second and the last red ball game between West Indies and India is a historic match because both teams will play their 100th Test match against each other.
The 2nd red ball match of this Test series will start from tomorrow, Thursday 20th July 2023 and it will go on till Monday, 24th July 2023 at Queen's Park Oval in Port of Spain at Trinidad.
India’s Probable Playing XI - Rohit Sharma(c), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Shardul Thakur, Ishan Kishan(wk), Jaydev Unadkat, and Mohammed Siraj.
Probable Playing XI Of The Windies - Kraigg Brathwaite(c), Jermaine Blackwood, Rahkeem Cornwall, Joshua Da Silva(wk), Raymon Reifer, Kemar Roach, Jason Holder, Tagenarine Chanderpaul, Alzarri Joseph, Kirk McKenzie, Jomel Warrican.
The pitch report of the 2nd Test match between India and West Indies says that the wicket in Queen’s Park Oval will help the spin bowlers again just like it did in the 1st Test match at Dominica.
The team who wins the toss should look to bat first at this venue because the team has won the match whenever they have batted first in the past.
Team India will not make any changes in the second and the last red ball match of this two-match Test series. But they will want their middle-order players like Shubman Gill and Ajinkya Rahane to come good in the red ball match.
Gill who batted at his new position failed to contribute and Rahane too needs to play well to cement his place in the Test side.
Jinx has made a return to the red ball side of Team India after his good show in the WTC 2023 Final against Australia, which India lost. The visitors, India can also promote Ishan Kishan up the order.
Rohit Sharma had declared the innings when Kishan scored just one run in the first test match of his career. This test will be India’s last before they travel to South Africa in December 2023.
While the hosts, West Indies, will have to bounce back in this series to draw the level. After their whopping defeat of an innings and 141 runs in the first Test match, Brathwaite and his men will have to find ways to stop this powerful Indian side from clinching the series.
They need to strengthen their bowling lineup by recalling Shannon Gabriel back in the playing XI.
Their batting has also been a huge problem. West Indies couldn’t cross the 200-run mark even once when they batted in the 1st Test match.
The Windies can include Kirk McKenzie to strengthen their batting for the last Test match. But Windies will need contributions from the other senior batters as well.
The weather reports say that the rains will have their say in this red ball match.
Batters – Yashasvi Jaiswal, Kraigg Brathwaite, and Shubman Gill
Bowlers – Alzarri Joesph, Jaydev Unadkat and Ravi Ashwin
All-rounders – Jason Holder and Ravindra Jadeja
Wicket-keeper – Joshua Da Silva
Vice-captain – Ajinkya Rahane
Captain – Jermaine Blackwood
The second and the last Test match between West Indies Vs India will start at 7.30 PM according to the Indian Standard Time (IST), 2 PM GMT and 10 AM Local Time.
DD Sports will air this match live on the television channel in India. While the live streaming services will be shown on the mobile applications of JioCinema and FanCode.
