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Antigua Test Preview: Confident India face fresh Windies
- Updated: July 20, 2016
Antigua: A assured India underneath new manager Anil Kumble will be aiming to explain their third unbroken Test array when they take on an fresh West Indies side in a initial diversion of a four-match Test rubber during a Sir Vivian Richards Stadium here on Thursday.
Indian cricket group players use during Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua on Monday. Pic/ PTI
India had won both their prior array in a Caribbean with a 1-0 domain (2006 and 2011) and a arriving 4 Tests will give a Virat Kohli-led immature side a shining event to improved that record.
Meanwhile, a hosts haven’t won a Test array opposite anyone other than Bangladesh or Zimbabwe, home or away, given Aug 2012 while India can bank on their 2-1 divided win opposite Sri Lanka and 3-0 thrashing of South Africa during home late final year.
Going into a initial Test, a Indians had a decent tour in both a warm-up games opposite a West Indies Cricket Board President’s XI side, with both a batsmen and bowlers spending plenty time in a middle.
But it won’t be a cakewalk for a visitors as a lane used for a use games during St. Kitts was on a slower side though with some bounce, that helped a spinners from possibly side while a pacers had to be confident with a singular transformation available.
From a time, Kohli took over a layer of a Test team, India have mostly opted for a five-bowler strategy, a trend that is really expected to be continued in a initial Test.
With Lokesh Rahul scoring a half century in any of a dual games, a opening container will be an engaging competition between him and southpaw Shikhar Dhawan, who also dismissed a half ton while Murali Vijay is roughly a certainty.
The center sequence comprises of a some-more staid section with Cheteshwar Pujara during one down, Kohli and his emissary Ajinkya Rahane during No. 4 and 5 with stumper Wriddhiman Saha during No.6. Rohit Sharma’s place in a personification XI depends on either India skeleton to play 4 or 5 bowlers.
The gait bowling dialect will be spearheaded by a seasoned Ishant Sharma and is expected to embody Umesh Yadav and Bhuvneshwar Kumar. Mohammed Shami, who returned to rival cricket recently might comfortable a dais for this tie along with rookie Shardul Thakur.
With a marks aiding a slower bowlers, leg-spinner Amit Mishra and off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin demeanour a probable combination, as a former had taken a four-wicket transport in one of a use games while left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja’s inclusion will also accelerate a lower-order batting.
Meanwhile, a hosts will bank on their many gifted supporter Marlon Samuels to boost a center sequence as a rest of a batting choice lacks adequate knowledge exclusive Darren Bravo.
Vice captain Kraigg Brathwaite along with Rajendra Chandrika are many expected to open a batting followed by Bravo, Samuels, Jermaine Blackwood and Carlos Brathwaite.
Having forsaken comparison keeper-batsman Dinesh Ramdin, who played 74 Tests, rookie Shane Dowrich will enclose a large gloves.
The vital headache for a hosts will be a gait bowling dialect after losing Jerome Taylor to Test retirement, and ignoring Kemar Roach. In their absence, skipper Jason Holder will lead a bowlers along with Carlos Brathwaite, Shannon Gabriel and Miguel Cummins while leg-spinner Devendra Bishoo is a sole dilettante spinner in a team.