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Final possibility for India to settle Test combination
- Updated: July 13, 2016
St Kitts: Ahead of a four-Test array opposite a West Indies, India will have a final possibility to work on their shortcomings when a Virat Kohli-led visitors take on WICB President’s XI in a three-day warm-up tie from Thursday.
India were distant from considerable in their final two-day warm-up diversion with Kohli and star batsman unwell to get a decent start while a gait battery struggled with their unsuitable show. Leg-spinner Amit Mishra with his 4 wickets was a sole prominence along with Rohit Sharma’s dominant half century.
As Kohli along with conduct manager Anil Kumble sits to confirm on a personification XI for a initial Test, starting during Antigua on Jul 21, a players will be aiming for a decent tour in a three-day fixure.
In a batting department, a top-order looked plain after carrying spent adequate time in a center with openers Lokesh Rahul and Shikhar Dhawan scoring fifties.
Dhawan, whose opening in whites came underneath a scanner, presented his box with a 90-ball 51 while Rahul also scored 50 off 99 balls that creates a foe unbending with Murali Vijay roughly a certainty in a line-up.
No.3 Cheteshwar Pujara scored 34 off 102 balls before timid out, while Rohit’s dominant 54 off 109 balls came good.
Stumper Wriddhiman Saha also got some runs though Kohli (14) and Rahane (5) missed out and a twin will be eyeing Thursday’s confront to spend some time in a middle.
Kohli will be anticipating for an softened uncover from his pacers — Mohammed Shami, who is returning to rival cricket after a prolonged damage lay-off, and Bhuvneshwar Kumar, maestro Ishant Sharma and Umesh Yadav.
While everybody solely Shami was among a wickets, nothing of a India pacers acted any critical hazard to a hosts.
It will also be engaging to see if Kohli asks Mumbai rookie Shardul Thakur to play a few in a middle.
With a representation giving assistance for a slower bowlers, leggie Mishra, who narrowly missed out on a hattrick, grabbed a event with both hands with a four-for-67 with off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin and all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja warming a bench.
India: Virat Kohli (captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Murali Vijay, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Rohit Sharma, Lokesh Rahul, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Amit Mishra, Umesh Yadav, Ishant Sharma, Mohammed Shami, Shardul Thakur, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Stuart Binny
WICB President’s XI : Leon Johnson (capt), Jermaine Blackwood, Rajendra Chandrika, Roston Chase, Jason Dawes, Shane Dowrich, Shai Hope, Damion Jacobs, Keon Joseph, Marquino Mindley, Vishaul Singh, Jomel Warrican