IND vs WI Test: West Indies Wins Toss, Elects To Bat First
The first India vs West Indies Test match is set to begin a few moments. The coin toss has taken place, with emerging as the winner and electing to first.
The Toss for the first India vs West Indies Test match has concluded. The latter's captain, Roston Chase, has won the toss and elected to bat first.
Notably, this is India's first Test series at home since the 3-0 thrashing at the hands of New Zealand in late 2024. The match is taking place at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, and the first over is scheduled to commence in half an hour from now, that is 9:30 am.
The last time a Test match was played at this venue was in 2023, between India and Australia. That fixture ended in a draw. Needless to say, Shubman Gill's side would be hoping for a better result this time around.
IND vs WI: Playing XIs Revealed
India Playing XI- Shubman Gill (C), Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudharshan, Dhruv Jurel, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Jasprit Bumrah, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav
West Indies Playing XI - Tagenarine Chanderpaul, John Campbell, Alick Athanaze, Brandon King, Shai Hope, Roston Chase (C), Justin Greaves, Jomel Warrican, Khary Pierre, Johann Layne, Jayden Seales
The home side has seen some omissions in their full squad for this series from that of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy series. Rishabh Pant (who picked up an injury), Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Abhimanyu Easwaran, and Karun Nair are no longer a part of the setup.
Even fast bowler Akash Deep is not a part of the squad. He was instrumental for India in the second Test match against England, but has been called up for the Rest of India Irani Cup squad instead.
The travelling team also saw a very late change after fast bowler Alzarri Joseph suffered an injury. He has been replaced by Jediah Blades in the full squad.
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