Match Details
Date: July 20 2023
Time: 7:30 PM IST
Venue: Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
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Match Preview:
After winning the first Test with an inning and 141 runs, Team India will take on West Indies at the iconic Queen's Park Oval for the second five-day game of the tour. The Indian bowling attack led by R Ashwin kickstarted this landslide performance before the batters piled up a massive 421-run score. Then finishing off the game on Day 3, India’s spin twins - Ravindra Jadeja and R Ashwin, combined to pick up nine wickets to clinch a dominant win.
Pitch Report:
Port of Spain’s Queen’s Park Oval has been known to produce tough and competitive wickets where the fast bowlers have a certain advantage. The spinners also tend to come into play as the Test match progresses, hence the batters need to bat with a solid technique and awareness to score runs at this venue.
Team Analysis:
West Indies
The hosts, West Indies will come into this fixture after a lot of reflection after being demolished in the first Test. The Windies would hope for a better batting display and depend on the likes of Kraigg Brathwaite, Tagenarine Chanderpaul, Jermaine Blackwood and Alick Athanaze to score runs. Similarly, the bowling attack will also need to step up and support Kemar Roach, who has looked the WI’s best player in the first game.
SportsTiger Playing XI of West Indies
Kraigg Brathwaite (c), Tagenarine Chanderpaul, Raymon Reifer, Jermaine Blackwood, Alick Athanaze, Joshua Da Silva (wk), Jason Holder, Shannon Gabriel, Alzarri Joseph, Kemar Roach, Jomel Warrican
India
On the contrary, Team India will hope to replicate their performance and register their first win at Port of Spain since 2002. In the batting department, the Indian team management will hope to see a big performance from Shubman Gill, who has struggled to score in overseas Test matches. Whereas in the bowling department, India could rest someone like Shardul Thakur and give a debut international cap to Mukesh Kumar.
SportsTiger Playing XI of India
Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, KS Bharat (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Mukesh Kumar, Mohammed Siraj, Jaydev Unadkat
Match Prediction:
Conclusion:
The Indian Team have a better chance to win this fixture and defeat the West Indies to seal the two-game series with a 2-0 margin.
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