West Indies is going to tour India for Test Series
West Indies is going to tour India for Test series in October, including two Test matches. The struggling West Indies team has just lost a T20 series against Nepal and now will face India tomorrow. A dominant Indian team can easily face the young West Indies team. India is going to host the first home series after the retirement of R Ashwin, Virat Kohli, and Rohit Sharma. It will also be a test for the Indian team on the grassy pitch of Ahmedabad.
The West Indies have played a devastating home series against Australia, and now this will be a real challenge for them. This series will also be an anxiety for Shubman Gill as he will lead India for his first home Test series. The grassy pitch will also decide the direction of the match on the basis of the toss. The West Indies team has nothing to lose as everyone is expecting that India will win the series. This will give the West Indies’ players a chance to play freely.
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India in Tests at home
India has played a dominant role in Test matches at home since 2013 and performed really well. They have world-class Test players like Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, and R Ashwin. India has performed well again and again in home series against every team in the world. But they faced a challenge from New Zealand last year, which made them play well every time. Otherwise, they will lose against world-skilled and good players. They have to remain consistent and serious in their game to rule the world in Tests.
India will miss R Ashwin’s bowling consistency in this series because they don’t have such an experienced bowler now. Alzarri Joseph and Shamar Joseph are not present in this series for the West Indies. But they have some of the World’s young, talented fast bowlers to make trouble for India. Especially, Jayden Seales has the ability to produce difficulties for the Indian batters on the grassy pitches. He has taken 88 Test wickets so far and can make an impact with his skills and ability against India. J Seales can make the battle hard for India like the New Zealand pace attack (Matt Henry and Will O’Rourke) did last year.
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India’s possible Test squad
Shubman Gill (captain),
Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Mohammed Siraj
B Sai Sudharsan, Dhruv Jurel (wk),
Nitish Kumar Reddy, Devdutt Padikkal,
Axar Patel, Ravindra Jadeja,
Washington Sundar, Prasidh Krishna,
Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah
West Indies’ possible Test squad
Roston Chase (Captain)
Tagenarine Chanderpaul, Brandon King,
Kevlon Anderson, Alick Athanaze,
Shai Hope (wk), Khary Pierre,
Justin Greaves, Anderson Phillip
Jomel Warrican, Johann Layne,
Jayden Seales.
India had a clear dominance over the West Indies since 1994 because they had won every Test after that at home. This series has a lot of importance for the all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja. He is just 114 runs away from creating history in Test cricket. Jadeja can become 4th Test player to have 4000 runs and 300 wickets. John Campbell of the West Indies can also achieve a milestone of 1000 runs as he needs just 6 runs for this.
India vs West Indies Test series 2025 Schedule
Match |
Venue |
Date |
| 1ST Test | Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmadabad | 2-6 October |
| 2nd Test | Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi | 10-14 October |