As a part of test Series India tour of West Indies 2016, today the first test match will be held between the both teams at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, and Antigua. The Indian cricket team is playing their first game under the new coach Anil Kumble.
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However his dismissal of Pujara via a horribly miscued pull in the first over after lunch ushered in Kohli who proceeded to transform the rest of the day into a testament to his ever-increasing stature as a batsman of the highest class.
“I feel that I have that kind of game where I can excel in all three formats, it’s a journey, getting matured, three years with India, now I know my game and my plans”.
“My predictions for Ind vs WI”. With 17 tests in 9 months from october to march, West Indies is just the start of a tough season for Indian cricket; and with a very young side, it is to be seen if this team can dominate world cricket.
Former India batsman V.V.S Laxman also wished India luck for the series. We have often seen that the first day of the first Test shapes up the series and things can be pretty bright for any team that takes charge. “@BCCI #IndvsWI”, Laxman tweeted.
Skipper Virat Kohli was undefeated on 143 having hit his 12th Test century and moving past 3,000 runs in his Test career.
The batting line-up relatively remains the same with Dhawan and Vijay at the top followed by Pujara, Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane.
Speaking to NDTV from Antigua, Gavaskar said West Indies don’t have the bowling strength to bowl out India twice in a match.
There are some new players in the WI squad who will lack confidence and it is great opportunity for them to make a mark in the world cricket and they will be up against one of the best batting and bowling line up in the world cricket. Over this period, he has led the team through a preparatory camp and overseen two practice matches in St. Kitts last week. That was particularly because West Indies chose to bring on debutant Chase (0/54) to bowl in the 12th over.
He then celebrated with back-to-back boundaries on either side of the wicket in the next over from Bishoo before splitting a packed off-side field in the Guyanese’s next over with surgical drive, to collect his 14 boundary.
ON GOALS FOR THE SERIES We have to start the series on a winning note. India also seem set to play five bowlers, on a pitch that their captain Virat Kohli felt would not offer too much bounce. Indeed, it is nearly exactly four years since the West Indies last won a Test series against a side other than minnows Bangladesh and Zimbabwe. “Obviously, I had improved as a Test cricketer”.
“As a captain, you will want that your prime bowler, even if he only bowls 10 overs, if he concedes only 20 runs in those 10 overs and picks up two wickets, he will keep the pressure on”. And it was surprisingly good bounce that got Vijay, as he looked to play at one outside the off stump, only for the ball to kiss his glove and loop up to second slip where Kraigg Brathwaite caught it at after a little fiddling.
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