India vs West Indies, 1st Test LIVE Score and updates: WI 29/0; Rohit introduces Ashwin into the attack
India vs West Indies, 1st Test LIVE Score and updates: WI 29/0; Rohit introduces Ashwin into the attack
20:16 (IST)
India vs West Indies LIVE Score
After 8 overs,West Indies 21/0 ( Kraigg Brathwaite (C) 8 , Tagenarine Chanderpaul 7)
Four leg byes added to the West Indian total after the ball takes a deflection off Brathwaite's pad and beats the diving keeper on its way to the fine leg fence. The West Indian skipper gets off strike with a single the very next delivery. Unadkat collects his second maiden in the following over.
20:03 (IST)
India vs West Indies LIVE Score
After 6 overs,West Indies 16/0 ( Kraigg Brathwaite (C) 7 , Tagenarine Chanderpaul 7)
Couple of doubles collected by Chanderpaul in the fifth and sixth overs — pushing it past mid off in Siraj's third over followed by the southpaw guiding it through the gap between the slip cordon and gully, playing the ball with soft hands off Unadkat's bowling. Unadkat keeps things tidy in the remainder of his third over, challenging Chanderpaul's outside edge on a couple of occasions.
19:58 (IST)
India vs West Indies LIVE Score
After 4 overs,West Indies 9/0 ( Kraigg Brathwaite (C) 6 , Tagenarine Chanderpaul 2)
Both Siraj and Unadkat collect a maiden each, with a bye coming off the latter's over after a fumble by Kishan, allowing Chanderpaul to dart off towards the non-striker's end.
19:48 (IST)
India vs West Indies LIVE Score
After 2 overs,West Indies 8/0 ( Kraigg Brathwaite (C) 6 , Tagenarine Chanderpaul 2)
It's a left-hander bowling to a left-hander in the second over with Jaydev Unadkat steaming in from the other end with Tagenarine Chanderpaul (whose stance is uncannily similar to that of his father Shivnarine). Chanderpaul junior opens his account with a brace in the penultimate delivery.
19:46 (IST)
India vs West Indies LIVE Score
After 1 overs,West Indies 6/0 ( Kraigg Brathwaite (C) 6 , Tagenarine Chanderpaul 0)
FOUR! Clipped away towards the fine leg fence by Brathwaite off Siraj! The West Indies skipper ends the first over with a boundary. This after the WI skipper opens the team's account with a brace in the fourth ball.
19:34 (IST)
India vs West Indies LIVE Score
Skipper Kraigg Brathwaite and Tagenarine Chanderpaul walk out to open the West Indies innings after the former elects to bat in the toss. In the absence of Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj and Jaydev Unadkat will share the new ball, with the former bowling the first over.
And so begins the new cycle of the World Test Championship for these two teams.
19:14 (IST)
India vs West Indies LIVE
Teams:
West Indies: Kraigg Brathwaite(c), Tagenarine Chanderpaul, Raymon Reifer, Jermaine Blackwood, Alick Athanaze, Joshua Da Silva(w), Jason Holder, Rahkeem Cornwall, Alzarri Joseph, Kemar Roach, Jomel Warrican
India: Rohit Sharma(c), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Ravindra Jadeja, Ishan Kishan(w), Ravichandran Ashwin, Shardul Thakur, Jaydev Unadkat, Mohammed Siraj
19:07 (IST)
India vs West Indies LIVE
Kraigg Brathwaite, West Indies captain: We will have a bat. Surface is generally dry, bit of moisture. We had a camp in Antigua. Brian Lara was there. Was good for the young batsmen. Key is consistency. It’s about pulling your act together and believing in yourself. Alick Athanaze makes his debut today.
Rohit Sharma, India captain: It’s been good so far. We have been here for a while now. It’s been good preparation although rain played a bit of spoilsport. The championship final is still a couple of years from now. We played some consistent cricket, which is why we played two finals and want to take that forward. We want to keep getting better as a team. I just want them to enjoy. They worked really hard to come here.
19:03 (IST)
India vs West Indies LIVE
TOSS: West Indies win the toss, and skipper Kraigg Brathwaite opts to bat
19:01 (IST)
Not one, but two debutants today!
Congratulations to Yashasvi Jaiswal and Ishan Kishan who are all set to make their Test debut for #TeamIndia.
Go well, lads!#WIvIND pic.twitter.com/h2lIvgU6Zp— BCCI (@BCCI) July 12, 2023
18:45 (IST)
Agarwal eyes India comeback
Mayank Agarwal finds himself out of the Indian team at the moment, having last represented them in the Day-Night Test against Sri Lanka in March 2022. The Karnataka batter though, remains hopeful of clawing his way back into the team through strong performances in the domestic circuit.
Read: Mayank Agarwal eyes heaps of runs, stays positive about India comeback
18:30 (IST)
'Dravid and Sachin use to approach me...': Gavaskar
Former India batter Sunil Gavaskar has revealed that none of the current batters from the India setup has approached him advice and guidance recently. Gavaskar added that with India having a head coach and batting coach in Rahul Dravid and Vikram Rathour respectively, he was a bit cautious as to not to confuse the players with “too much information”.
18:20 (IST)
Jaiswal to make India debut
Yashasvi Jaiswal, who has already made quite the impression in the IPL, is set to make his first appearance for the Indian team today. While he will be opening alongside skipper Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill is set to move to the No 3 slot that used to belong to the now-dropped Cheteshwar Pujara.
18:10 (IST)
“I remember it was Virat’s first Test series with the Indian team, he was this young kid who had done really well in One Day cricket and he was just finding his feet a little bit in Test cricket."
Rahul Dravid and Virat Kohli recalled India's 2011 tour to West Indies, when both were players. Twelve years later, Dravid returns to the Caribbean as India head coach. Read more on that here.
17:57 (IST)
IND vs WI LIVE Score
There have been several memorable moments as far as India's storied Test rivalry against West Indies is concerned. Anil Kumble bowling with a broken jaw is one of them. Click here to read on some more top moments from India's past Test series in West Indies.
17:49 (IST)
IND vs WI LIVE Score
The two match Test series comes at a time when both need a fresh start. With that in mind, both teams have turned to the next generation to steer things into a new direction.
Yashasvi Jaiswal, who will make his Test debut in the first Test at Windsor Park in Dominica, is 21. Over on the other side, Alick Athanaze is 24. There is plenty of faith in him to deliver the goods and they come from the great Brian Lara no less.
17:41 (IST)
India vs West Indies: Head-to-head
India and West Indies have played in 98 Test matches previously. West Indies have won 30 matches of these while India have won 22. A total of 46 matches have been drawn.
17:30 (IST)
Hello and welcome to our LIVE coverage of the first Test between hosts West Indies and India at Windsor Park in Dominica. This Test signals the start of the 2023-25 WTC cycle for both teams. India would be looking to put their WTC Final defeat behind and respond with a strong display, with some fresh faces in the squad. Stay tuned for more updates.
Preview: The wait is finally over. Team India are back in action again. And this time, a new look Team India will take field when they face West Indies in the first Test in Dominica on Wednesday. Promising youngster Yashasvi Jaiswal has been confirmed to open for India, while Shubman Gill bats at number three.
More importantly, India will be looking for a fresh start against the Windies, after their forgettable 209-run defeat to Australia in the World Test Championship (WTC) final in June. And a month on from that loss, India’s 2023-25 WTC cycle gets promptly underway.
India will be without Mohammed Shami, who has been rested, and the injured Jasprit Bumrah. Instead, the visitors’ pace attack will be led by Mohammed Siraj. Siraj, with 52 Test wickets, is the most experienced of the lot, that also consists of Shardul Thakur, Navdeep Saini, Jaydev Unadkat and Mukesh Kumar.
While Siraj and Thakur are all but set to feature in the playing XI, the toss up is likely to be between Navdeep Saini, Jaydev Unadkat and Mukesh Kumar, with Mukesh yet to make his Test debut.
A similar toss-up for the wicketkeeper’s spot is also likely, with KS Bharat and Ishan Kishan fighting for the place. Bharat has scored 129 runs from eight Test innings, while Kishan is yet to make his senior debut in the longest format.
Meanwhile, West Indies, too will be looking to start from scratch following their failure to qualify for the ODI World Cup in India later this year.
The Windies have dropped stars like Roston Chase and included young batting all-rounder Alick Athanaze, who is in line to make his Test debut on Wednesday.
Rakheem Cornwall, who last played a Test for West Indies in 2021, will also feature in the XI.
Tagenarine Chanderpaul, who has had quite a last 12 months scoring 453 runs, will be the X-factor for the Windies.
Teams:
West Indies: Kraigg Brathwaite(c), Tagenarine Chanderpaul, Raymon Reifer, Jermaine Blackwood, Alick Athanaze, Joshua Da Silva(w), Jason Holder, Rahkeem Cornwall, Alzarri Joseph, Kemar Roach, Jomel Warrican
India: Rohit Sharma(c), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Ravindra Jadeja, Ishan Kishan(w), Ravichandran Ashwin, Shardul Thakur, Jaydev Unadkat, Mohammed Siraj.
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