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West Indies vs India Match Prediction: 2nd Test Match, Queen’s Park Oval, Playing 11 and Pitch Report
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West Indies vs India Match Prediction: West Indies and India will be going to play their second match of the tour on July 20th, 2023, at Queen’s Park Oval, West Indies, and the match will start from 7:30 PM/IST.
West Indies lost their first test match against India by a huge margin, which will give them some scars on their pride of being a test-playing cricket team because the loss was quite big as they lost by an innings and 141 runs, which clearly shows how bad they performed. Yashasvi Jaiswal shines on his debut in the test match after scoring 171 runs.
The team in all departments, from batting to bowling, failed to perform well against the Indian side, who were coming after losing in the ICC World Test Championship. The pitch was in favor of the bowlers. Still, West Indies bowlers looked helpless against the Indian Batters, who put up a mammoth total of 421 in a loss of 5 wickets.
West Indies, in the first innings, made a total of 150 runs only, which is quite a disappointing performance by the batters as only the debutant Alick Athanaze crossed the 20+ mark in the team. Indian Spinners from day one led from the front as Ashwin took five wickets, and Ravindra Jadeja took 3 wickets in the first innings.
Indian openers had a 200+ opening partnership as Yashasvi Jaiswal, who was making his debut, scored 171 runs, and Rohit Sharma scored a century after a long time. In the 1st down, Shubman Gill got out early on just 6 runs, but then Virat Kohli came and scored 76 runs to take the Indian score board 350+ after India made 421 Rohit Sharma declared.
West Indies had a trial lead of 271, which was impossible for them to achieve as once again, in the 2nd innings, Indian bowlers dominated the game, and once again Ravichandran Ashwin picked 7 wickets in his 21 overs, making West Indies innings short to 130 and West Indies lost the first match by innings and 141 runs.
The 2nd match of the Indian tour of West Indies might go the same as it did in the first match. It is quite clear that India will dominate the West Indies team, but the home team needs to stay strong and fight with all their might.
West Indies vs India: Head-to-Head Test Record
West Indies and India played 99 test matches against each other, in which the Indian test team won 23 matches and 30 matches won by West Indies. They both drew 46 matches whenever they played against each other in the test matches.
Indian team has won every test series against West Indies at West Indies for over the last 20 years. India won the Test series against West Indies in 2002, 2006, 2011, 2013, 2016, 2018, and 2019.
Pitch Report of Queen’s Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad for the 2nd Test Match of Indian tour of West Indies on July 20th, 2023
| Match Played | 61 matches |
| Batting first won | 20 matches won |
| Batting second won | 18 matches won |
| Drawn Match | 23 |
| Average 1st innings scores | 302 Runs |
| Average 2nd innings scores | 314 |
| Average 3rd innings scores | 262 |
| Average 4th innings scores | 168 |
| Highest Team innings total | 681/8 Declare by West Indies vs England |
| Lowest Team innings total | 46/10 by England vs West Indies |
Queen’s Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad, has been the pitch that favors spinners more than pace bowlers because the cracks do open up as the days go on, which clearly shows that the average 4th innings total is 168.
West Indies and India played 13 matches on the venue, winning 3 each, and 7 matches ended as draws. Their last match at this venue in 2016 also ended in a draw. If the pitch is going to assist spinners once again, then for sure, India spinners will be going to dominate the match.
Team Preview West Indies
West Indies team is going to do one chance for sure as they called up Kevin Sinclair for the 2nd test match against India, which is going to give him a chance to make his test debut. He is going to replace Raymon Reifer for the 2nd match because of his all-rounder skill with spin bowling and batting.
Shai Hope needs to select the best 11 according to the pitch and stats of the player because, in the last match, he was helpless when West Indies was bowling as Indian batters dominated the bowlers from the first ball.
Important players for the West Indies in the match against India
1- Alick Athanaze was the best player for the West Indies team in the 1st test match against the Indian team in which he scored 75 runs and also took one wicket of Rohit Sharma. He played a decent number of matches in first-class cricket. He played 31 matches in which he scored 1900 runs with an average of 36.53 and also took 8 wickets, which would be crucial for the West Indies in the 2nd test match.
2- Alzarri Joseph has been the pace bowler for the West Indies for a long time in test matches, and in the last 10 matches, he took 38 wickets with an economy of 3.40. He played 29 test matches in which he took 85 wickets which is quite amazing for any bowler but in the last match, and he was not at his best as he only took one wicket and scored just 17 runs which was one of his worst performances.
3- Kevin Sinclair will be going to make his debut in test cricket after giving an amazing performance in the domestic circuit. He played 30 first-class matches, scoring 756 with an average of 29.07. That will help the lower order of West Indies to put up more runs. He also took 54 wickets, which is decent record for the spinner. His off-spin can be crucial against the Indian left-handers.
Team Preview of India
Some happiness for the Indian team came after soo long as they won their first match against the West Indies by a huge margin, and they also gave few chances to new lads who performed well.
India will play with the same team in the next match, but if Gill does not perform well in the 1st down order, then it will create some questions about team management, but soon Rohit Sharma will retire from the test match. Indian team is still finding someone who can captain team India in test format as they recently appointed Ruturaj Gaikwad captain of the Indian ODI team, which will play in West Indies and Ireland.
Important players for the Indian Team in the match against West Indies
1- Virat Kohli will be going to give his all in the next match against his favorite opposition, as he did in the last match, scoring 76 runs. He played 110 test matches, scoring 8555 runs with an average of 48.88. He played 15 test matches against West Indies, scoring 898 runs with an average of 44.90.
2- Yashasvi Jaiswal impressed everyone with his batting skills in the debut match as he scored 171 runs by playing 387 balls which clearly shows his focus and determination to do well in the match. He was quite calm on the pitch and was communicating with his seniors about the pitch and the situation, which shows his maturity in cricket. Indian team needed a left-hander, and Jaiswal can be the one because since Shikhar Dhawan is out, no other left-hander can take his place in the opening slot.
3- Ravichandran Ashwin has been one of the amazing bowling all-rounders for India. He played 12 matches against West Indies, took 72 wickets, which is quite amazing, and scored 552 runs. He dominated the whole game against West Indies batters in the last match as he took 12 wickets in the 1st test against West Indies ripping batters apart with his variation.
West Indies vs India: Probable Playing 11 of West Indies
Kraigg Brathwaite(c), Tagenarine Chanderpaul, Alick Athanaze, Jermaine Blackwood, Kevin Sinclair, Joshua Da Silva(w), Jason Holder, Rahkeem Cornwall, Alzarri Joseph, Kemar Roach, Jomel Warrican
West Indies vs India: Probable Playing 11 of 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
