West Indies Squad:

John Campbell, Tagenarine Chanderpaul, Alick Athanaze, Brandon King, Roston Chase(c), Shai Hope(w), Justin Greaves, Khary Pierre, Jomel Warrican, Johann Layne, Jayden Seales, Jediah Blades, Kevlon Anderson, Anderson Phillip, Tevin Imlach

India Squad:

Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudharsan, Shubman Gill(c), Dhruv Jurel(w), Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, N Jagadeesan, Axar Patel, Devdutt Padikkal, Prasidh Krishna

What to expect: 

Yet another one-sided Test with eminent likelihood of an early finish. The black soil pitch is expected to offer turn, making life definitely difficult for the West Indian batters, none of whom has managed a substantial score in the first Test. The Indian players - batters and bowlers alike - should relish the conditions and it would be quite an achievement by the visitors if they succeed to force India to bat twice in the Test.

Did you know:

- West Indies last beat India in a Test match in 2002 - 26 Tests ago. Since then, they have lost nine series to India.

Last time India lost a Test in Delhi was in 1987 against West Indies (by 5 wickets). Since then, they have won 11 Tests, and drawn two at the venue

Last time India played a Test in Delhi in 2023, Ravindra Jadeja took his Test innings (7/42) and in the match (10/110), best bowling figures (vs AUS, 2023).

West Indies openers have not had a 50-plus stand in their last 13 Test innings in India. In 12 innings this year, they crossed fifty just once.

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What they said:

"If there would be an opportunity, definitely we would be looking to play him (Prasidh Krishna). As of now, we want to play our strongest XI. Because WTC is something you have to win almost 70 per cent of your matches to be able to secure a spot in the finals. So, depending on where we are on the table... These are still early stages. So, we want to play the best XI and we want to play the best team that is available for us." - Shubman Gill, India skipper.

"Yesterday we had a team event and I had the privilege of speaking with all three of them (Brian Lara, Viv Richards and Richie Richardson). And they basically said the same thing. They just told me to keep believing that, obviously, we're down right now. But it has to change at some point. And the change can start from now. But it starts with the belief and the mindset of each and every player. And just to keep motivating the guys that we can still play some positive cricket. And change the run. Our hearts don't fall at the moment." - Roston Chase, West Indies captai

India wins toss bats...

King out..Imlach in

Layne out.. Phillips in

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West Indies: 1 Tagenarine Chanderpaul, 2 John Campbell, 3 Alick Athanaze, 4 Shai Hope, 5 Kevon Imlach (wk), 6 Roston Chase (capt), 7 Justin Greaves, 8 Khary Pierre, 9 Jomel Warrican, 10 Anderson Phillip, 11 Jayden Seales

India: 1 Yashasvi Jaiswal, 2 KL Rahul, 3 B Sai Sudharsan, 4 Shubman Gill (capt), 5 Ravindra Jadeja, 6 Dhruv Jurel (wk), 7 Nitish Kumar Reddy, 8 Washington Sundar, 9 Kuldeep Yadav, 10 Jasprit Bumrah, 11 Mohammed Siraj

Shubman Gill has finally won a toss. Roston Chase calls heads, and it is tails. No surprise that Gill chooses to bat first. India are unchanged. That means B Sai Sudharsan gets the backing at No. 3 as expected.

Chase says West Indies would have batted themselves had they won the toss. West Indies have made two changes. Middle-order batter Brandon King goes out for Tevin Imlach. Right at the bottom of the order, seamer Johann Layne makes way for Anderson Phillip.

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Pitch Report | Deep Dasgupta and Ian Bishop:

 It's a pleasant morning in Delhi. It's not too warm, it's not too cold. This looks like an interesting pitch. What we have is grass areas where the absolute live grass will hold the surface together and the ball might skid off. And we have bald areas which will scuff up at some point during the Test match and bring the spinners into play. It's almost a pitch of two halves. It doesn't feel that hard either. I'm not expecting my kind (pacers) to get great deal of bounce and carry. This pitch will play better than it looks even though it looks patchy. It could be two-paced in nature. Win the toss and bat first here.

Jaiswal and Rahul are at the crease.

Jaiswal is on strike.

Jayden Seales will open the attack