The West Indies has not won a Test series in India since 1983.
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Get the best IND vs WI Fantasy 11 Prediction, Cricket Tips, Playing 11, Injury Updates & Pitch Report for West Indies tour of India 2025 in 1st Test. India (IND) will take on the West Indies (WI) in the first Test of the two-match series on October 2, at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. It will be the 101st Test match between India and the West Indies. India has won 23 out of the 100 Test matches against West Indies, while West Indies has been victorious on 30 occasions. India has not lost a Test match against West Indies since 2002. India has won the last nine Test series against the West Indies. West Indies has played a total of 12 Test series in India. Two out of these 12 series have ended in a draw. Both teams have won five series each. The West Indies has not won a Test series in India since 1983.
It will be the first home series for Shubman Gill as the captain of the Indian side. Gill made his captaincy debut against England during the five-match series in July. The series ended in a draw with both teams winning two matches each. Gill had a great outing with the bat and finished as the leading run-scorer. India made a couple of changes to the squad that played against England. The likes of Abhimanyu Easwaran, Karun Nair, and Shardul Thakur have been dropped. Devdutt Padikkal has been picked in the squad, along with Axar Patel. Ravindra Jadeja has been appointed the vice-captain.
The West Indies will be led by Roston Chase, and it will be his second assignment as the captain after the series against Australia. Two key players, Alzarri Jospeh and Shamar Joseph, have been ruled out of the squad due to injuries. Tagenarine Chanderpaul and Alick Athanaze have been picked in the side after they were dropped from the last series. Khary Pierre has received his maiden Test callup and might feature in the playing 11.
Match Information- IND vs WI Fantasy 11 Prediction
Probable PlayingXI
India
Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudharsan, Shubman Gill(C), RA Jadeja, Washington Sundar, K Nitish Kumar Reddy, DC Jurel, KL Yadav, JJ Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj
Bench: Narayan Jagadeesan, Devdutt Padikkal, Axar Patel, Prasidh Krishna
West Indies
T Chanderpaul, John Campbell, Brandon King, Kevlon Anderson, JP Greaves, Roston Chase(C), Khary Pierre, Shai Hope, A Athanaze, JA Warrican, Jayden Seales
Bench: TA Imlach, J Layne, Alzarri Joseph, A Phillip
Pitch Report
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Ravindra Jadeja- IND | all
Jadeja is the third-highest run-scorer for India in Tests this year. He has made 555 runs in six games at an average of 69.37. He has picked up seven wickets as well.
Gill would be looking to continue from where he left off in the England series. He has made 787 runs in 12 innings this year and has hit four centuries.
Avoid Player Message- 9
Alick Athanaze- WI | BOWL- 8.5
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