IND vs WI Match Preview- 1st Test, West Indies Tour of India 2025

India will be up against the West Indies in the first of the two-match Test series. The IND vs WI Match Preview provides today's match details for the 1st Test of the West Indies tour of India 2025.

IND vs WI Match Preview- 1st Test, West Indies Tour of India 2025:

Date and Venue:

The IND vs WI match will be played from October 2-6 at Narendera Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. The game will start at 9:30 AM IST.

Squads:

India

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

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West Indies

Roston Chase (c), Jomel Warrican, Kevlon Anderson, Alick Athanaze, John Campbell, Tagenarine Chanderpaul, Justin Greaves, Shai Hope, Tevin Imlach, Alzarri Joseph, Shamar Joseph, Brandon King, Anderson Phillip, Khary Pierre, Jayden Seales

IND vs WI Key battles:

KL Rahul vs Jayden Seales

KL Rahul would like to continue the form he showed in the recently concluded series against Australia A, where the opening batter scored a match-winning century and led India A to an unlikely victory on the final day.

Rahul will be up against Jayden Seales, who will spearhead the Windies bowling lineup in the absence of Alzarri Joseph.

Shubman Gill vs Jediah Blades

Shubman Gill, the Indian Test, would hope to build on the good work he did in his first assignment as the captain of the team.

Gill will face the challenge of Jediah Bladesh, who is expected to make his debut in the first Test in Ahmedabad.

Shai Hope vs Jasprit Bumrah

West Indies' white ball captain Shai Hope will have to take the responsibility and make. a vital contribution with the bat in the first Test against India.

Hope will have to face the challenge of Jasprit Bumrah, who will be rearing to go after missing the final Test against England.

Roston Chase vs Washington Sundar

Roston Cange, the West Indies' Test captain, is one of the few batters who has the experience of playing Test matches in India and would want to put that to good use in the upcoming Test series.

Chase will have to tackle the bowling of Washington Sundar, who will be high on confidence after a decent performance with both bat and ball against England.

IND vs WI Key Players:

IND- KL Rahul, Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswa, Jasprit Bumrah, Washington Sundar

WI- Roston Chase, Brandon King, Shai Hope, Jayden Seales, and Jomel Warrican

IND vs WI Weather Report:

There are high chances of rain during the game in Ahmedabad with a maximum temperature of 33°C and a minimum of 25°C.

Conclusion

India would like to carry on the way they have dominated in the longest format of the game at home for over a decade when they take on West Indies in a two-match Test series.

As far as the West Indies is concerned, the visitors would hope to give a tough fight and run India close in both the Test matches and even attempt to eke out at least one win to claim crucial World Test Championship points.