Team India are on a high after winning the first match of the two-match series against West Indies by an innings and 141 runs and would like to clean sweep the 100th match in the longest format between the two teams in Trinidad. Given the huge strength gap between the two teams, the visitors may look to rest a few players and try out new players ahead of the ODI series.
Ahead of the second Test, the Indian players asked fans for photographs and autographs in a heartwarming gesture upon completion of training. Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Ravindra Jadeja and Mohammed Siraj all posed for photographs and signed autographs with fans of different age groups while some brought pictures and beautiful creatives as gifts to their beloved players.
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As far as the batsmen are concerned, the first test proved to be good for the Indian team. Debutant Yashasvi Jaiswal scored a record-breaking 171 for Manoran while skipper Rohit scored his 10th Test century. Virat Kohli was the third highest run-scorer for his team with a brilliant inning of 76 runs. Even though he missed out on his century, he showed a lot of composure to spend time at the crease.
Kohli will play his 500th international match from Thursday and will be hoping for another big score as he becomes the fourth Indian to achieve the feat and 10th overall.
West Indies need major improvement with both bat and ball to even come close to the Indian team, let alone dominate. After winning all 12 points in the first game, the two-time World Test Championship finalists would be hoping to win 12 more points to remain on top of the points table in the 2023-25 cycle.