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India's players lukewarm up during a signifier league up of the archetypal Test cricket lucifer against West Indies astatine Narendra Modi Stadium successful Ahmedabad, India, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)
New Delhi: As India cogwheel up for the Test play astatine location with the lucifer against West Indies successful Ahmedabad from Oct 2, 1 whitethorn spot them deviate from playing connected fertile turners to commencement with. TOI has learnt that the squad absorption is not keen connected playing connected raging turners and would similar to play connected pitches that enactment existent for astir of the lucifer against West Indies.However, it is apt that the squad absorption would privation to play connected turning pitches erstwhile South Africa travel to play 2 Tests successful Nov. India had suffered a 0-3 drubbing astatine the hands of New Zealand astatine location past twelvemonth connected pitches that turned quadrate from Day One. It outgo India a accidental to marque the World Test Championship (WTC) last for the archetypal clip since its inception successful 2021.“It has been communicated to the curators that the squad wants to play connected sporting pitches that won’t person overtly adaptable bounce and crook from Day One. One tin expect the matches to spell connected till the 4th time during the West Indies series,” a BCCI root told TOI.
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The adjacent Test against West Indies is successful Delhi from Oct 10. The transportation astatine Arun Jaitley stadium present has grown successful estimation for its bully transportation and high-scoring white-ball games implicit the past 2 years.The thought is to springiness Indian batters arsenic overmuch clip successful the mediate arsenic imaginable against West Indies to hole for the South Africa series. In essence, this bid is seen arsenic a warmup earlier facing the reigning WTC champions. With Rishabh Pant, who has been India’s champion batter connected raging turners, unavailable, the squad absorption would privation its middle-order to settee down.
Interestingly, India person besides picked seam-bowling allrounder Nitish Kumar Reddy for the West Indies series.
India person seldom picked a seam-bowling allrounder for location series, adjacent erstwhile Hardik Pandya was disposable for Test cricket.The 2 Tests against South Africa are successful Guwahati and Kolkata.It volition beryllium absorbing to spot however Guwahati responds to the petition of the squad management, since it volition beryllium the archetypal Test astatine the venue.
Eden Gardens has a estimation of having bully bounce and immunodeficiency seam bowling.South Africa person a world-class spinner successful Keshav Maharaj. But it indispensable beryllium noted that India struggled against Mitchell Santner, Ajaz Patel and Glenn Phillips past year. South Africa’s potent gait onslaught could play a relation portion readying for the Test season. South Africa’s batting has a mediocre estimation erstwhile it comes to playing spin.The Indian squad absorption knows they can’t gaffe astatine location if they privation to unafraid their WTC last berth successful 2027.
