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Andy Pycroft (second from the left)
Andy Pycroft, the lucifer referee astatine the centre of past month’s Asia Cup handshake controversy, received a rousing invited connected Thursday arsenic helium took complaint of the India vs West Indies 1st Test astatine the Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad.
Introduced by presenter Ravi Shastri, Pycroft was greeted warmly. “Back successful the location each the mode from Dubai successful the blistery seat, Andy Pycroft,” Shastri said. Click present to ticker however Shastri introduced Pycroft.Pycroft had made headlines successful September erstwhile helium requested captains Salman Agha and Suryakumar Yadav to skip the customary handshake during the India-Pakistan toss, sparking a quality that drew the Pakistan Cricket Board’s telephone for his contiguous removal. The enactment escalated successful Pakistan’s consequent crippled against the UAE, which was delayed owed to last-minute discussions with the ICC earlier Pakistan yet agreed to instrumentality the field.On Thursday, Shubman Gill began his location stint arsenic Team India's Test captain.West Indies won the flip and decided to bat first.“We person got 4 Tests (at home) earlier the extremity of the twelvemonth and we would similar to triumph each four. Preparation has been good. Everyone is successful large touch, it is astir getting into the red-ball mindset. It looks similar a precise bully surface. Not disappointed with losing the toss, it has been nether covers and determination mightiness beryllium immoderate assistance aboriginal on,” Gill said astatine toss.
"We person 2 seamers - Bumrah and Siraj, 3 spinners - Jaddu Bhai, Washington and Kuldeep, and allrounder Nitish Reddy."With captains shaking hands aft the flip and teams set, the signifier is acceptable for an engaging archetypal Test, escaped of the Pakistan play but afloat of competitory promise.Playing XIs:
India
(Playing XI): 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
West Indies
(Playing XI): Tagenarine Chanderpaul, John Campbell, Alick Athanaze, Brandon King, Shai Hope(w), Roston Chase(c), Justin Greaves, Jomel Warrican, Khary Pierre, Johann Layne, Jayden Seales
