Rohit Sharma said in the press conference, ‘Looking at the wicket, I believe we will play with two spinners and three seamers. As far as batting is concerned, Shubman Gill will come at number three. He wants to play at this position. Gill told coach Rahul Dravid that he has played at number 3 and 4 throughout his career.
Yashasvi Jaiswal will debut?
Rohit Sharma also said that he is happy with the left-right opening combination after a long time. If Sharma is to be believed, it will be an exciting time for Indian cricket, we have got the player and we hope he does well for a long time. We were desperate for a left-handed opener for a long time. Yashasvi Jaiswal is most likely to be the left-handed opener for India. The ouster of Cheteshwar Pujara has created a spot in the Indian top order. Mumbai’s immensely talented left-handed batsman Yashasvi Jaiswal will be hoping to live up to his ‘name’.
2 spinners then who is the third pacer?
India’s five-man pace attack under the leadership of only 19 Test old Mohammad Siraj looks weak in comparison to West Indies’ pace attack. It will again depend on how the West Indies match the finesse and artistry of Ravichandran Ashwin (474 wickets) and Ravindra Jadeja (268), who together have taken nearly 750 Test wickets. Apart from these three, Shardul Thakur is sure to play, in such a situation only one of Mukesh Kumar, Jaydev Unadkat and Navdeep Saini will get a chance.