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West Indies vs India 2023, 1st Test – Stats Preview

West Indies will square off against India in the first Test match at Windsor Park, Roseau, Dominica from Wednesday onwards. Both teams will be looking to draw first blood in the series and start their WTC 2023-23 campaign on a high.

India is looking to revamp their Test team as youngsters like Ruturaj Gaikwad and Yashasvi Jaiswal have been added to the squad. Furthermore, it will be a second innings for Ajinkya Rahane, who has made a return to the Test team on the back of some impressive performances in the domestic circuit. Rahane has also been given the role of vice-captaincy.

On the other hand, West Indies will be looking to make the most of their own conditions and come up with a collective show.

Here is the West Indies vs India 2023, 1st Test – Stats Preview

Indian skipper Rohit Sharma needs 63 runs to complete 3500 runs in Test cricket as he has scored 3437 runs in 50 matches.

Virat Kohli has amassed 8479 runs and requires 21 more to complete the 8500-run mark in the red-ball version.

Shubman Gill needs 79 runs to reach the 1000-run mark in the multi-day format.

West Indies captain Kraigg Brathwaite needs 151 runs to complete 5500 runs in Test cricket.

Jermaine Blackwood has scored 2839 runs in 54 Test matches and requires 161 runs to reach the 3000-run mark.

Alzarri Joseph needs 16 wickets to complete 100 Test scalps.

India’s Test squad: Rohit Sharma (Captain), Shubman Gill, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Virat Kohli, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ajinkya Rahane (vice-captain), KS Bharat (wicket-keeper), Ishan Kishan (wicket-keeper), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Axar Patel, Mohd. Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Jaydev Unadkat, Navdeep Saini.

West Indies squad for 1st Test vs India: Kraigg Brathwaite (captain), Jermaine Blackwood, Alick Athanaze, Tagenarine Chanderpaul, Rahkeem Cornwall, Joshua Da Silva (wk), Shannon Gabriel, Jason Holder, Alzarri Joseph, Kirk McKenzie, Raymon Reifer, Kemar Roach, Jomel Warrican.

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