The seventh time has turned out to be a lucky one for the Indian skipper Shubman Gill as he won the toss for the first time since he was handed over the reins as a Test Captain. The reaction of the Indian Cricket Team to this has gone viral now.
The moment Gill won the toss, the entire Indian camp — including star pacer Jasprit Bumrah and head coach Gautam Gambhir — erupted in laughter, teasing the Indian skipper for at last breaking the long-standing toss ‘curse’.
Post toss win, Gill elected to bat against the West Indies in the second Test of the two-match series here on Friday.
India have retained the same playing XI that had defeated the Roston Chase-led West Indies by an innings and 140 runs in the first Test at Ahmedabad. Gill said India would like to put on a big total as the wicket looks conducive for batting. Meanwhile, West Indies made two changes, bringing in Tevin Imlach and Anderson Phillip in place of Brandon King and Johann Layne.
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"(The) wicket looks good, we want to pile on the runs. Consistency is key, to repeat performances and maintain performances. Captaincy hasn't changed me much, more responsibilities now, I like that. Very exciting future for me," said Gill at the toss.
Teams:
West Indies: Tagenarine Chanderpaul, John Campbell, Alick Athanaze, Shai Hope, Tevin Imlach (wk), Roston Chase (c), Justin Greaves, Khary Pierre, Jomel Warrican, Anderson Phillip, Jayden Seales.
India: Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, B Sai Sudharsan, Shubman Gill (c), Ravindra Jadeja, Dhruv Jurel (wk), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj.
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