India vs West Indies

[aNarcHy2day]

Prithvi Shaw to debut. Should have debuted at the Oval but whatever. India did an England and announced a XII a day before. Shardul may get a debut too- not a fan.

Venue and dates as requested-
Tests
1st Test, at Rajkot, Oct 4-8 2018
2nd Test, at Hyderabad, Oct 12-16 2018

ODI
1st ODI, (D/N) at Guwahati, Oct 21 2018
2nd ODI, (D/N) at Visakhapatnam, Oct 24 2018
3rd ODI, (D/N) at Pune, Oct 27 2018
4th ODI, (D/N) at Mumbai, Oct 29 2018
5th ODI, (D/N) at Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 1 2018

T20I
1st T20I, (N) at Kolkata, Nov 4 2018
2nd T20I, (N) at Lucknow, Nov 6 2018
3rd T20I, (N) at Chennai, Nov 11 2018

[Jock McTuffnel v3]

Just the 2 tests but 8 white ball games ?

[aNarcHy2day]

Love to see more Tests but the white ball games will probably be the more competitive ones so kinda good from that point of view.

[Ali TT]

Originally Posted by Jock McTuffnel v3

Just the 2 tests but 8 white ball games ?

How much punishment do you think the West Indies deserve!? One test is probably a test too many.

[aNarcHy2day]

Shaw gets a debut 50.

[sanskritsimon]

This seems like the first test not involving England for about a year.

India are motoring!

[Sir Coolerking]

Originally Posted by aNarcHy2day

Prithvi Shaw to debut. Should have debuted at the Oval but whatever. India did an England and announced a XII a day before. Shardul may get a debut too- not a fan.

Bit harsh on Dhawan who had to cope with Anderson and co hooping it round corners and then the teenager gets a flatbed agianst the Windies to start off. Maybe it was planned that way....

[aNarcHy2day]

Dunno- Dhawan should not have been on the plane to England in the first place IMO- not the Test one anyway.

Shaw makes a debut 100 off 98 balls. He now has centuries on Ranji, Duleep, India A and India debuts.

[Corbo 61]

Got this live now on OSN. Would be handy to have venue and dates at start of thread. Looks like 500 plus if Kohli gets going.

[Jock McTuffnel v3]

Windies had a glimmer at 230 odd for 3 but that's a lot of runs in a day ...

[Summer of '77]

Originally Posted by Sir Coolerking

Bit harsh on Dhawan who had to cope with Anderson and co hooping it round corners and then the teenager gets a flatbed agianst the Windies to start off. Maybe it was planned that way....

The fickle hand of timing, eh? It's like Pat Pocock constantly getting called up to face the great West Indian sides. He must have thought "Please...just gimmee a couple of Tests against Australia during World Series cricket".

[Jock McTuffnel v3]

Odds on India batting again ?

[Summer of '77]

Still beats me how Jajeda played only one Test last summer. Sure, team balance would have been an issue but he just offers so much.

[aNarcHy2day]

Hopelessly one sided Test. The second Test will be more competitive with Holder and Roach back.

[Corbo 61]

Shaw sure looks a good new young un.

[Ali TT]

Originally Posted by aNarcHy2day

Hopelessly one sided Test. The second Test will be more competitive with Holder and Roach back.

No it won't, but at least Shami has picked up some well deserved wickets.

[Jock McTuffnel v3]

Originally Posted by aNarcHy2day

Hopelessly one sided Test. The second Test will be more competitive with Holder and Roach back.

Yes - perhaps 2 tests are plenty. The continual demise of the Windies isn't great to watch.

[aNarcHy2day]

I actually think a full strength Windies side would be plenty strong. They badly miss Darren Bravo.

[sanskritsimon]

Originally Posted by aNarcHy2day

... They badly miss Darren Bravo.

Why isn't he playing?

[Ali TT]

Originally Posted by aNarcHy2day

I actually think a full strength Windies side would be plenty strong. They badly miss Darren Bravo.

I'm afraid they really wouldn't. They were abysmal away from home even 10-15 years ago when they still had genuinely world class players. This lack of competitiveness is not something new that sticking in a few passable international journeymen like Roach or Bravo would suddenly reverse. .