IND vs WI / Competition among 3 fast bowlers for Shami's place, luck of one will shine

The Indian cricket team is going to face West Indies in a two-match Test series from 12 July. Most of the young players have been given a chance in Team India for this series. Especially in the absence of Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami, it will be special to see which fast bowler will get a chance in Team India. The first Test against the West Indies is going to be a tough fight for a spot among the three pacers.

Vikrant Shekhawat : Jul 10, 2023, 07:00 AM

IND vs WI: The Indian cricket team is going to face West Indies in a two-match Test series from 12 July. Most of the young players have been given a chance in Team India for this series. Especially in the absence of Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami, it will be special to see which fast bowler will get a chance in Team India. The first Test against the West Indies is going to be a tough fight for a spot among the three pacers.

Which bowler will get a place in the team?

Jaydev Unadkat, Mukesh Kumar and Navdeep Saini are in the running for the third pacer for the two-Test series against the West Indies starting on Wednesday and it will not be an easy task for the Indian team management to choose between them.

West Indies record is also bad

The first Test match will be held at Rossiu's Windsor Park which has so far hosted five Tests and four ODIs and as many T20 Internationals. The last Test match at this ground was played in 2017 in which Pakistan won by 101 runs inside three days. West Indies have won only one Test match here and that too against a weak Zimbabwe team. India are set to go with both spinners Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja while Shardul Thakur will spearhead the pace department along with Mohammed Siraj on the back of his batting talent and impressive performance in the World Test Championship final in England.

Three fast bowlers set to land

India also have Akshar Patel in the spin department who is an all-rounder like Jadeja. India, however, can go with three fast bowlers. It will not be easy for India to select the third fast bowler as all the three fast bowlers are performing well. Navdeep Saini has found his rhythm and can bowl long spells without cutting down on his pace. He can prove useful with the Dukes ball on a slower pitch. Unadkat, who has done well in the Ranji Trophy, recently played his second Test after 12 years against Bangladesh.

His left-arm fast bowling can trouble right-handed batsmen. The claim of 29-year-old fast bowler Mukesh from Bengal is also not weak. He has improved his game a lot in the last three seasons and can make good use of the new ball.