Wasim Jaffer Predicts India’s Playing 11 For 1st Test vs West Indies

Former India cricketer Wasim Jaffer picked India probable playing XI ahead of the first Windies Test which will be played at Dominica on July 12, Wednesday. Team India will play 2 Test matches followed by 3 ODIs and 5 T20Is against West Indies.

Team India is currently in Dominica and preparing for the 1st Test match. Jaffer chooses Ishan Kishan over KS Bharat for India’s wicket-keeper batsman against WI.

However, Ruturaj Gaikwad who is the part of Indian squad missed out in Jaffer’s playing XI for the 1st Test.

Jaffer chooses both Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin for his playing XI.

Earlier, Rohit Sharma also said that young batsman Yashasvi Jaiswal will open the Indian innings in the Test series against the West Indies since Shubman Gill has expressed his desire to bat at number three on a long term basis.

“As far as batting order is concerned, Gill will bat at No. 3 as he himself wants to play at that slot. He himself went up to Rahul bhai (coach Dravid) and requested that since he has played all his cricket at No. 3 and 4, he feels he could contribute more for the team in that slot,” Rohit said during a media conference on the eve of the opening Test.

“For us, it’s a good thing that we will have a left-right combination at the top. Hopefully, this will be a long term solution as we were desperate for left hander at the top. Hope he (Jaiswal) can make that spot his own,” said Rohit.

Here is Jaffer’s Playing XI against WI

Rohit Sharma (c), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Ishan Kishan (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Jaydev Unadkat, Mohammed Siraj, Mukesh Kumar