Shubman Gill won his first toss as the Indian captain on Friday during the second Test against West Indies at the Arun Jaitley Stadium. Having taken over the reins from Rohit Sharma in the longest format, Gill lost all his five tosses in England in July. He had also lost the toss during the first Test in Ahmedabad against West Indies.
In the process, Gill equalled New Zealand’s Tom Latham for most Tests as captain before winning a toss. Both Latham and Gill have lost six tosses before winning one. New Zealand’s Bevan Congdon holds the record for most toss losses (seven) before winning his first.
Upon winning the toss, Gill was greeted with laugh and laughter by his head coach Gautam Gambhir and teammates Jasprit Bumrah, Axar Patel, Ravindra Jadeja to name a few. Meanwhile, India opted to bat first after winning the toss in New Delhi.
Expectedly, India went with an unchanged playing XI while West Indies made two changes to their side that played in the first Test. The visitors have brought in Tevin Imlach and Anderson Phillip replacing Brandon King and Johann Layne (who missed due to a left shoulder injury).
India vs West Indies 2nd Test playing XIs
West Indies: John Campbell, Tagenarine Chanderpaul, Alick Athanaze, Shai Hope, Roston Chase(c), Tevin Imlach(w), Justin Greaves, Jomel Warrican, Khary Pierre, Anderson Phillip, Jayden Seales
India: Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudharsan, Shubman Gill (c), Dhruv Jurel(w), Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj
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