India vs West Indies will be played at Narendra Modi Cricket Stadium from Thursday, 2 October. This is the first domestic Test series of Shubman Gill as a Test captain, before that under his captaincy, Team India was successful in finishing the Test series in England 2-2. Many big players like KL Rahul, Mohammad Siraj etc. are returning, which were not in the Asia Cup squad. Dhruv Jurlel can join the playing 11 as a wicket -keeper.

It is India’s second series and first domestic Test series in the World Test Championship 2025-27 cycle. The toss will be held at 9 am in the first match starting on Thursday, October 2, the first ball will be put at 9:30 am. The Narendra Modi stadium has black soil and red clay pitch.

India vs West Indies first Test Pitch Report

India vs West Indies first Test will be played on a red clay pitch at Narendra Modi Cricket Stadium. There is a lot of cough on the pitch, which will be reduced before the match but still according to ESPNcricinfo report, it can remain up to 4 mm. There is a good bounce on the red earthen pitch, although it does not break this binding of the grass quickly and turns into a dusty pitch. The fast bowlers are expected to get more help here, but if the pitch becomes dusty then the spinners can get help.

The average score in the first innings at Narendra Modi Cricket Stadium is 347. The average score in the second innings is 353. It can be a bit difficult to score runs in the third and fourth innings. There is also a possibility of rain in Ahmedabad on Saturday, this can change the stance of the pitch.

Team India can land with 3 main fast bowlers in the first Test, Kuldeep Yadav can get a place as a spinner. Washington Sundar, Rabindra Jadeja may be included in 2 all -rounders playing 11.

India’s possible playing 11

Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudarshan, Shubman Gill, Dhruv Juril (wicket -keeper), Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, famous Krishna, Jaspreet Bumrah, Mohammad Siraj.

Indian squad

Devdutt Padikkal, Sai Sudarshan, Shubman Gill (Captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Akshar Patel, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Dhruv Jurlel (wicket keeper), KL Rahul (wicket keeper), Narayan Jagadisin (wicket keeper), Jaspreet Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, famous Krishna.

West Indies squad

Elik Ethanaz, Brandon King, John Campbell, Kevalon Anderson, Tejnarayan Chandrapaul, Johan Leyne, Justin Greaves, Khari Pierre, Roston Chase (captain), Shai Hope (wicket keeper), Tevin Imlach (wicket keeper), Anderson Philip, Zedia Celes, Zedia Bleds, Zool Warikan.

IPL 2025 Final: The final match of IPL 2025 will be played at Narendra Modi Cricket Stadium on 3 June. The RCB team has confirmed their place in the final by winning the first qualifier-1, while the Narendra Modi will be played at the Stadium itself and the winner of that match will be the second finalist team. The final was to be played on 25 May at Eden Gardens in Kolkata, but its schedule and venue were changed after the postponement was postponed. Now West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi regarding this.

After the IPL was postponed, when its new schedule was announced, the BCCI did not give information about the playoffs. It was only then that there was news that the final venue could be changed from Kolkata to Ahmedabad, because around June 3 is likely to rain in Kolkata. On Monday, state CM Mamta Banerjee said without naming PM Modi that he held big matches of Team India including IPL in Ahmedabad.

Mamta Banerjee said, “I do not build a stadium in my name. I do not need a railway line on my own name. I do not need my publicity. It is enough to live as an ideal person. You are making Modi stadium and all matches are being organized there. Why are there no matches in Karnataka, Kerala, Bengal. Why are there all matches in Gujarat? Is.”

Let us tell you that Narendra Modi Cricket Stadium in Ahmedabad has the capacity of 1 lakh 32 thousand spectators, it is also the largest cricket stadium in the world.

IPL final will be held on June 3

Royal Challengers Bangalore won the first qualifier played in Mullanpur and confirmed their place in the final. Let us tell you that not only the IPL final and the qualifier 2 venue but the qualifier 1 and the eliminator match venue has also been changed. Earlier these two matches were to be held in Hyderabad, which were later shifted to Mohali.

Eliminator (GT Vs Mi) winning team will play a qualifier 2 against Punjab Kings at Narendra Modi Stadium on 1 June. The team that won the match will face RCB in the final, which will be played on June 3.

IPL 2025 Final: Indian Premier League season 18 India Pakistan was stopped due to stress, which is going to start again from May 17. The BCCI has officially released the schedule. The date and venue of the 13 matches of the league stage has been announced but where will the playoffs and the final venue be played? Information about this has not been given yet. However, now a big update has come about this.

The IPL 2025 will again start from May 17, the first match will be between RCB and KKR in Bengaluru. 13 matches of the league will be held in 6 stadiums. There will be double header on Sunday 18 May and 25 May.

When will IPL 2025 playoff matches be played

The last match of the league stage will be played on May 27 at the Ekana Stadium between Lucknow and Bangalore. The first qualifier match will be held on 29 and eliminator match on 30 May. The second qualifier will be played on 1 June and the IPL final match on 3 June.

Where will the IPL 2025 final match?

According to the schedule, the final match was to be played on 25 May at the Eden Gardens Stadium in Kolkata. Now the final will be on 3 June. According to reports, now the venue of the final will be changed, the remaining matches of the league stage are not happening there. Now the final match can be shifted to the Narendra Modi Cricket Stadium in Ahmedabad.

The reason behind the change of IPL final schedule is coming out. Actually, in the beginning of June, there is a possibility of heavy rains in the city. The BCCI told in its statement that the decision regarding the venue of the playoff will be taken in a few days.

New schedule of IPL 2025

• May 17: RCB vs KKR (Bengaluru)
• May 18: RR vs PBKS (Jaipur)
• May 18: DC Vs GT (Delhi)
• May 19: LSG vs SRH (Lucknow)
• May 20: CSK Vs RR (Delhi)
• May 21: Mi vs DC (Mumbai)
• May 22: GT vs LSG (Ahmedabad)
• May 23: RCB vs SRH (Bengaluru)
• May 24: Pbks vs DC (Jaipur)
• May 25: GT vs CSK (Ahmedabad)
• May 25: SRH vs KKR (Delhi)
• 26 May: PBKS Vs Mi (Jaipur)
• May 27: LSG vs RCB (Lucknow)

IPL 2025 Playoffs Schedule

• May 29: Qualifier 1 (Venue not fixed)
• May 30: Eliminator (Venue not fixed)
• 1 June: Qualifier 2 (Venue not fixed)
• June 3: Final (Venue not fixed)

Strong contenders for IPL 2025 playoffs

There is no team that has confirmed its place for IPL playoffs. After 57 matches, Gujarat Titans are at the top of the points table, who have won 8 out of 11 matches. RCB also has 16 points towards Gujarat, it is in second place. RCB has also won 8 out of 11 matches. If she defeats Kolkata on May 17, she will become the first team to reach the playoffs and will be out of the Kolkata race.

Punjab Indians are at number three with Punjab Kings (15 points) and 14 points at number four. Delhi Capitals have 13 points, it is in the fifth position. There are 3-3 matches of Delhi, Punjab and 2 matches of Mumbai.

The expectations of Kolkata (11 points) and Lucknow (10 points) are also alive to go into the playoffs. This number is in the sixth and seventh position in the table respectively. There are 3 matches left from Lucknow and 2 from Kolkata.

Narendra modi stadium in ahmedabad: The Indian Army has given a befitting reply to Pakistan through Operation Sindoor. India has avenged the Pahalgam terrorist attack by killing dozens of terrorists in this attack. At the same time, after this attack, security system is being strengthened everywhere in India. In the midst of this tension in India and Pakistan, the Narendra Modi Stadium has been threatened with bombing.

This news is getting updated …

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Gt vs dc IPL 2025: The first match of double header is being played between Gujarat Titans and Delhi Capitals at Narendra Modi Stadium today (19 April). Delhi is currently at number one in the points table and Gujarat is third. Preparing before the match, Shubman Gill went among Delhi Capitals players and also met Mentor Kevin Pietersen of Delhi. During this time, KL Rahul, who is practicing batting, trolled his own team mentor Peterson badly.

This video has been shared by Delhi Capitals themselves on their social media handle. In the video, Gujarat Titans captain Shubman Gill comes on the field during the practice session of Delhi and hugs Kevin Pietersen. Gill asks them that you are having fun? On this, Peterson says, ‘What is the mentor, no one knows what the mentor is?’ Rahul standing there says something that Peterson’s mouth hangs.

What did KL Rahul say to Peterson?

KL Rahul says, “Mentor is the one who goes to Maldives for 2 weeks in the middle of the tournament.” All the players present there start laughing and Kevin Pietersen’s mouth hangs. “

Thanks kl, now we know what a mentor does ork pic.twitter.com/jxwsvjbfqs

– delhi capitals (@delhicapital) April 19, 2025

Earlier too, a video between KL Rahul and Peterson became very viral, in which Rahul reminded Peterson about an old tweet of him. Actually, after playing 77 runs against CSK in the IPL, Peterson was praising Rahul, after which Rahul reminded him what you had tweeted before me.

Once Peterson criticized Rahul’s batting and wrote, “It’s better than watching the painting of the wall dry.” He compared Rahul’s slow batting with a paint drying up. After this, Peterson said, “Did I really say that, let’s have good you have changed your game style.”

KL Rahul’s record in IPL 2025

Before Saturday, 19 April, KL Rahul has played a total of 5 matches in the IPL. He could not play the first match. Debuting for Delhi, Rahul scored 15 runs against Sunrisers Hyderabad. After this, in the second match, he played a brilliant half -century (77) innings against Chennai. In the third match, he was 7 runs away from the century, he scored 93 runs against RCB. He then scored 15 against Mumbai and 38 runs against Rajasthan Royals. KL Rahul has scored a total of 238 runs in 5 matches, it has 2 half -century innings.

Gujarat Titans vs Punjab Kings Playing 11: Today, the 5th match of the 18th edition of the Indian Premier League is being played between Gujarat Titans and Punjab Kings at Narendra Modi Cricket Stadium in Ahmedabad. Shubman Gill has won the toss and decided to bowl first. This is a good decision according to the pitch. Shreyas Iyer also admitted after the toss that if the coin fell in his side, he too would have decided to bowl first.

Gujarat Titans playing 11

Shubman Gill (captain), Jose Butler (wicketkeeper), Sai Sudarshan, Shah Rukh Khan, Rahul Tewatia, R Sai Kishore, Arshad Khan, Rashid Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Mohammad Siraj, famous Krishna.

Punjab kings

Prabhasimran Singh (wicketkeeper), Priyansh Arya, Shreyas Iyer (Captain), Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Glenn Maxwell, Suryansh Shedge, Ajmatullah Umarjai, Marco Johnson, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal

Players in Gujarat Titans team 2025

Jose Butler (wicket -keeper), Shubman Gill (Captain), Sai Sudarshan, Glenn Philips, Shah Rukh Khan, Washington Sundar, Rahul Tewatiya, Rashid Khan, Ravishrinivasan Sai Kishore, Cagiso Rabada, Mohammad Siraj, famous Krishna, Ishant Sharma, Jayant Yadav, Mahipan Lomor, Karim Janat, Karim Janat, Kulwant Khajlia, Anuj Rawat, Anuj Rawat, Anuj Rawat, Koetzi, Sherfen Rutherford, Manav Suthar, Kumar Kushagra, Arshad Khan, Gurnur Brar, Nishant Sindhu.

Players included in Punjab Kings team 2025

Josh English (wicketkeeper), Prabhasimran Singh, Shreyas Iyer (Captain), Glenn Maxwell, Nehl Vadhera, Marcus Stoinis, Shashank Singh, Marco Johnson, Harpreet Brar, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal, Vijaykumar Vishak, Praveen Dubey, Locher Falli, Javior Bartlet, Javior Bar Vinod, Vishnu Vinod, Vishnu Vinod, Vishnu Vinod, Aaron Hardy, Ajmatullah Umrajai, Kuldeep Sen, Priyansh Arya. Suryansh Shedge, Haranur Singh, Mushir Khan, Payla Avinash.