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.

Gt vs rr pitch report: The 23rd match of IPL 2025 is between Gujarat Titans captained by Shubman Gill and Rajasthan Royals captained by Sanju Samson. The match will be played at Narendra Modi Cricket Stadium today (April 9). Gujarat is second in the points table and Rajasthan is at number 7.

Gujarat Titans, captained by Shubman Gill, have won 3 in 4 matches while only 1 match has been lost. Rajasthan Royals have won 2 in 4 matches and have lost 2. Gujarat, captained by Gill, is seen strong on its home ground. On this ground, 2 matches have been played in IPL 2025 so far, out of which Gujarat has won the match and one has lost.

Narendra Modi Stadium IPL Records: IPL records in Ahmedabad
A total of 37 matches of IPL have been played at Narendra Modi Cricket Stadium so far. The team that batting and bowling 20 times has won 17 times first. The toss winning team has won 17 and the losing team has won 20 times. The largest total here is 243, which was made by Punjab Kings against Gujarat. The biggest personal score is the name of Shubman Gill here, who scored 129 runs against Mumbai in 2013.

In IPL 2025, 2 matches have been played at Narendra Modi Cricket Stadium. The team batting first has won both times. In the first match, Punjab Kings won 11 and Gujarat Titans won by 36 runs in the second match.

GT vs RR Pitch Report: Pitch Report of Narendra Modi Stadium

Bounce will be seen in Narendra Modi Cricket Stadium, it will be a batting pitch where it is not a big deal to score 200. The captain who won the toss in today’s match should decide to bat first, it is very difficult to win by chasing the target. The team batting first should score around 210 runs.