After being completely outplayed in the first Test match in Dominica, West Indies will travel to Trinidad to take on India in the second and final Test match of the series at the Queen's Park Oval in Trinidad.
India won the first Test by an innings and 141 runs. They were superb in all departments. After bowling West Indies out for 150, the visitors declared on a total of 412/5, including centuries from Yashasvi Jaiswal and Rohit Sharma. It was pretty much the same sorry tale for West Indies in the second innings as they were bowled out for 130. Ravichandran Ashwin was the star with the ball for India, as he picked up 12 wickets in the match, including outstanding figures of 7/71 in the third innings of the match.
West Indies, on the other hand, had nothing to be proud of and they are coming into this match with many areas to improve upon. Having said that, they will try their best to level the series with a win in this contest but that is going to be a very tough task for them as India are a team with much superior skill set and quality.
Probable Playing XIs
West Indies
Kraigg Brathwaite (c), Tagenarine Chanderpaul, Raymon Reifer, Jermaine Blackwood, Alick Athanaze, Joshua Da Silva (wk), Jason Holder, Rahkeem Cornwall, Alzarri Joseph, Kemar Roach, Jomel Warrican
India
Rohit Sharma (c), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Ravindra Jadeja, Ishan Kishan (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Shardul Thakur, Jaydev Unadkat, Mohammed Siraj
Key Players
Yashasvi Jaiswal: The youngster has been in red hot batting form of late. Jaiswal scored 171 on debut in the last game and he will be looking to carry his good form forward.
Alick Athanaze: The 24-year-old was West Indies' top scorer in both innings in the last match with scores of 47 and 28 to his name. He looked comfortable against all Indian bowlers and his team will be banking on him to convert his starts into big scores in this match.
Match Prediction
Although West Indies are a talented team, they don't match up to India's standards. The visitors are superior in quality in every department and they are expected to win this contest by a big margin once again.