{"id":9272,"date":"2025-10-10T09:05:15","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T03:35:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=645841"},"modified":"2025-10-10T09:10:23","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T03:40:23","slug":"india-vs-west-indies-2nd-test-live-india-win-toss-elect-to-bat-first-to-go-with-same-playing-xi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/india-vs-west-indies-2nd-test-live-india-win-toss-elect-to-bat-first-to-go-with-same-playing-xi\/","title":{"rendered":"India vs West Indies 2nd Test Live: India win toss, elect to bat first; to go with same playing XI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>India have won the toss and opted to bat first in the <strong>second Test against the West Indies<\/strong> at the <strong>Arun Jaitley Stadium, New Delhi<\/strong>. The hosts have decided to stick with the <strong>same playing XI<\/strong> that clinched victory in the opening match of the series.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a pleasant morning in Delhi with clear skies and ideal conditions for batting. The pitch at Arun Jaitley Stadium appears to have a mix of <strong>grassy patches to hold the surface together<\/strong> and <strong>bald areas that will assist spinners<\/strong> later in the game. Experts have predicted that the track could play <strong>two-paced<\/strong>, offering limited bounce for pacers early on before gradually assisting spin as the match progresses.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"916\" data-end=\"1126\"><strong data-start=\"916\" data-end=\"937\">India Playing XI:<\/strong> Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudharsan, Shubman Gill (c), Dhruv Jurel (wk), Ravindra Jadeja (vc), Washington Sundar, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj.<\/p>\n<p>As per the pitch report, batting first is likely to be an advantage, with run-scoring expected to be easier in the initial sessions before the surface begins to wear down.<\/p>\n<p>The five-day encounter, scheduled from <strong>October 10 to 14<\/strong>, is expected to once again test the West Indies batting lineup, which struggled against India\u2019s spin attack in the first Test.<\/p>\n<p>Play begins at <strong>9:30 AM IST<\/strong>, with India eyeing another dominant performance to seal the series.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India have won the toss and opted to bat first in the second Test against the West Indies at the\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":391,"featured_media":31957,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cricket"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/391"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9272"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9272\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}