WI vs IND 2023, 2nd Test: Head to Head Record, Stats, and Pitch History at Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad

India began their 2023-25 WTC cycle in some style as they defeated West Indies by an innings and 141 runs in the first match of the ongoing two-match Test series at Windsor Park in Roseau, Dominica. Now, they will be in action again against each other from 20 July 2023 in the second Test at Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad. Thus, Rohit Sharma and his men will look for another win to clean-sweep the series. While the Windies will look for a win to level the series.     

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WI vs IND 2023: Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad

It has been five years since the last Test match was played on this ground. But, as per previous records, spinners get assistance as the game gets progressed. However, initially, the pitch at this venue assists the pacers as they can extract bounce. The average first innings score at this ground is 302 while the average fourth innings score is around 168.

Queen's Park Oval Stadium Pitch Report batting or bowling 

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Any team will look to bat first after winning the toss as per the tradition of the wicket.  

Queen's Park Oval Stadium Test Records 

As of now, this stadium has hosted 61 Tests so far. Teams batting first have won 20 games while the teams batting second have won 18 games. The remaining 29 games hot ended in a draw. WI have scored the highest runs (681/8 dec. vs England) on this ground while England have scored the lowest score (46 vs WI).   

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Head-to-Head Record

India and West Indies have played 99 Tests so far. In those games, India have won 23 times while West Indies have managed 30 games. 46 games ended in a draw. In West Indies, India have played 52 Tests. Among those, they have won 10 games while losing 16 and drawing 26 games. In the last five meetings, India won all games with ease.  

Teams record at the venue

At the Queen's Park Oval stadium, Port of Spain, Trinidad, both teams have faced each other 13 times. Both teams have won three games each while the remaining seven games got ended in a draw. 

Players to watch out for

IND: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ravichandran Ashwin, and Rohit Sharma.   

WI: Kemar Roach, Alick Athanaze, Alzarri Joseph.

Full squads for both teams

IND Squad: Rohit Sharma (Captain), Shubman Gill, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Virat Kohli, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ajinkya Rahane (Vice Captain), KS Bharat (wk), Ishan Kishan (wk), R Ashwin, R Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Axar Patel, Mohd. Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Jaydev Unadkat, Navdeep Saini.

WI Squad: Kraigg Brathwaite (Captain), Jermaine Blackwood (Vc), Alick Athanaze, Tagenarine Chanderpaul, Rahkeem Cornwall, Joshua Da Silva (wk), Shannon Gabriel, Jason Holder, Alzarri Joseph, Kirk McKenzie, Kevin Sinclair, Kemar Roach, Jomel Warrican.