Pitch: 4 - An under prepared wicket, not the best advertisement for the groundsmans skills. There are patches of green at both ends around a length, and batting is likely to be difficult against the quickies on the first day. After the spite has worn off there will be runs to be had, but by day 4 the spinners may come into their own and this could be a match dominated by the bowlers.
Weather: 2 - Hot and sunny
Day 1 starting pitch - 6 - Green - assists all seam bowlers
India A XI:
V.V.S.Laxman
N.R.Mongia (wk)
V.G.Kambli
R.S.Dravid
S.C.Ganguly (c) RM
Gursharan Singh
S.B.Joshi SLA
S.T.Banerjee RMF
M.Venkataramana OB
B.K.V.Prasad RMF
N.D.Hirwani LBG
West Indies A XI:
P.A.Wallace
S.C.Williams
D.A.Joseph (c)
F.L.Reifer
K.L.T.Arthurton SLA
S.Chanderpaul LBG
R.D.Jacobs (wk)
O.D.Gibson RF
F.A.Rose RF
A.H.Gray RF
I.B.A.Allen RFM
India A bring back the fit again Laxman for opener R.Lamba, and also replace W.V.Raman with S.B.Joshi in order to strengthen the spin attack.
Venkatesh Prasad also comes back as seamer to replace Robin Singh.
West Indies make a number of changes after losing openers Campbell and Ragoonath to injury, along with seamer Moseley.
They choose a 4 pronged pace attack for this game, hoping to get the chance to bowl first on a Green pitch.
Green Park Kanpur hosts the 4th Unofficial Test between India A and West Indies A
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