Pitch: 90 - Nothing in the appearance of this strip suggests that it will misbehave. Dark coloured, flat and featureless it is expected to offer both batsmen and bowlers a fair contest. There might just be a little in it for the spinners late in the match but not enough to influence team selection.
Day 1 weather: 2 - Hot and sunny
Day 1 starting pitch: 5 - Normal
Injuries:
India:
None
West Indies:
E.A.Moseley - 1 match
A.H.Gray - 1 match
S.Ragoonagth - 1 match
R.G.Samuels - 1 match
India A XI:
V.V.S.Laxman
A.Jadeja
V.G.Kambli
R.S.Dravid (wk)
S.C.Ganguly RM
Gursharan Singh
S.B.Joshi SL
S.T.Banerjee RMF
Gopal Sharma OB
B.K.V.Prasad RMF
N.D.Hirwani LBG
West Indies A XI:
S.L.Campbell
S.C.Williams
D.A.Joseph
R.I.C.Holder (c)
K.L.T.Arthurton SLA
S.Chanderpaul LBG
R.D.Jacobs (wk)
V.C.Drakes RF
H.R.Bryan RFM
A.C.Cummins RFM
C.E.Cuffy RF
India A make two changes, bringing in opener Ajay Jadeja for keeper Nayan Mongia, and handing the gloves to Dravid for the first time in the Unofficial Test series.
Offspinner Gopal Sharma also returns in place of M.Venkataramana.
West Indies A have a number of injury worries, but still field a fairly competant pace attack and this could be a close contest.
They will however miss their tour leading wicket taker Fast bowler Tony Gray, who took 8 wickets last game and has more than double the wickets of West Indies A's next best on tour.
Toss: India A
India A win the toss and elect to bat first.
Injury to Fast bowler Tony Gray robs West Indies A of some strike power going into the final game
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