Dhoni's record in Test cricket in danger?

Hardly anyone would have thought that as soon as the ICC Test Championship begins, the five-day boring cricket will pass the thrill and often the empty-looking stadium will force the spectators to stick to the seat till the last ball.

Evidence of this was seen in the opening match of the Test series being played between England and Australia.

Australia scored a century in both innings of Steve Smith, who returned to the Test series after a one-year ban, and then Nathan Lyon.

Beat England in the first Test on the basis of bowling. That too when only two overs were played due to rain on the first day.

After this, the second Test match was drawn after exciting ups and downs.

But for the first time in Test cricket, an extra batsman landed on the field instead of an injured or injured player.

Actually in the second innings, in the first innings, Australia's Steve Smith was injured on the bouncer of England fast bowler Jofra Archer and did not get to bat in the second innings. Marnus Labushange landed in his place and managed to draw the match by scoring 59 runs.

Apart from this, when Australia's six wickets fell for 149, the batsmen Travis Hadd and Pat Cummins were surrounded by six-seven fielders, which is seen very rarely in Test cricket.

Perhaps with the body line bouncer and spin bowling, as well as the fielders and batting pegs, the round of batsmen is going to come once again.

Meanwhile, the two-Test series between India and the West Indies are going to start on Thursday. Its first Test match will be played at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antiga.

Earlier, India took the name of T20 and ODI series from West Indies very comfortably.

Till date, 23 Test series have been played between India and West Indies, of which West Indies have won 12 and India has won 9 Test series.

If India wins the Test series this time too, Virat Kohli will be the first captain of India who managed to win in the West Indies twice.

Apart from this, Virat Kohli is very close to equalizing Mahendra Singh Dhoni's record of winning the most Test matches as a captain.

India won 27 of 60 Test matches under the captaincy of Mahendra Singh Dhoni. India has won 26 out of 46 Test matches under the captaincy of Virat Kohli.

This time the meaning of winning the Test series will be very different because now Test matches of all countries are part of the World Test Championship.

Nine countries will submit their claim for the title by being part of the World Test Championship for two years. By the way, India is at number one in ICC Test rankings is present.

In the first season of the World Test Championship, nine countries Australia, India Bangladesh, West Indies, England, New Zealand, South Africa, and Sri Lanka will present their challenges.

Under this, a total of 71 matches will be played. Its two top teams will clash in the final on June 2021 at the Lords of England.

Depending on the rules of the ICC Test Championship, in a two-Test series, 60 will be scored for winning a Test, 20 for a draw and 30 for a tie. You will not get any points if you lose.

If you win three series, you will get 13.3 if you draw 40 and you will get 20 points for a tie.

40 for winning four series, 10 for a draw and 15 for tie and 15 for winning five matches and 24 for winning 8 and 15 for a tie. You will not get any points if you lose. This will not make the test series monotonous.

Now, in the Test series between India and the West Indies, let us see how amazing the spinners and fast bowlers of both the teams create. By the way

The era of Indies has passed when dangerous bowlers like Michael Holding, Andy Robertus, Patrick Peterson, Julian or Ambrose were with him.

On the other hand, the batting and bowling of the Indian team look very powerful.

India has fast bowlers in the form of Jaspreet Bumrah, highly experienced Ishant Sharma, Mohammed Shami, and Umesh Yadav. Apart from this, old and tried spinners like R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja have been added, so have Kuldeep Yadav challenging them.

The wicket-keeping also has young Rishabh Pant and Wriddhiman Saha.

Cheteshwar Pujara scored a century in the practice match and showed that he is the most reliable batsman in Test cricket. Mayank Agarwal made headlines against Australia by playing three consecutive stormy innings as openers in Melbourne and Sydney. He played innings of 76-42 and 77 runs.

Now it remains to be seen whether Mayank Agarwal will start the innings with KL Rahul or whether Rohit Sharma gets a chance with KL Rahul.

Apart from these, own captain Virat Kohli, Hanuma Vihari and Ajinkya Rahane are also strong batsmen.

Virat Kohli scored two consecutive centuries in the ODI series against the West Indies, but the bat of Rohit Sharma, who scored five centuries in the World Cup, was a bit silent.

As for the West Indies, its captain Jason Holder, with the help of his scattered team, prevented Sri Lanka 2–0 in the three-Test series last year and

After that, Bangladesh won the Test series 2–0. Apart from this, the West Indies created a panic by beating England 2–1 in the three-match series at home in the same year.

In addition to Jason Holder, the team includes well-known faces such as Craig Braithwaite, Darren Bravo, John Campbell, Shai Hope, Derev Bravo, Como Paul, and Keymer Roach.

Now the result of the first test match will tell how much competition the West Indies, which once ruled the cricket of the world, can give to the Indian team.