Hosts Seek to Compete, On a Unlikey home Advantage

             Crowd's may not turn to watch test Cricket ahead of CPL  in Caribbean, but Windies performance is not any further to bring fans back to the stands. Where India dominated the proceedings with all-round show, So the hosts seek for some more home advantage with added grass on Sabina park stadium on eve of second test on Saturday.

            Things gonna change a lot with added grass and Windies squad selection is also a reflection of that to the second test match. But India have the pace attack to push things further on a pitch which is expected a result and Virat likely to Continue with 5 bowlers strategy, but Windies need to think tank with the combination of the squad after picking only 8 wickets in the first test.

         While India take lot of pride with the way they applied themselves early on against the moving ball, but some soft dismissals have to be worked on to hold the shape. In the way injury to Vijay as been a blessing for Rahul in disguise, where the Karnataka batsmen seek to strengthen his position in the squad with capitalising on given opportunities at this point in his Career.        

             On the other hand Windies Batsmen haven't found their grooves and a fifty in each  Innings is what the hosts have replied to India's centurions on a good batting wicket. It's important that Senior players show the way to inexperienced players in the squad and they should add the link to their batting with spending more time at the crease unlike modern day type of  batsmen's.

               Coming back to the  conditions which are in focus a lot with added grass, expected to help the pacers throughout the match and it is evident that spinners also will run the ranks in later stages of the match with the true  bounce in the surface.

               At the end it's all going to be acclimatising with conditions on offer for players, but the question is whether the added grass come in help for the hosts or backfires even more with the way Indian pacers bowling with intent as ever with changes in dressing room. So it all depends on hosts to rise the bar, in order to to compete against executing visitors.