Shai Hope replaces Chandrika in West Indies squad for the 3rd Test

West Indies opening batsman Rajendra Chandrika has been replaced by Shai Hope from Barbados in their squad for the third Test against India. India is currently leading the 4-match Test series 1-0 after winning the first match and ending up the second match in a draw.

Hope is a right-handed batsman who has already represented West Indies in 6 Test matches. He is also capable of keeping wickets. In his short Test career, he has scored 171 runs at an average of 15.54.

He is making his way into the squad on the back of some great performances in the WICB Professional Cricket League four-day tournament, where he scored two centuries in his last four matches.

Chandrika didn’t have the best of series so far as he managed to score just 53 runs from his 4 innings with the best score of 31. He has scores of 5 and 1 from the two innings of the last Test match and averages 13.25 in the series.

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India beat West Indies in the first Test match by an innings and 92 runs, where on a batting surface the home side was folded out for 243 and 231. It was a similar story in the second Test match, where India dominated most part of the match but failed to pull off the win with Roston Chase pulling off a match saving all-around performance with both bat and ball.

The third Test commences from August 9 at Gros Islet.

West Indies squad for the third Test: Jason Holder (C), Kraigg Brathwaite, Devendra Bishoo, Jermaine Blackwood, Carlos Brathwaite, Darren Bravo, Roston Chase, Miguel Cummins, Shane Dowrich, Shannon Gabriel, Shai Hope, Leon Johnson, Alzarri Joseph, Marlon Samuels.

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