It doesnt matter who we’re taking part in, we would like to have the ability to play at our personal depth

The likelihood to safe his first collection win as India’s Test captain awaits Shubman Gill when the second Test towards West Indies begins on the Arun Jaitley Stadium from Friday.

Having marched to victory by an innings and 140 runs inside three days within the first Test, India’s want to reestablish its dominance at house, following a defeat by New Zealand final yr that halted a 12-year unbeaten streak, was off to a strong begin towards Roston Chase’s outfit.

With cricket within the Caribbean dealing with a bunch of issues on and off the turf, the probability of a turnaround within the nationwide capital this week appears bleak.

Regardless of the gulf between the 2 outfits, Gill was sure on match eve that India’s depth wouldn’t dip. “I don’t assume your depth drops relying on the opposition. It doesn’t matter who we’re taking part in. We need to have the ability to play at our personal depth, and we need to win.

“When you’re taking part in for India, you don’t want exterior motivation to up your depth. We need to preserve our personal requirements,” the 26-year-old stated within the pre-match interplay on Thursday.

If in any respect there are areas for the host to handle, B. Sai Sudharsan’s detached begin to his Test profession and Nitish Kumar Reddy’s bit-part position within the opener advantage some dialogue. But with every of them, the think-tank is eager to take a long-term view.

“We consider that you need to see somebody’s potential first after which see their recreation in its entirety,” Gill reasoned when requested particularly about Sai Sudharsan’s place. “Once you’ve got given somebody sufficient matches, then you’ll be able to have a assume over the place he must study. But as of now, we expect he’s somebody who can play for India at No. 3 for a really very long time.”

In distinction to India’s earlier Test collection, towards England, the place each recreation went to the fifth day, the lopsided nature of final week’s duel has positioned additional scrutiny on West Indies’ future within the classical format.

“As a cricketing nation, in case your red-ball base may be very robust, you’ll mechanically do properly in ODIs and T20Is,” Gill weighed in on the disaster of the opposition. “I don’t know, however perhaps their gamers’ focus is extra on T20s and leagues. So in case your focus is on that, and also you overlook the bottom from the place the sport has began, the wrestle begins from there.”

Over the subsequent 5 days, it’s as much as the West Indies to problem that notion.