BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – West Indies A were keeping their eyes on the skies as they prepared for their opening four-day “Test” against India at Grace Road in England today.  The tourists were forced to complete their final practice session at the Leicestershire County Ground yesterday after rain swept across the central England venue.

In fact, coach Hendy Springer said the squad had been restricted to all indoor sessions since arriving for the match but said the Caribbean side would try to make the most of their opportunities.

SQUADS:

WEST INDIES A – Devon Smith (Captain), David Bernard, Omar Phillips, Lionel Baker, Kraigg Brathwaite, Andre Russell, Assad Fudadin, Odean Brown, Kirk Edwards, Andre Fletcher, Justin Guillen, Imran Khan, Gavin Tonge, Chadwick Walton

INDIA A – Cheteshwar Pujara (Captain), Wriddhman Saha (Vice Captain), Bipul Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Chandrasejar Ganapathy, Iqbal Abdulla, Kedar Jadhav, Jaskaran Singh, Dhawal Kulkarni, Abhinav Mukund, Mahish Pandey, Ajinkya Rahane, Manoj Tiwary, Saurabh Tiwary, Sudeep Tyagi, Jaidev Unadkat.