Gautam Gambhir set to host Indian team for a dinner party at his house ahead of IND vs WI 2nd Test in Delhi

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Gautam Gambhir set to host Indian team for a dinner party at his house ahead of IND vs WI 2nd Test in Delhi image

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The Indian Test team have reached the national capital Delhi and are all set to lock horns against West Indies in the second and final Test of the ongoing series.

The first Test took place at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, which the hosts comfortably won by an innings and 140 runs and four sessions to spare.

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The visitors were bowled out twice below 200 runs, while India posted 448 runs, riding on Dhruv Jurel, KL Rahul and Ravindra Jadeja's centuries.

Shubman Gill and Co. will now hope to seal the series with a second win on the trot at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, starting October 10, and complete a whitewash. This will also be India's first Test series win in over a year's time. 

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Gautam Gambhir set to host Indian team for a dinner party at his house

Ahead of the second Test, head coach Gautam Gambhir is all set to host the Indian cricket team for a dinner party at his residence, according to ANI (via Hindustan Times)

The party will be held on Wednesday, two days before the second Test starts, and it is meant for just a casual team bonding event. 

This is the first time that head coach Gambhir has shown such a gesture since replacing Rahul Dravid at the helm last year.

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What next for the Indian cricket team?

The Indian T20 and ODI teams will travel to Australia next for an eight-match white-ball series. The ODI series will mark the return of stalwarts like Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli in the international arena, although Sharma will no longer lead the team after being replaced by Gill as the new leader of the 50-over format. 

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Ritabrata is a content producer for The Sporting News' India edition