Toss West Indies decide to bat vs India
West Indies received the toss and selected to bat within the T20I collection opener in opposition to India in Tarouba. After being dropped for the final two ODIs of this tour, Rovman Powell returned to take cost of West Indies’ T20I facet. Nicholas Pooran and Jason Holder, who had each made themselves unavailable for the ODI leg, additionally returned to the XI.
India handed T20I debuts to seamer Mukesh Kumar and batter Tilak Varma. Mukesh was picked forward of each Umran Malik and Avesh Khan whereas Yuzvendra Chahal reunited with Kuldeep Yadav. Axar Patel was the third spin-bowling possibility for India on a dry Tarouba monitor. West Indies, however, picked only one spinner in Akeal Hosein, who’s again from the Major League Cricket T20 match that happened within the USA. There was no room for offspin-bowling allrounder Roston Chase.
Ishan Kishan was listed to open the batting alongside Shubman Gill for India who managed to suit Sanju Samson into their line-up as soon as once more.
West Indies seamer Obed McCoy makes his return from harm, having final performed for the nationwide facet within the 2022 T20 World Cup in Australia. His left-arm angle and variations may pose a risk to India. Last 12 months in opposition to the identical opposition, he had bagged career-best figures of 6 for 17 in Basseterre.
West Indies: 1 Brandon King, 2 Kyle Mayers, 3 Johnson Charles (wk), 4 Nicholas Pooran, 5 Shimron Hetmyer, 6 Rovman Powell (capt), 7 Romario Shepherd, 8 Jason Holder, 9 Akeal Hosein, 10 Alzarri Joseph, 11 Obed McCoy
India: 1 Shubman Gill, 2 Ishan Kishan (wk), 3 Suryakumar Yadav, 4 Tilak Varma, 5 Hardik Pandya (capt), 6 Sanju Samson, 7 Axar Patel, 8 Kuldeep Yadav, 9 Yuzvendra Chahal, 10 Arshdeep Singh, 11 Mukesh Kumar
Source web site: www.espncricinfo.com
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