West Indies bowl; India relaxation Rohit and Kohli as Hardik leads and Samson returns

Toss West Indies selected to bowl vs India

India opted to relaxation Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli for the second ODI in opposition to West Indies at Bridgetown, Barbados. The hosts received the toss and opted to bowl whereas themselves making two modifications to the aspect that misplaced the opener by 5 wickets, with Alzarri Joseph and Keacy Carty coming in for Rovman Powell and Dominic Drakes.
In Rohit’s absence, it was Hardik Pandya main the group for the second outing. Rohit batted solely at No. 7 within the first ODI whereas Kohli was not even wanted as India chased simply down the 115-target in 22.5 overs on Thursday. Hardik, whose solely earlier expertise of main India in an ODI got here earlier this March in opposition to Australia, stated he would have most well-liked to bat. India included Axar Patel and Sanju Samson within the aspect in the one two modifications from the primary ODI.

Samson final performed an ODI in November 2022, and has, of late, struggled to make it to the taking part in XI. Axar has newer ODI recreation time below his belt having final performed in opposition to Australia in March.

The second recreation is a must-win for West Indies, who’ve misplaced their final 5 house ODI sequence and path three-match sequence 1-0.

West Indies: 1 Kyle Mayers, 2 Brandon King, 3 Alick Athanaze, 4 Shai Hope (capt, wk), 5Shimron Hetmyer, 6 Keacy Carty, 7 Romario Shepherd, 8 Yannic Cariah, 9 Alzarri Joseph, 10 Gudakesh Motie, 11 Jayden Seales

India: 1 Shubman Gill, 2 Ishan Kishan (wk), 3 Sanju Samson, 4 Hardik Pandya (capt), 5 Suryakumar Yadav, 6 Ravindra Jadeja, 7 Axar Patel, 8 Shardul Thakur, 9 Kuldeep Yadav, 10 Umran Malik, 11 Mukesh Kumar

Source web site: www.espncricinfo.com

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