WI vs IND Match Preview
As Rovman Powell takes the mantle of the T20 team, West Indies will be hoping to bounce back and surprise India. Shai Hope and Shimron Hetmeyer make a comeback in the T20 squad after a gap of almost a year and will strengthen the batting.
Hope has been one of West Indies’ most consistent performers in white-ball cricket and will look to replicate his form from the ODIs. Hetmeyer was dropped for the T20 World Cup last year but has been rewarded for his good performances in various T20 leagues.
Jason Holder, Johnson Charles, and Nicolas Pooran will play an important role in the middle order.
Akeal Hosein will replace Yannic Carriah as the team’s primary spinner, while Obed McCoy and Odean Smith will add heft to the pace attack.
Skipper Hardik Pandya will lead a squad of relatively inexperienced players who have a good chance to showcase their talent. As many as 6 players from the ODI squad, including Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Ruturaj Gaikwad, and Jaydev Unadkat have been rested for this series.
India has reinforced its spin attack by bringing in Ravi Bishnoi, while Avesh Khan and Arshdeep Singh will feature in the pace attack alongside Umran Malik and Mukesh Kumar. Yashasvi Jaiswal, who was terrific in the most recent season of the IPL and made a brilliant Test debut, earns his maiden T20I call.
Similarly, Tilak Varma too has been rewarded for his fine performance for the Mumbai Indians. The duo will join the likes of Shubhman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav, Sanju Samson, and Ishan Kishan in the batting line-up.
Weather Report
The temperature is expected to remain below 30 degrees and we might see some showers during the day.
Pitch Report
The Indian team made the surface look excellent to bat on during the ODI series. However, most teams haven’t been able to do the same. The average first-inning score in T20s is 130. The pitch does tend to slow down a bit as the match progresses and the spinners will be able to generate a good amount of turn.
Notable stats
Hardik Pandya: Back to his All-Round Best
Hardik Pandya has emerged as a reliable all-rounder for India in recent months. In the last 10 matches, he has scored 235 runs and has also picked up 9 wickets. It looks like he is finally able to manage his workload in an efficient manner!
Team News
There are no updates regarding injuries from either side.
WI vs IND Probable 11
WI Playing 11
- Brandon King
- Shai Hope (Wk)
- Rovman Powell (C)
- Nicholas Pooran
- Shimron Hetmeyer
- Jason Holder
- Romario Shepherd
- Alzarri Joseph
- Akeal Hosein
- Odean Smith
- Kyle Mayers
IND Playing 11
- Ishan Kishan (Wk)
- Yashasvi Jaiswal
- Shubhman Gill
- Suryakumar Yadav
- Hardik Pandya (C)
- Sanju Samson
- Kuldeep Yadav
- Arshdeep Singh
- Umran Malik
- Mukesh Kumar
- Axar Patel
Dream11 Prediction
We are backing India to win here. The visitors have a well-balanced squad at their disposal, with plenty of options in both, batting and bowling departments. They have played well throughout this tour and we expect them to continue doing so.
Top Picks
Ishan Kishan: Ishan Kishan is in red-hot form on this tour. After scoring a half-century in the second Test match, he followed it up with 3 consecutive half-centuries in the ODI series. We are expecting him to play well in the T20s too.
Suryakumar Yadav: Suryakumar Yadav has a good record against West Indies in T20s. He has scored 242 runs at an average of 40.33 and a strike rate of 179.26.
Shimron Hetmeyer: Hetmeyer has scored 293 runs in T20I against India at a strike rate of 133.18, his best performance against any opponent country.
WI vs IND Dream11 Team 1
Keeper: N Pooran, I Kishan (VC)
Batters: S Hope, S Yadav (C), S Hetmyer, Y Jaiswal
All-rounders: H Pandya, J Holder
Bowlers: K Yadav, A Joseph, A Singh
