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West Indies vs India 1st T20I PreviewChance for youngsters to step up in absence of seniors

August 3, 2023
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In the lack of many of their huge stars, India will deal with an obstacle versus West Indies, who have numerous effective strikers in their ranks for the T20I series.

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Hardik Pandya-led India will handle West Indies in the T20I series beginning August 3. (AP Photo)

Simply put

  • The very first ODI will be used August 3 in Tarouba
  • India have actually won 17 out of 25 T20Is versus West Indies
  • India just recently won the ODI and T20I series

By Sabyasachi ChowdhuryIndia and West Indies are arranged to cross swords in the very first video game of the five-match T20I series on Thursday, August 3 at the Brian Lara Stadium in Tarouba, Trinidad.

Hardik Pandya just recently captained India to triumph in the ODI series. After striking his first half-century as the skipper of the Indian group, Hardik directed India to their second-biggest margin of win versus the West Indies in ODIs.

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T20 cricket is a various ballgame entirely. West Indies are the two-time champs and they will wish to counter. Yashasvi Jaiswal just recently impressed in the Test series and he is most likely to get a possibility in the lack of both Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli.

Tilak Varma was excellent for the Mumbai Indians (MI) in IPL 2023 and he is most likely to get an opportunity. Arshdeep Singh likewise goes back to the fold, this time with experience of his county stint.

West Indies, on the other hand, will be captained by Rovman Powell, who did not have the very best of trips with the bat in hand in the T20I series. The hosts likewise have Nicholas Pooran back. The southpaw remains in the kind of his life after he smashed a hundred for MI New York in the last of the Major League Cricket (MLC) versus Seattle Orcas.

Left-arm spinner Akeal Hosein is likewise back for the West Indies. Johnson Charles broke Chris Gayle’& rsquo; s record of the fastest hundred by a West Indies batter in T20Is. Shimron Hetmyer, Kyle Mayers likewise include firepower to their batting.

Alzarri Joseph and Obed McCoy are probably to lead the speed attack for the West Indies.

Head-to-head

General

Matches –– 25, India –– 17, West Indies –– 7, No Result –– 1

In West Indies

Matches –– 7, India –– 4, West Indies –– 3, No Result –– 0

Probable XIs for West Indies vs India 1st T20I

IndiaShubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ishan Kishan (WK), Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya (C), Tilak Varma, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav/Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Umran Malik, Avesh Khan/Mukesh Kumar

West IndiesBrandon King, Johnson Charles, Kyle Mayers, Shimron Hetmyer, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Rovman Powell (C), Odean Smith, Romario Shepherd, Akeal Hosein, Alzarri Joseph, Obed McCoy.

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