Indian cricket team will play against West Indies in the first T20I on Friday, 29th July at Brian Lara Cricket Academy (cricket ground). Indian cricket team is due to play 5 T20Is against West Indies after they played 3 ODIs against them. Shikhar Dhawan led Indian team won the ODI series and not only won but whitewashed West Indies in their home turf.
Now, in the T20I series, Rohit Sharma will remain as captain. This will be a good test for India as West Indies’ T20I form is pretty impressive. Ahead of T20 World Cup, this could be India’s practice game. Indian T20I squad members has already arrived in Trinidad and started practice session ahead of this first T20I against West Indies.
Predicted India’s playing XI:
Rohit Sharma ©, Rishabh Pant (wk), Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Dinesh Karthik, Axar Patel, Harshal Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Avesh Khan.
Predicted West Indies’ playing XI:
Kyle Mayers, Brandon King, Nicholas Pooran, Shimron Hetymer, Rovman Powell, Jason Holder, Odean Smith, Obed McCoy, Alzarri Joseph, Hayden Walsh, Akeal Hosein.
Venue:
Brian Lara Cricket Academy, Trinidad.
Timings:
West Indies vs India, 1st T20I will begin on Friday, 29th July at 8:00 pm (IST).
