The first ODI is scheduled to start at 7 pm IST today.
India vs West Indies 1st ODI – When and where to watch
The match will be live-streamed on JioCimena app. The coverage on JioCimena app starts from 6 pm today. The match will also be broadcast on Doordarshan.
With just over two months left for the Men’s ODI World Cup to start, India will be aiming to fine-tune their preparation for the marquee tournament. Ishan Kishan and Sanju Samson will be competing for the wicketkeeper’s spot in the playing eleven. Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal could vie for the role of second spinner.
Mohammed Siraj will lead India’s pace bowling attack and it remains to be seen who will partner him – Jaydev Unadkat or Mukesh Kumar or Umran Malik. On the other hand, the ODI series against India will give an opportunity to West Indies to resurrect themselves in the ODI format after they failed to qualify for this year’s ODI World Cup as the two-time champions suffered defeats in the qualifiers in Zimbabwe.Shai Hope, Brandon King and Shimron Hetmyer will lead their batting and in the absence of Jason Holder, Keemo Paul and Nicholas Pooran, West Indies is expected to give the likes of Gudakesh Motie, Yannic Cariah, Alick Athanaze and Jayden Seales a chance in the series.
On the personal front, Virat Kohli is just 102 runs away from completing 13,000 runs in the one-day format. He is the fourth-highest run-getter in ODI cricket history after Sachin Tendulkar, Kumar Sangakkara and Ricky Ponting. Indian skipper Rohit Sharma is closer to the 10,000 run milestone in limited-over cricket as he has 9,825 runs currently.
India’s ODI squad:
Rohit Sharma (Captain), Shubman Gill, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Virat Kohli, Surya Kumar Yadav, Sanju Samson (wicket-keeper), Ishan Kishan (wicket-keeper), Hardik Pandya (vice-captain), Shardul Thakur, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Jaydev Unadkat, Mohd. Siraj, Umran Malik, Mukesh Kumar. (With Agency Inputs)
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