LIVE Score India vs West Indies 1st ODI Latest updates IND vs WI: Hope, King open Windies innings

LIVE Score India vs West Indies 1st ODI Latest updates: IND vs WI Live match Updates from Ahmedabad

West Indies 0/0 in 1 over Siraj starts his spell with a maiden. It was an impressive over from the right-handed pacer, who was probing Hope with early movement with as many as four outswingers in the over.

1:30 PM Shai Hope takes strike with Brandon King at the other end against Mohammed Siraj with the new ball. However before the match begins, West Indies players take their knees for the Black Lives Matter movement.

1:25 PM Both the teams have lined up for the customary national anthems and Indian players could be spotted wearing the black armband as a tribute to the demise of legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar, who breathed her last this morning in Mumbai.

1:20 PM We are just 10 minutes away from the match to begin. In a bit of a stat attack, this is the 134th time the two teams are squaring off in the format, with India winning 63 of them and the visitors 64. The rest of the games ended in no result.

1:10 PM Experts predict the pitch to be a good wicket to bat on as it is well greased while the grass is removed; a few dry areas could also be spotted on it. And if the dew comes into play later in the evening, the wicket will turn easier to bat on. As far as the outfield is concerned, it looks lush green.

1:05 PM Here are the playing XI for today’s game

India Rohit Sharma(c), Ishan Kishan, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant(w), Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Yuzvendra Chahal, Prasidh Krishna, Mohammed Siraj

West Indies Brandon King, Shai Hope, Shamarh Brooks, Darren Bravo, Nicholas Pooran(w), Kieron Pollard(c), Jason Holder, Fabian Allen, Alzarri Joseph, Kemar Roach, Akeal Hosein

1:02 PM Rohit has also handed Deepak Hooda his first ODI cap, he’ll be making his ODI debut for India. For West Indies, Kemar Roach, Fabian Allen, and Darren Bravo are included in the playing XI after West Indies’ series win against England at home last week. 

1:00 PM Rohit Sharma wins the toss and opts to field first in India’s historic 1000th ODI. The skipper says he doesn’t expect the pitch to change much through the course of the game and in fact expects it to get better to bat under the light, hence the decision to field first.

Here’s what Rohit said after winning the toss: “We will bowl first. Looks like a good pitch, won’t change a lot. Will get better to bat under the lights. I am happy to be back, playing for India, good to be back on the field. It’s been a couple of months since I played cricket.  It’s a historic day in Indian cricket, been a long journey for India. We have seen a lot of ups and downs. As a team we have grown over the years, and we’ll continue to do that. We had a few positives Covid cases, so we have some new faces.”

12:55 PM Hello and welcome to the live coverage of IND vs WI 1st ODI from Ahmedabad’s Narendra Modi Stadium. The venue will host all the remaining matches of the 50-series as well. Coming to today’s game, we are just five minutes away from the toss as a COVID-19-hit India have makeshift arrangements in their team for the game. Rohit Sharma is soon to be out for the toss with his Windies counterpart Kieron Pollard.

Rohit Sharma’s presence as the new leader, with a fresh template to arrest the familiar ‘middle-order muddle’, is exactly what the Indian team needs while ushering in a new era, which will begin with the ODI series against the West Indies, beginning here on Sunday.

After a rude reality check against a weak South African side in the away series, India are now back in familiar settings with a new ODI captain in Rohit, who will team up with illustrious Rahul Dravid and strive to get India back to winning ways.

Squad

India Rohit Sharma (captain), KL Rahul (vice-captain), Mayank Agarwal, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Surya Kumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, Ishan Kishan (wicket-keeper), Deepak Hooda, Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), Deepak Chahar, Shardul Thakur, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohd. Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Avesh Khan.

West Indies Kieron Pollard (Captain), Fabian Allen, Nkrumah Bonner, Darren Bravo, Shamarh Brooks, Jason Holder, Shai Hope, Akeal Hosein, Alzarri Joseph, Brandon King, Nicolas Pooran, Kemar Roach, Romario Shepard, Odean Smith, Hayden Walsh Jr.